Employment of part-time teachers can increase the number and variety of subject offerings while holding down teacher costs. (Author)

Preparation for substitute teaching in physical education begins with sound professional training. A "sub" must be self-confident and fair and should have a sense of humor. The successful "sub" will be properly prepared and organized to meet each teaching assignment. (JN)

Relates the difficulties of part-time faculty, particularly the problem of maintaining a positive attitude and a sense of humor. (RL)

Two discussions explore the issue of part-time and temporary teaching appointments in colleges. The first discusses the negative impact these assignments have on the discipline of English. The second recognizes that these appointments are here to stay and offers suggestions for making a bad situation productive. (HTH)

By using a deferred compensation plan, dental schools can provide the part-time educator with a greater return at a time when that money will be of more benefit. Through a contractual agreement, a plan can be constructed that can significantly increase the real value of part-time earnings. (Author/MLW)

Offers beginning basic course directors some initial ideas about hiring the best associate faculty. Seeks to open discussion about directing associate faculty by outlining hiring standards and providing guidelines for orienting, empowering, developing, and evaluating associate faculty. (PA)

Considers the scope of the problem of the trend toward part-time faculty. Identifies the characteristics of part-time instructors. Assesses the effects of part-time appointments on the profession. Notes that women are most often found in the lower ranks of part-time faculty. (PA)

Presents guidelines for maximum class size and workload in English. Presents recommendations for the number of students in writing courses and the number of students in literature courses. Considers recommendations for hours of instruction, variety of courses, variable workloads, administrative duties, and part-time and temporary appointments. (SG)

Suggests that an institution's use of a critical mass of full-time, tenured and tenured-track faculty members provides a measure for judging the quality of undergraduate education. Presents a table that gives the average percentages of undergraduate course sections taught by full- and part-time instructors in different types of English and foreign…

Examines the number of adjuncts hired by three schools and compares the grades they assigned with the grades faculty members assigned to students. Finds that the number of adjuncts being hired by the schools has reached a plateau and that adjuncts at all three schools awarded the highest grades. (MS)

Examines the status of part-time college faculty. Notes that some part-time faculty are entering into collective bargaining and joining unions in an effort to achieve equity with full-time teachers. (MM)

Describes the planning and implementation of a program that uses microteaching to train part-time adult education tutors in Guernsey. (JOW)

Discusses the situation of part-time writing program faculty at the University of North Dakota and a research project undertaken to understand their situation. Suggests that such research, undertaken locally and shared with a local audience, can complement broad based reform initiatives like the Wyoming Resolution and the CCCC Statement of…

Describes a self-study in which a group of part-time composition instructors examined their practices for commenting on students' papers. Concludes that their commenting pedagogies had more to do with ubiquitous political ramifications of being marginalized part-timers or temporary appointees than they would have liked to admit. (RS)

All state-supported two- and four-year institutions in Tennessee and a sample of nine other southern states were surveyed. Responses from 84 of 95 indicated that salaries for noncredit instructors were determined largely by course-related factors and credentials; written guidelines could strengthen policy unless developed narrowly; and a sliding…