Reviews ERIC database literature since the late 1980s regarding the pros and cons of employing part-time faculty in community colleges. Though much of the literature focuses on the negative aspects of employing part-time faculty, the author argues that they are valuable participants in higher learning, both for economic and pedagogical reasons.…

Although part-time faculty are found in all of higher education, they are especially prevalent in two-year colleges, with a 1993 study finding that 65% of two-year college faculty were employed part-time. Since the 1980's, considerable research has been conducted on issues related to the use of part-time faculty in community colleges, such as…