Adjunct faculty have become the new majority faculty on campuses across the country. There are two theories why adjunct faculty are so relied upon: cost or contingency. Some institutions may employ adjunct faculty for cost-savings reasons. In contrast, other institutions may depend on the contingent, temporary nature of the employment contracts to…

Eighty-three public two-year college collective bargaining contracts and 47 four-year college contracts in 13 states and the District of Columbia were reviewed to examine references to personnel files. Sixty-six (80 percent) of the two-year contracts contained such clauses, as opposed to 23 of the four-year contracts. This paper catalogues the…

Presents several theories of personnel organization as they relate to the operation of two-year colleges; discusses the personnel staff and its functions; highlights policies and procedures carried out by the personnel department; and discusses personnel record maintenance as an important function of the personnel department. (DMM)

The document comprises the data element dictionary for the Annual Personnel Report (APR) Data Base (Version 8.0), 1999-2000, for the Florida Community College System (FCCS). The Annual Personnel Reports System was created to meet federal and state requirements for reporting personnel information. The key fields are listed at the top of the table…

The 1999 Cuesta College Faculty and Staff Survey examined ten functional areas: (1) safety/security/campus environment; (2) technology and equipment; (3) organizational structure; (4) college policies; (5) faculty/staff evaluations; (6) planning/decision-making; (7) communications/publications; (8) library/learning resources; (9) support services;…

This report provides enrollment information for Washington community and technical colleges during fall quarter 2000. It also presents information about student demographics, programs and student characteristics, state-supported course enrollment, contract-supported course enrollment, and staff. Highlights include: (1) Washington's community and…

At Tallahassee Community College (TCC), a full-time equivalent (FTE) based ratio was used as the basis for comparing the college's staff allocations with those of other community colleges in the state. The development of a statewide personnel database by the Florida State Board of Community Colleges provided the means for investigating this ratio.…

The study was an attempt to obtain information about a variety of adult education programs in Nebraska by assessing the number of adult education programs or courses, the number of people being reached, and the number of professional or volunteer staff people involved. The document opens with a literature review of selected studies on growth of…

The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in full-time faculty at the Florida Community College System (FCCS) between 1994 and 1998. During this period, the number of headcount students served by the FCCS declined. The total number of instructional faculty declined from 4,743 in 1994 to 4,586 in 1998, a drop of 3 percent. The number of…

The first issue of Riverside Community College District's (California) factbook, this report presents a composite view of the district; its community college, Riverside Community College; and its students and community as of 1995. Section 1 profiles the district's community, providing maps and tables summarizing demographic data related to racial…

This report contains employment data for executive, administrative, and managerial (EAM) staff in the Florida Community College System (FCCS). EAM includes all persons who exercise primary college-wide responsibility for the management of an institution. Between fall 1995 and fall 1999, the number of EAMs has increased from 515 to 629, a gain of…

This report presents data on community college staffing and salaries for the California Community Colleges. The first five tables present the number of employees by primary occupational activity; the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees by occupational activity; the number of employees by type of assignment; percent distribution and rate…

Two years of homework resulted in approved funds for a major computer upgrade in a state institution. Discusses some major questions: academic need for three-campus community colleges, technical instructional needs, how larger computers can aid in the management and operation of the college, and agencies that might be served by new facility. (MLW)

This report presents a series of data tables on staffing and salaries for the California Community Colleges. The first five tables present the number of employees by primary occupational activity; the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees by occupational activity; the number of employees by type of assignment; percent distribution and…

This report presents fall 1987 demographic, staffing, salary, and workload information on California community college employees, based on data provided by 68 of the 70 districts in the state. First, tables present the total number of district employees by: primary occupational activity; the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees by…