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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Contingent faculty"”.
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From passive to active learning: contingent faculty collaboratively leading pedagogical change
… and the affects that it can have upon faculty and students alike. Better retention and deeper learning are just two outcomes derived from employing active learning. These types of outcomes can ultimately have a profound impact upon institutions and individuals within the educational …
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An Analysis of Instructional Practices of Contingent Faculty in Community Colleges
… an increase in the percent of courses taught by contingent instructors as opposed to full-time faculty members. This trend, when considered with the fact that almost half of the students now pursuing postsecondary educational opportunities do so in community colleges, provides a rich landscape …
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Burnout and Work Fatigue in Contingent Faculty During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… shift to remote learning had a major impact on faculty and students in higher education institutions (HEIs). As a result of the pandemic, many stakeholders in HEIs have experienced burnout and work fatigue, specifically, contingent/adjunct faculty. Contingent/adjunct faculty comprise a majority …
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Diversity as Contingent: An Intersectional Ethnographic Interrogation of and Resistance Against Neoliberal Academia’s Exploitation of Contingent Faculty in General Education Diversity Courses
… academia has increasingly relied in under-paid contingent faculty to carry its teaching workload. During this same time, neoliberal academia began to take up ‘diversity’ as a way to sell its brand. This dissertation stands at the crux between diversity branding and the exploitation of contingent …
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Lightning in a Bottle: A History of the Syracuse Writing Program, 1986-1996
… Writing Program's administrative structures for contingent faculty focuses on professional development and evaluation systems for the Writing Program's part-time writing instructors. The study draws on archival methodology, using saved administrative documents from the Syracuse Writing Program …
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A NARRATIVE INQUIRY INTO CONTINGENT MUSIC FACULTY EXPERIENCES
<p>The increasing reliance on short-term or contingent faculty reflects a shift away from tenure-track positions. Tenure-track faculty reduction is significant in academic disciplines such as music. This qualitative narrative inquiry study explored the professional experiences of contingent music …
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Taking a Deep Breadth: The Rhetorical Construction of Solidarity in the American Labor Movement
… of the World, the United Farm Workers, and contingent faculty unionization efforts are explored.</p> <p>I argue Burke's ideas of substance and identification provide a powerful lens through which we can examine the solidary practices of social movements. Through the examination of the case …
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Adequacy in Faculty Standards of U.S. Regional Accreditation Commissions
Adequacy of full-time faculty is an indicator utilized by regional accreditors in the United States to ensure quality instruction since studies have shown that a high percentage of contingent faculty may have a negative impact on student performance. U.S. regional accreditors of colleges and …
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University Education in a Postmodern Era: Building a Narrative Ethic of Civil Communication in the Classroom
… lack of institutional support for a growing contingent faculty, and incongruent values about appropriate classroom communication. Unlike preceding historical time periods that maintained a shared communicative ethic stemming from antiquity to modernity, postmodernity presents an unprecedented …
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Professor Who? A Phenomenological Exploration of Working Professionals Who Feel Called to Teach as Adjunct Faculty
… call to teach, the study explores how adjunct faculty characterize the relationship between personal identity, calling, and professional identity as a teacher. This study also explores how adjunct faculty articulate the relationship between their identity, teaching intentions, and professional …
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A Critical Race Analysis of the Work Experiences of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members of Color
… rapid increase in the number of non-tenure-track faculty members (Curtis, 2014), has prompted research about this group (Allison, Lynn, and Hovermann, 2014; Coalition on the Academic Workforce, 2012; Eagan and Jaeger, 2009; Umbach, 2007). There is also a large body of literature that explores the …
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A qualitative embedded single-case study exploring how adjunct faculty create a community of inquiry experience in online graduate programs.
… institutions continuously rely on adjunct faculty members (Guthrie et al., 2019). A subset of adjuncts who primarily teach online report challenges with student motivation and engagement (Bolliger & Martin, 2018). Additionally, adjunct faculty members are often working professionals with …