Consumer demands and annual budgetary inconsistencies have caused today's postsecondary academic landscape to continuously shift and change. Challenges to remain competitive or simply survive impact postsecondary institutions at their most fundamental level: those who are teaching the core curricula. Within the discipline of English, lecturers…

Higher education institutions often partner with outside staffing vendors to secure large pools of temporary workers for a variety of industrial and clerical positions. However, many institutions are doing so haphazardly and in a disconnected fashion, with different operating units each utilizing a different vendor. Duke University and Health…

Despite substantive research at the national level, local institutional information on students who work off campus while enrolled full time has been sparse. After considering the need for local studies examining the causes of term-time employment and employment's role in persistence, this research explores the appropriateness of using total…