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Direct linkAnthony W. Burkhammer – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this study was to determine the motivators and hygienes that affect the job satisfaction and classroom efficacy of community college faculty in Arkansas. Using Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory, this research found motivating factors, such as the nature of the work, autonomy and independence, and professional relationships to be…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Hygiene, Job Satisfaction
Download full textRegion 9 Comprehensive Center, 2022
An estimated 17% to 30% of new teachers in the U.S. leave the profession within their first 5 years of teaching. Some challenges that prompt new teachers to leave the field include stress, lack of appropriate support, and feeling unprepared to handle behavioral and academic issues among their students. Research supports the finding that teachers…
Descriptors: Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage, Labor Turnover
Ayers, Holly M. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
For years, researchers and part-time faculty advocacy organizations have addressed the distinctive circumstances surrounding the inequitable workforce situation that continues to plague higher education. Regardless of the vast research that focuses on how and why the situation remains unchanged, few institutions have been proactive in seeking a…
Descriptors: Part Time Faculty, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Teacher Evaluation
Douma, Deborah Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this quantitative, internet-based, self-reported study of grant personnel at 85 public community colleges, was to identify factors that indicate the optimum circumstances under which public community college faculty can be engaged in participating in resource development processes necessary to receive external funding in the form of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Instructional Leadership, College Administration, College Faculty
Peer reviewedWallin, Desna L. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2007
As community colleges become dependent on a contingent workforce, the recruitment, retention, and motivation of quality part-time faculty become an institutional priority. This chapter presents an overview of the practices of three exemplary colleges in providing innovative professional development for part-time faculty.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Part Time Faculty, College Faculty, Faculty Development
Pearch, William J.; Marutz, Linda – Community College Enterprise, 2005
As community colleges struggle with keeping their disciplines and programs up-to-date, offer more courses to an ever-increasing student population, and battle shrinking budgets, adjunct faculty save the day (Roueche, Roueche, & Milliron, 1995). To retain quality part-time faculty members already employed in community colleges, as well as new hires…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Teacher Persistence
