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The Lone Star College : Tomball Campus

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Lone Star College, Tomball Campus
Interview with Professor Lindell Chapman, Technology Dept. Chair The Lone Star College (LSC) Tomball campus is located in the City of Tomball, TX, off Tomball Parkway between Zion Road and Baker Drive. The campus is part of the Lone Star College System that offers courses leading to an Associate’s Degree or towards the attainment of work skills that leads to certifications in a variety of career fields. The Tomball campus currently provides services to approximately 9,000 students with a teaching staff consisting of both full-time professors (~35%) and part-time adjunct professors (~65%). The Tomball campus opened in 1988 primarily serving the Tomball, Klein, Magnolia, and the northwest Spring Cypress …show more content…

For classes that are non-transferable (skills classes), professors must have a Bachelor’s degree and 10 years’ experience in the field that directly relates to the classes to be taught.
Professor Chapman mentioned that he started with LSC Tomball sixteen years ago. At that time, requirements for Adjunct Professors were not as stringent as today. Several of the current faculty that have only Bachelor’s degrees, have been teaching with LSC Tomball for many years and they have been “grandfathered in” to continue teaching their courses as a result of their tenure with the college. Normally, when it comes to class assignments, Adjunct Professors with Master’s degrees are given greater consideration than Adjuncts with only Bachelor’s degrees, as they qualify to teach both transferable and non-transferable courses. Adjunct Professors are paid according to the number of “in class” hours that they teach. There is no pay for work outside of class hours. All the materials: book selection, lesson plans, exercises, etc. are prepared for the Adjunct Professor. Technically speaking, they simply need to review the material and deliver it to the students. The per hour rate is supposed to be high enough to include the time needed to review the material and prepare for delivering the course.
One of the primary concerns that Adjuncts have shared with the full time staff is that they feel professionally disconnected

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