Nationwide data are presented on the characteristics of two-year college full- and part-time faculty, including racial and gender representation; rank and tenure; educational background; differences by discipline (for full-time faculty only); longevity (for part-time faculty only); principal activities and job satisfaction; and recent trends in…

The role and status of adjunct professors are examined by exploring advantages and disadvantages of part-time teaching. The urban university, the inner city college student, attrition, and large-scale team leadership development in the university are discussed. The diaries of an inner city career-oriented students are presented. A feature dialogue…

This document reports on the current status of community college faculty. Several articles draw on a survey of community college faculty administered by the Center for the Study of Community Colleges (CSCC) in 2000. CSCC staff invited 240 randomly chosen college presidents to appoint a local facilitator to administer the survey on campus. A total…

The articles in this collection focus on processes for evaluating community college faculty and staff and highlight successful and unsuccessful evaluation practices. The collection includes: (1) "A Conceptual Framework for Staff Evaluation," by Al Smith; (2) "Evaluation of Full-Time Faculty," by Lawrence H. Poole and Donald A. Dellow; (3)…

This document contains the four issues of the 2000-2001 FACCCTs, the journal of the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges. The September 2000 issue includes a collection of observations on academic integrity and cheating, an article describing a history of opportunities for women in higher education, and editorial comments on a…

This study relates information regarding the role part-time faculty members fill in colleges and universities. Data are from the U.S. Department of Education's National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty, 1999. In that year, 2 of every 5 faculty members taught on a part-time basis, and they taught nearly 40% of all classes and students that were…

This analysis of the retirement plans of college and university faculty and staff used data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty. It first determined the proportion of faculty who are age 55 or older by institutional type, discipline, gender, and minority/nonminority status and then analyzed their retirement plans using the same…

The Commission on Instruction of the New York State Association of Two-Year Colleges sponsored a competition which solicited papers on exemplary practices and procedures that improve the spirit of vitality and morale in two-year colleges. This special journal issue includes the brief papers accepted for the competition. After Richard L. Rinehart's…

This series of research briefs published by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) between February and December 1994 provide data on topics important to community colleges. These briefs focus on the following: (1) "Health Care and the Role of the Community Colleges," which indicates that projected growth for registered nurses and…

This document consists of the twelve issues of the quarterly journal "Adjunct Info" during the three-year period 1994-1997. Individual issues contain articles, editorials, columns, teaching tips, and suggested resources related to management of adjunct and part-time faculty. Major articles include: "A Message to Managers: From an Adjunct" (June…

Data from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99) show that fewer than one-third of all faculty members were tenured in 1998-1999. Some observers anticipate a trend toward a two-tiered system with a shrinking number of tenured faculty members in one group and a mix of part-time and nontenured full-time faculty members in the other.…

This publication presents 14 graphs providing data from interviews with 800 part-time college faculty 396 union members and 404 non-members. Results for union members and non-members are reported separately in each graph. The graphs illustrate the following major findings: (1) over two-thirds of part-time faculty hold other jobs; (2) almost half…

Using data from the National Center for Education Statistics 1993 survey of colleges and universities, this report reviews the frequency of part-time employment in higher education in the context of concerns about the culture of the institution and important finance issues. Part-time workers receive a lower pay rate than full-time employees, and…

This report addresses the unionization of part-time (or adjunct) faculty and sets forth certain demographic data pertaining to them. Included are sections from national faculty organizations' status reports on part-time faculty. The first part of the report lists factors contributing to the growth of adjunct faculty collective bargaining. Tables…

This document includes 10 issues of Leadership Abstracts (volume 6, 1993), a newsletter published by the League for Innovation in the Community College (California). The featured articles are: (1) "Reinventing Government" by David T. Osborne; (2) "Community College Workforce Training Programs: Expanding the Mission to Meet Critical…