As the reliance on part-time faculty members in community colleges increases, it is imperative to understand their contributions toward student success. This article analyzes a large body of existing literature that examines the use of part-time faculty and their impact on student academic outcomes. The article utilizes Foucault's three modes of…

In order to make organizational ethical decisions regarding part-time faculty, leaders should seek to understand the differing needs of part-time faculty and apply that knowledge to creating differentiated policies that can better stand up to the criteria of the ethical decision-making.

This chapter addresses the use of adjunct faculty in community colleges. It examines issues of finding, hiring, orienting, evaluating, and developing adjuncts and stresses critical areas of ensuring quality and maintaining institutional standards.

Although work-family balance policies are slowly becoming the norm at four-year institutions, they are not equally common at community colleges. In part, this discrepancy is due to the cost of providing assistance to faculty. Unlike community colleges, research institutions tend to have sufficient resources to offer accommodations for faculty,…

This chapter summarizes resources from the recent literature on part-time community college faculty.

This chapter analyzes data from the 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty to suggest that community college part-time faculty can be understood as temporary labor in the new economy.

The year 2007 marks forty years of indentured servitude on the part of parttime faculty teaching in the California Community College system. Approximately forty thousand dedicated, highly trained, and motivated teachers work alongside twelve thousand tenured full-time faculty. Sadly, for all their efforts, part-time faculty members receive little…

This chapter explores recent legal challenges and victories brought forth by part-time community college faculty in Washington State in an effort to attain equity and social justice.

Although part-time faculty continue to dominate the instructional workforce of community colleges, relatively little is known about this diverse group of individuals. Part-timers are often portrayed as being "free-way flyers" who constantly seek full-time appointments in postsecondary education institutions. However, as this article demonstrates,…

As community colleges become dependent on a contingent workforce, the recruitment, retention, and motivation of quality part-time faculty become an institutional priority. This chapter presents an overview of the practices of three exemplary colleges in providing innovative professional development for part-time faculty.

This chapter explores community college faculty satisfaction related to four specific variables.

Part-time faculty members at community colleges are customarily understood from an institutional perspective that is based on traditional conceptions of the community college as a component of a tiered educational system. This conception places the community college in the role of either a junior college or a training school. However, the…

A description of the cost of creating and maintaining an unusual system of community colleges that has neither physical plant nor full-time teachers. (Editor)

Discusses the increasing demand for community-based comprehensive education and examines the role of part-time faculty in helping noncampus colleges meet local community needs. Examples of the effective utilization of community experts on a part-time basis are provided. (JP)

Examines the rationale for the use of part-time faculty; discusses concerns related to recruitment and selection and instructional quality; and addresses the relationship between part-time faculty and the institution. Suggests implementation of a plan by which faculty are paid differentially for a variety of teaching-related functions. (LAL)