Adjunct Faculty in Community Colleges: An Academic Administrator's Guide to Recruiting, Supporting, and Retaining Great Teachers
A major issue for most community and technical colleges is providing part-time faculty with appropriate support and pedagogical assistance. Academic administrators are responsible for the hiring and direct supervision of adjunct faculty, but a number of factors—such as lack of current teaching experience or preoccupation with other administrative functions—may keep them from sufficiently providing for the needs of this critical group.This book provides department chairs and deans with examples of successful programs that are in place at a variety of community and technical colleges across the United States and that can be implemented into a two-year system. All examples are models of support for adjunct faculty and highlight the important connection between teaching quality and effective hiring, orientation, acculturation, and professional development practices for adjunct faculty.