In fall 1988, 45% of the curriculum faculty teaching in the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) were employed full-time, and 55% were employed part-time. By 1992, there had been a 14.8% increase in the number of curriculum faculty, but no change in the proportions of full- and part-time curriculum faculty. At 45%, the proportion of full-time curriculum faculty in North Carolina exceeds that of the nation, which has a full-time proportion of 40%. These figures do not consider the teaching loads of full- and part-time faculty, an important indicator of instruction on campus. A college may have a majority of part-time instructors and still have substantially more than a majority of instruction delivered by full-time faculty. In fall 1991, 79% of the NCCCS part-time faculty taught nine credit hours or less, while 89% of full-time faculty taught 10 credit hours or more. Both the state and national figures also cloak the broad variation found within a large community college system. In 1992, the proportion of full-time faculty in the individual colleges in the NCCCS ranged from 23% to 85%. Between 1988 and 1992, 28 of the 58 community colleges in the NCCCS had an increase in the proportions of full-time faculty, with half of the increases being 5 percentage points or less and half being 6 percentage points or more. (KP)