Adjunct faculty in community colleges
Subtitle: an academic administrator's guide to recruiting, supporting, and retaining great teachers
By: Desna L. Wallin, editor.
Contributors: Wallin, Desna L.
Publisher: Anker Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bolton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: College teachers, Part-time -- Recruiting -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; College teachers, Part-time -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Community college teachers -- Recruiting -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Community college teachers -- Selection and appointment -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Community colleges -- United States -- Administration -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Description: The employment of adjunct faculty is often what allows community colleges to offer excellent yet affordable education; however, this group is often deprived of the professional development and basic amenities enjoyed by their full-time colleagues. Academic administrators are those charged with hiring and supervising adjunct faculty, and this book provides them with examples of successful programs that highlight the important connection between teaching quality and effective hiring, orientation, acculturation, and professional development practices for their constituency. These models come from community and technical colleges across the United States and can be implemented into any two-year system. Through the use of research, case studies, and hands-on how-to guides, checklists, and samples, this volume’s expert contributors explain how to understand part-time faculty— how to motivate them and value them as members of the academy. They go on to offer practical advice for recruiting, integrating, supporting, and retaining these great teachers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.