Citing a decreased proportion of full-time tenured faculty at American colleges and steady increase of part-time adjunct and other nontenure-track faculty, this American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) document advocates professionalism of the manner in which part-time/adjunct faculty are employed, compensated, supported and treated in higher education. The document lays out standards intended to serve as a base for AFT efforts to promote equity and high standards for part-time/adjunct faculty. Topics discussed include: (1) Standards of compensation; (2) Employment standards; (3) Standards of professional responsibility and support; and (4) Ensuring full rights for part-time/adjunct faculty within their unions. (Contains 1 footnote.) [This document was produced by AFT Higher Education, a division of the American Federation of Teachers.]