American public universities have assumed business-minded practices and norms that more
closely align with the goals and values of corporations than social institutions charged with …

Student retention has garnered increased attentions in higher education. Drawing from
various theoretical perspectives, researchers have developed multiple theoretical models to …

While community colleges in many states have embarked on whole-institution reform to
impact multiple dimensions of the student experience, relatively little attention has focused …

This paper attempts to shed more light on the teaching practices of part-time faculty
members and their impacts on community college students. Thus, it carries out a …

This article presents a qualitative case study that explores how faculty and administrators at
one community college conceptualized and experienced academic community within their …

Contingent Faculty at Community Colleges: The Too‐Often Overlooked and Under‐Engaged
Faculty Majority - Thirolf - 2017 - New Directions for Institutional Research - Wiley Online …

Recent research suggests at least half of community college faculty who are teaching part-
time would rather have a full-time appointment (Cashwell, 2009; Kramer, Gloeckner, & …

The purpose of this study was to qualitatively examine the lived workplace experiences of
adjunct community college faculty in Northern California. The problem is adjunct faculty may …

Adjunct faculty scholarship disproportionately focuses on institutions that serve traditional
students. Using Herzberg's job factors and attitudes as a theoretical lens, this study …

The trend toward continuous expansion of US post-secondary enrollments was reversed in
the 2010s. Using pooled state-level data in between-within models, we examine public …