The Growing Use of Part-Time Faculty: Understanding Causes and Effects (New Directions for Higher Education, Band 44) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787942499 ISBN 13: 9780787942496

Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1999

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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DAVID W. LESLIE is professor of education at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.

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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.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0787942499
• ISBN 13: 9780787942496
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 107
• Herausgeber: Leslie David W.
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar