Study of Part-Time Instruction [microform]
- Bib ID:
- 5475663
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor
- Description:
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1987
- 80 p.
- Summary:
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The purpose of a study conducted by the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCCs) was to examine current policies and practices regarding the use of part-time faculty in the CCCs, faculty characteristics, implications for instructional quality, and policy options. The study involved a review of existing literature; data analyses; a survey of California community colleges regarding current practices with respect to part-time faculty; a comparison of survey results with those from a 1981 study; and a survey of community colleges in other states. Study findings included the following: (1) part-time faculty were often hired for their specific knowledge, to provide staffing flexibility, to teach odd-hours and off-campus, and because they are paid less than full-time faculty; (2) 39 of 106 colleges provided part-time faculty with limited reemployment rights; (3) most of the colleges' noncredit instruction was provided by part-time faculty, along with one-third of the class hours of credit instruction; (4) part-time faculty were younger and more often female than were full-time faculty; (5) two of every five full-time faculty members and nearly all part-time faculty responding to the 1981 survey had jobs outside the college; (6) all states responding to the Chancellor's survey indicated that their local colleges required some sort of out-of-class activity of their part-time faculty; and (7) evidence regarding differences in the quality of instruction provided by full- and part-time faculty was inconclusive. The study report includes a section on policy considerations which begins by reviewing prior (1978) policy recommendations and goes on to discuss policy options with reference to part-time faculty status, use, workload, support, evaluation, and compensation. The survey instruments, with summaries of findings, are appended. (LAL)
- Notes:
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- Policymakers.
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- Reproduction:
- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor
- Available From:
- ERIC
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2057 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1987
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