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Direct linkBacklin, William Wayne – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The practice of hiring adjunct instructors was initially considered to be an anomalous event (Todd, 2004). Community college employment of adjunct instructors, however, witnessed a 50% increase during the 1970s (Cain, 1999) and, by 1984, adjunct instructor utilization in community colleges rose dramatically with an additional 80% growth. Over a…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Peer reviewedSutherland, Joanne A. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2011
Whether naturalized or native, a nation becomes stronger as individuals embrace opportunities for postsecondary education. President Obama's commitment to community college education through the American Graduation Initiative (AGI) will facilitate increased matriculation into community colleges, encourage students to transfer into four-year…
Descriptors: African American Students, Community Colleges, Social Networks, Immigrants
Download full textKantner, M. Joanne – Online Submission, 2009
The purpose of this study was to explore the ways instructors' subject matter beliefs regarding mathematics shape their courses in a community college environment. Data were collected and analysed from instructors' philosophical definitions of mathematics and observations of teaching episodes using a constructivist grounded theory research design.…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Concept Mapping, Mathematics Instruction
