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Now hiring: The faculty of the future
Donald W. Green, Kathleen Ciez-Volz,
Kathleen Ciez-Volz
Florida State College at Jacksonville's Kent Campus
Search for more papers by this authorDonald W. Green, Kathleen Ciez-Volz,
Kathleen Ciez-Volz
Florida State College at Jacksonville's Kent Campus
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Community colleges across the United States are experiencing an extraordinarily high demand for new instructors. Institutions must make sound, long-term decisions by selecting candidates who honor the community college's past while heralding its future.
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