This study tested two hypotheses. Part-time instructors could enhance their teaching (1) if they are informed of the student evaluations at mid-semester and (2) if they work with a consultant on selected areas for improvement. Findings supported the hypotheses. (AM)

Examines the reason for the tight job market for full-time positions in English departments, suggesting that the blame lies with the departments themselves in that they hire part-time or adjunct faculty to do most of the teaching. (TB)

Suggests several ways that part-time writing faculty can improve their situation both in the classroom and in their relationship to the college. (SR)

Argues with the presumption that full-time teaching is the only legitimate model for academic employment. Asserts that regular part-time faculty are a permanent good in the academy. Suggests three appendices to the Conference on College Composition and Communication's statement of professional standards. (PRA)

A British study comparing the Kent Open Learning (KOL) tutor training with standard tutor training showed a significant increase in student-centered attitudes among tutors in KOL. (SK)

Discussion of hiring by colleges and universities of part-time faculty suggests that while full-time faculty should teach the core of an institution's offerings, adjunct faculty are appropriately hired to enhance program quality, provide a variety of experiences for students, and teach specialty classes in selected disciplines. Also addresses…

Addresses (1) shared understandings regarding the extent and pattern of increased reliance on part-time and adjunct faculty; (2) elements of quality undergraduate instruction affected; and (3) institutional advantages and disadvantages of such reliance. Suggests general guidelines for rectifying inappropriate reliance on part-time and adjunct…

Reports that adjunct faculty, which accounts for half the professoriate, does not have academic freedom and can lose jobs for such usually protected activities as teaching controversial material, fighting grade changes, or organizing unions. Accounts of such activities are offered from Jefferson Community College (Kentucky), Chestnut Hill College…

In 1988 the Community College Reform Act (AB 1725) began a phase out of credentials in favor of a process for establishing minimum qualifications and the determination of equivalencies that are at least equal to the state-adopted minimum qualifications for a particular discipline. According to Education Code sections 87359 and 87360, someone…

Economic models of the way in which faculty allocate their time, and the behavior of labor markets, can help inform institutional research on faculty in a variety of ways. (Contains 3 tables and 3 figures.)

Purpose: This study investigates how the increased use of part-time and nontenure-track instructors may result in grade inflation. Design/methodology/approach: This research uses ten years of registrar data at a Midwest State (USA) institution to perform a multiple regression grade analysis. Findings: Evidence is found that part-time and…

Examined existing administrative policies and procedures for academic job sharing for married couples in a survey of 12 institutions and 16 administrators. Results suggested growing consideration of job sharing by academic employers and pointed out advantages such as attracting high-quality faculty and extending faculty resources. (JAC)

This report summarizes information from the faculty matrix prepared to demonstrate the patterns of faculty employment at Nova Southeastern University (Florida) in 1997. In the fall term of 1997, Nova Southeastern University employed 1,360 faculty members. Of these faculty members, approximately 39% were full time, and the remainder were part time.…

As evening and extension programs grow, colleges must be concerned with making better use of part-time faculty and responding to their many unique problems. (RN)

Donating equipment to universities for research and teaching, having industry engineers teach part-time, and having engineering societies assist universities in evaluating which methods are best for increasing the quantity and quality of engineering graduates are discussed as ways of resolving the current crisis in engineering education. (SK)