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Download full textBickerstaff, Susan; Ran, Florence Xiaotao – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2020
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,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Part Time Faculty
Peer reviewedRan, Florence Xiaotao; Sanders, Jasmine – AERA Open, 2020
More than half of community college courses are taught by part-time faculty. Drawing on data from six community colleges, this study estimates the effects of part-time faculty versus full-time faculty on students' current and subsequent course outcomes in developmental and gateway courses, using course fixed effects and propensity score matching…
Descriptors: Part Time Faculty, Teacher Effectiveness, Outcomes of Education, Community Colleges
Ran, Florence Xiaotao; Sanders, Jasmine – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2019
More than half of community college courses are taught by part-time faculty, and the reliance on part-time faculty to teach developmental education courses and gateway math and English courses is even more prevalent. Drawing on data from six community colleges, this study estimates the effects of part-time faculty versus full-time faculty on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Employment Level
Ran, Florence Xiaotao; Xu, Di – Center for Analysis of Postsecondary Education and Employment, 2017
Based on a dataset on two- and four-year college students and instructors from an anonymous state that includes detailed instructor employment information, this paper classifies faculty into four types--tenured instructors, tenure-track instructors, long-term adjuncts, and short-term adjuncts--to examine whether adjunct faculty have different…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Outcomes of Education, College Students
