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Kramer, Allison L.; Gloeckner, Gene W.; Jacoby, Daniel – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2014
Are part-time faculty members satisfied with their roles in higher education? Data from part-time faculty responses regarding their experiences in higher education vary. Valadez and Antony (2001) analyzed data from 6,811 part-time faculty collected from the National Center for Education Statistics' (NCES) 1992-1993 National Survey of Postsecondary…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Job Satisfaction
Jordan, Stephen M. – Trusteeship, 2009
As the United States moves toward becoming a "minority-majority" country, what more can--and should--college presidents and governing boards do to provide low-income students and students of color with a pipeline to high-quality education? Ongoing discourse about shifting demographics locally and nationally must be built into…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Governing Boards, College Presidents
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Voorhees, Richard A.; Zhou, Deying – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2000
Reports results of a statewide survey of student intentions administered to a sample of 3,219 community college students. A positive relationship was found between the number of credits completed and the number of intention shifts, and a negative relationship was found between the number of credits completed and perceptions of goal attainment.…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Demography, Educational Attainment
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Laden, Berta Vigil – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2004
This chapter presents an overview of the demographic shifts occurring in the United States and discusses the associated rapid increase in the number of community college students from diverse racial backgrounds. Profiles of two community colleges offer examples of timely responses to emerging majority students' academic, economic, and social…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demography, Population Trends, College Students