It is suggested that academic librarians possess the necessary skills for teaching in a classroom environment. The librarian-teacher is viewed as being able to convey subject skills and bibliographic skills on a simultaneous and fully integrated basis. Suggestions for utilization of this teaching resource are included. (SF)

Part-time faculty are critical in providing a sense of the marketplace to guide curriculum improvement. If adjuncts are not given a greater role, market forces will dictate curriculum change, albeit slowly and inefficiently. (SK)

Describes a study that surveyed faculty and staff in 300 two-year colleges to identify the elements of planning, implementation, funding, and evaluation for development of both full-time and part-time faculty. Reports that statistically significant differences were found among colleges of different sizes and among accreditation regions. (Contains…

Examines the characteristics and role of the part-time community college faculty member. Reviews ways colleges typically provide opportunities for enrichment and renewal for all faculty and recommends the use of team-teaching to reward full-time faculty while providing a one-on-one professional development experience for part-time faculty. (DMM)

Discusses part-time faculty members, or adjuncts, in the fields of journalism and mass communication. Asserts that a coherent plan is needed for the use of part-time teachers throughout higher education and especially in journalism. Makes suggestions for this plan. (MS)

Responses from 19 of 29 participants in teacher certification courses who were part-time tutors revealed differences in attitudes. Those who progressed in maintaining their qualifications were more positive about the role of tutors and professional development; those who did not saw further education as more peripheral to their lives. (SK)

Describes steps taken by the English department at Washington State University to deal with the double bind of overproduction of PhDs and the situation of temporary instructors. Addresses the forces pushing against these efforts and the department chair's difficulties in dealing with those forces. (RS)

Examines the problem of increasing reliance upon part-time faculty. Looks at the implications and considers a number of issues relating to employment of part-time faculty. Discusses six practices used to deal with part-time faculty: recruiting, selecting, orienting, staff development, evaluation, and integration. Effective communication is key in…

Reports that all six regional college/university accrediting agencies have rewritten, or are currently rewriting, their standards to place more emphasis on what students learn, accept the growth of part-time faculty members, develop ways to evaluate the effectiveness of distance learning, and let colleges tailor accreditation process to their own…

Attempts to make effects of fiscal constraints better understood in the hope of finding optimal solutions to critical difficulties faced by academic institutions. Suggests a new emphasis in graduate training on teaching. Points toward ideal changes in the structure of higher education but attempts to keep recommendations practical. Discusses the…

Women faculty will continue to lag behind males in achieving tenure as long as the ideal academic is defined as someone who takes no time off for childbearing. Suggests that the solution is to redefine the ideal worker in academia by offering proportional pay, benefits, and advancement for part-time work. Presents a model half-time tenure track…

Describes ongoing research on part-time teaching in selected Alberta (Canada) school districts. Themes include benefits and drawbacks of part-time teaching for individuals, students, and schools; incentives to attract part-time teachers; effects on principals in small schools; rural-urban differences; driving forces; and implications for the…

"FACTC Focus" is a publication of Faculty Association of Community and Technical Colleges (FACTC) with the purpose of presenting diverse views on faculty issues. Included in this issue are: (1) Teaching Underwater (Jill Stukenberg); (2) The Ready Made Audience (Jason Nix); (3) Success or Insanity (J. Salas); (4) U Tube and Flickr…

The difficulties experienced by part-time faculty members are discussed, and some benefits of part-time teaching are identified. Among the problems faced by part-time staff are per-course salaries, lack of college-paid benefits, job insecurity, and invisibility on campus. If the part-time teaching position is a primary source of income and career…

Central issues in the effort to maintain quality and integrity in American higher education are addressed in the annual report of the director of the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. It is suggested that creative methods of financing education and a new approach for gaining public support are…