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ERIC Number: ED607032
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 40
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
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How Did Six Community Colleges Design Supports for Part-Time Faculty? A Report on Achieving the Dream's Engaging Adjuncts Project
Bickerstaff, Susan; Ran, Florence Xiaotao
Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University
This report describes findings from a study of the Engaging Adjunct Faculty in the Student Success Movement project, a two-year initiative led by Achieving the Dream to develop and implement strategies to support adjunct faculty in improving student outcomes. Work in the project--guided by design principles related to classroom activities, professional development, employment policies, and the use of data--was led by teams of full- and part-time faculty and administrators at six participating community colleges. A key objective of the project was to generate information about promising, scalable, and sustainable engagement strategies that could be shared across the national network of Achieving the Dream colleges. Using survey, interview, and student transcript data, CCRC documented a range of strategies that colleges designed to support and engage their adjunct faculty, examined how the strategies were implemented, and measured the effects of a set of selected activities on faculty and students. Drawing on implementation findings presented in this report, the authors offer four recommendations for colleges seeking to provide supports for part-time faculty: (1) Ground decisions on adjunct faculty supports in local data on adjunct faculty needs; (2) Embed adjunct faculty supports into existing institutional infrastructure and initiatives; (3) Examine college policies and practices that impact the working lives of adjunct faculty; and (4) Consider intended outcomes for faculty engagement strategies and create a plan for measurement.
Community College Research Center. Available from: CCRC Publications. Teachers College, Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street Box 174, New York, NY 10027. Tel: 212-678-3091; Fax: 212-678-3699; e-mail: ccrc@columbia.edu; Web site: http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
Sponsor: Ascendium Education Group, Inc.; Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
Authoring Institution: Columbia University, Community College Research Center
Identifiers - Location: Maryland (Baltimore); Pennsylvania (Philadelphia); Michigan; Illinois; Virginia
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