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ERIC Number: ED626026
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Oct-11
Pages: 15
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Fine Wine at Discount Prices? A Review of the Research on the Part-Time Faculty Workforce. Research & Occasional Paper Series: CSHE.7.2022
Christopher, Tami; Kumar, Amal; Todd Benson, R.
Center for Studies in Higher Education
Although part-time faculty have long contributed specialized expertise to colleges and universities, their role has shifted away from specialized expertise as they have shouldered an increasing share of day-to-day teaching operations at colleges and universities. Today, part-time faculty provide higher education institutions a flexible workforce and a less expensive workforce alternative. Despite their significant impact, the research literature lacks an up-to-date integrative synthesis of the part-time faculty workplace on its own terms, an object of study unto itself instead of a less-than version of the full-time faculty workplace. In this paper, we summarize key themes from the existing research literature most relevant to the part-time faculty workplace, with attention to both the technical components of the workplace and the socio-cultural dimensions of part-time faculty members' daily work experiences.
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: University of California, Berkeley. Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE)
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