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Peer reviewedKuchera, Michael E.; Miller, Steven I. – Sociology of Education, 1988
Reports on a study of social-psychological effects of the declining academic labor market on 515 adjunct faculty members teaching in two-year community colleges in Illinois and Wisconsin. Concludes that the poorer one's perception of opportunity in the full-time market, the less satisfied one will be with the adjunct role and the less time one…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Educational Research, Employment Opportunities
Peer reviewedMiech, Richard Allen; Elder, Glen H. Jr. – Sociology of Education, 1996
Investigates and compares the effects of motivation for service on persistence in teaching among teachers in the 1960s and 1970s. With the exception of women in the 1960s (when few alternative careers were available), frustration among service-oriented teachers led to low levels of teacher persistence. (MJP)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Females
