They also are not paid beyond actual teaching hours. All of the hours spent preparing lessons, grading papers, developing tests and advising students are donated. Part-time faculty often must work in two or three different college districts to make ends meet, spending as much time on the road as in the classroom. It is a wonder that part-time faculty perform as well as they do under difficult circumstances. All students need full-time teachers with the time and resources to serve them best, and who are paid fairly.
Community colleges rely too heavily on part-time faculty.
Most community college students are working adults with families. They deserve faculty who have offices to address their unique individual academic challenges. They deserve faculty who are paid to prepare for class, so students receive the best instruction these first-class educators can provide. It's hard to serve working adults well when you're spending most of your time in your car trying to make ends meet. Community college faculties need equal pay for equal work, seniority and health care.