Adequacy in Faculty Standards in U.S. Regional Accreditation Commissions
Authors: Nhung Pham Thi Tuyet 
Published: April 2019

This literature review addresses five themes that inform the faculty adequacy standards established by U.S. regional accreditation commissions and provides information about faculty credentials, the relationship between institutional missions and faculty responsibilities; full-time, part-time and contingent faculty; faculty responsibilities, and faculty in disciplinary-based accreditation. This review of literature supports institutions’ responses to the standards for adequacy of full-time faculty in six U.S. regional accreditation commissions. The study’s findings may provide common themes related to faculty adequacy to facilitate the institutions’ definitions and standards for faculty adequacy. The results might inform regional accreditors as they evaluate institutions on this standard. Finally, this study may be of interest to accreditors in other countries as they develop and revise their standards related to faculty adequacy.
Keywords
Faculty adequacy, accreditation standards, U.S. regional accreditation commissions
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