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Download full textBanachowski, Grace – 1997
The number of part-time faculty instructors at two-year colleges has grown steadily since the early 1960s, increasing from 38% in 1962 to 65% in 1993. Part-time faculty are employed in community colleges for four main reasons. First, they save an institution money in both salaries and benefits and are rarely promoted; second, the use of part-time…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Quality, Educational Trends, Employment Practices
