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Direct linkEdenfield, Gordon – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Nationally adjunct faculty comprise almost 70% of all two-year institution faculty while in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) adjunct faculty teach 60% of the community college courses, and should past trends continue, the number of adjunct faculty members is expected to grow 10% within the next fifteen years (Caliber, 2007; Phillipe…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Community Colleges, Quality of Life, Program Effectiveness
Tenbergen, Klaus-Georg – ProQuest LLC, 2010
A seismic economic shift has changed the rules by which Americans strive to get ahead in society. Hard work, once the bedrock of opportunity, is no longer sufficient in and of itself to ensure individual prosperity and security for either individuals or the larger community. The consequence of this new economy is the need to educate students in…
Descriptors: Social Mobility, Economic Climate, Context Effect, Social Change
