The Growing Use of Part-Time Faculty: Understanding Causes and Effects

Download or read book The Growing Use of Part-Time Faculty: Understanding Causes and Effects written by David W. Leslie and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1999-01-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part-time and temporary faculty now constitute a majority of all those teaching in colleges and universities. This volume presents analyses of the changes in academic work, in faculty careers, and in the economic conditions in higher education that are associated with the shift away from full-time academic jobs. Issues for research, policy, and practice are discussed. The chapters in this volume were originally prepared for a conference on part-time and adjunct faculty sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. This is the 104th issue of the quarterly journal New Directions for Higher Education.