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Use of Contingent Faculty and the Effect on Student Success

Use of Contingent Faculty and the Effect on Student Success. Vann Priest Rio Hondo College. Daniel Jacoby. Effects of Part-Time Faculty Employment on Community College Graduations Rates. The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 77, No. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2006)

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Use of Contingent Faculty and the Effect on Student Success

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  1. Use of Contingent Facultyand the Effect on Student Success Vann Priest Rio Hondo College

  2. Daniel Jacoby • Effects of Part-Time Faculty Employment on Community College Graduations Rates. • The Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 77, No. 6 (Nov./Dec. 2006) • “The main result from this study is that increases in the ratio of part-time faculty at community colleges have a highly significant and negative impact upon graduation rates.”

  3. Paul D. Umbach & Matthew R. Wawrzynski • FACULTY DO MATTER: The Role of Faculty in Student Learning and Engagement • Research in Higher Education, Vol. 46, No. 2 (Mar. 2005)

  4. Paul D. Umbach • How Effective Are They? Exploring the Impact of Contingent Faculty on Undergraduate Education • The Review of Higher Education, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Winter 2007) • “This study offers some compelling evidence to suggest that, compared with their tenured and tenure-track peers, contingent faculty, particularly part-time faculty, are underperforming in their delivery of undergraduate instruction. “ • “While this study identifies some deficiencies among contingent faculty, it is important not to lay the blame entirely on faculty in these appointments.”

  5. Paul D. Umbach • The effects of part-time faculty appointments on instructional techniques and commitment to teaching • Paper Presented at the 33 Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Higher Education, Jacksonville, FL, November 5-8, 2008 • PDF available • “Part-timers will exhibit lower levels of commitment to their institution and will exhibit lower levels of instructional performance.”

  6. Kevin M. Eagan, Jr. & Audrey J. Jaeger • Closing the Gate: Part-Time Faculty Instruction in Gatekeeper Courses and First Year Persistence • New Directions for Teaching and Learning, No. 115 (Fall 2008) • “Students appear to be significantly and negatively affected by having gatekeeper courses taught by other part-time faculty.”

  7. Kevin M. Eagan, Jr. & Audrey J. Jaeger • Unintended Consequences Examining the Effect of Part-Time Faculty Members on Associate’s Degree Completion • Community College Review, Vol. 36, No. 3 (Jan. 2009) • “Findings indicate that students experienced a significant yet modest negative effect from exposure to part-time faculty members on the probability of completing an associate’s degree.”

  8. Kevin M. Eagan, Jr. & Audrey J. Jaeger • Effects of Exposure to Part-time Faculty on Community College Transfer • Research in Higher Education, Vol. 50, No. 2 (2009) • “Findings suggest that students tend to be significantly less likely to transfer as their exposure to part-time faculty increases.”

  9. Andrea J. Jaeger • Contingent Faculty and Student Outcomes • Academe, Nov./Dec. 2008

  10. Thomas Bailey, et al. • Community College Student Success: What Institutional Characteristics Make a Difference? • Achieving the Dream [www.achievingthedream.org] • PDF available • “Students in colleges with more part-time faculty also have lower graduation rates.”

  11. Curtis V. Smith • The Impact of Part-Time Faculty on Student Retention: A Case Study in Higher Education • Dissertation, University of Missouri – Kansas City (2010) • “This study supports findings in the literature review and two previous statistical analyses that increasing exposure to part-time faculty has a negative impact on retention.”

  12. Roger G. Baldwin & Matthew R. Wawrzynski • Contingent Faculty as Teachers: What We Know; What We Need to Know • American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 55, No 8 (Aug. 2011) • “Findings indicate that the teaching practices of part-time contingent faculty differ in important ways from their other faculty colleagues.”

  13. Davis Jenkins • What Community College Management Practices Are Effective in Promoting Student Success? A Study of High- and Low-Impact Institutions • Achieving the Dream [www.achievingthedream.org] • PDF available • “Community colleges would be more effective if they do the following: Provide support for faculty development focused on improving teaching.”

  14. Davis Jenkins • Redesigning Community Colleges for Completion: Lessons from Research on High-Performance Organizations • CCRC Working Paper No. 26, Assessment of Evidence Series). New York, NY: Columbia University, Teachers College, Community College Research Center. (2011) • “Colleges should provide opportunities for adjunct faculty to collaborate with full-time faculty members on improving curricula and instructional quality in the fields they teach. ”

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