Part-time and substitute teachers do have rights, but courts often will not let such rights interfere with effective board action in solving school problems. As always, courts try to strike a balance between competing interests. (Author/IRT)

Life histories of 12 Canadian "portfolio" educators in contract employment arrangements reveal four tensions related to flexibilization and individualization: tensions of personal choice, continuous change, fluid knowledge, and flexible location. These tensions suggest the difficult negotiations workers must make in the new economy.…

Presents findings on who teaches undergraduates in postsecondary institutions, how much they teach, and the teaching practices they use. Data from the National Study of Postsecondary Faculty show that in fall 1998, a majority of faculty and staff were involved in undergraduate teaching, with 85% engaged to some extent. (SLD)

A further education college for adults used Britain's Investors in People program to improve staff development opportunities for part-time staff. The process necessitated balancing the tension between academic culture and the language of adult education on the one hand and the business/enterprise ethos of the IP program on the other. (SK)

A survey of 66 part-time tutors in Suffolk College's Community and Leisure Learning Program revealed that they spend considerable time in travel and preparation; more than one-third feel isolated and many coped with poor facilities and inadequate resources; and almost half indicated a need for subject-related staff development and subject-based…

Explores the dilemma of how a writing program administrator can educate part-time faculty, who have little practical and theoretical experience, to teach in a program dissonant with her own theoretical position, while remaining true to her ideological commitments and maintaining sound relations with her full-time colleagues. (SR)

The process and results of establishing collective bargaining for Rutgers University's (New Jersey) part-time faculty, largely women, are discussed. Negotiations for achievement of parity with full-time faculty through pro rata benefits and salaries, the most contested issue, are described briefly, focusing on administration resistance. (MSE)

Contains the English Council of California State University's statement of principles, responding to the 1989 CCCC statement developed in response to the Wyoming Resolution. Discusses (1) teaching, service, and research in rhetoric and composition; (2) the status of teaching assistants; (3) the status of lecturers and part-time faculty in…

Discusses the importance of a higher education institution's intellectual capital as a strategic asset in long-range planning. Addresses problems of part-time and graduate student instructors in the context of teaching quality as the institution's fundamental mission. Suggests that tenure encourages research, builds institutional strength, and…

Asserts that part-time faculty cannot enjoy as full a protection for academic freedom as do full-time faculty, let alone faculty with tenure, because they are too removed from the system of peer review. Clarifies the nuances of difference in the academic freedom available to part-time faculty and suggests procedures for its protection. (EV)

Many academics, whether married couples or professional partners, are teaming up to share tenure-track positions, and, although the evidence is largely anecdotal, their numbers seem to be increasing especially in the smaller institutions. The biggest drawback may be earning only half a salary; the benefits include more time for research or family.…

Courses at a distance already reach close to 20 percent of college students in the United States, and growth rates are significantly higher than those of traditionally taught programs. New offerings seem to be springing up everywhere, and some existing ones are bursting at the seams. Will the number of students taking college courses at a distance…

The recent growth of for-profit higher education has been marked by the rising importance of institutional ownership by publicly traded corporations. This paper looks at 13 publicly traded corporations that own degree-granting for-profit institutions of higher education in the United States, examining corporate growth strategies and their…

This article contains suggestions for teachers wishing to remain active in the field of education but not on a full-time basis, especially considering that the oldest of the baby boomers have begun to retire, that people are living longer, and a growing segment of the workforce views retirement as a transition to a new venture, not the end of an…

This 1994 Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Roundtable was composed of "Permanent Temps" from schools across the United States; it originated in audience reaction to one session in San Diego (California) in 1993 (ERIC ED 356 483). This 1994 session highlighted ways in which these permanent temporary faculty are…