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Direct linkRyan, Suzanne; Burgess, John; Connell, Julia; Groen, Egbert – Tertiary Education and Management, 2013
Over the past 25 years, the Australian workforce has become more casualised, with approximately one-quarter of the workforce in casual employment today. One of the highest users of casual employees is the higher education sector, where casual academics (referred to as sessionals in the Australian context) are estimated to account for 50% of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Employment Patterns, Teaching Load, Higher Education
Adamowicz, Catherine – Academe, 2007
The 2006 report from Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings's Commission on the Future of Higher Education, "Test of Leadership: Charting the Future of U. S. Higher Education", made recommendations that most parttime faculty cannot follow. The report "urge[s] postsecondary institutions to make a commitment to embrace new pedagogies, curricula,…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Community Colleges, Teaching Load, Governance
Download full textVirginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1998
The 1998 General Assembly directed the Council of Higher Education to study policies regarding the use of adjunct faculty at Virginia's colleges and universities. The study aimed to examine course loads and benefits and how these issues relate to faculty with joint appointments at several public institutions. Virginia's public higher education…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Colleges, Faculty College Relationship
