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Adamowicz, Catherine – Academe, 2007
The 2006 report from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, "Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U. S. Higher Education", made recommendations that most parttime faculty cannot follow. The report "urge[s] postsecondary institutions to make a commitment to embrace new pedagogies, curricula,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Community Colleges, Teaching Load, Governance
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Szilak, Dennis – College English, 1977
Describes political and economic conditions in English Departments that are being manipulated to the detriment of the writing discipline and the teacher of writing. (DD)
Descriptors: English Departments, Higher Education, Part Time Faculty, Teacher Welfare
Lundy, Katherina, L. P.; Warme, Barbara D. – 1985
Perceptions concerning part-time teaching by part-time faculty at a large metropolitan university were studied. The respondents were divided into two groups: those who wished to teach part-time (the willing) and those who were teaching part-time because of their inability to find full-time work (the reluctant). In addition to questionnaire…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Level, Faculty College Relationship, Higher Education
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1998
The 1998 General Assembly directed the Council of Higher Education to study policies regarding the use of adjunct faculty at Virginia's colleges and universities. The study aimed to examine course loads and benefits and how these issues relate to faculty with joint appointments at several public institutions. Virginia's public higher education…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Colleges, Faculty College Relationship