The Question Of Quality Of Adjunct Professors

The paper titled “The Truth about College Teachers” is a former student’s analysis of her past professors. She categorizes them into three categories, the Knowledgeable One, The Leader of Intellectual Discussion, and The Buddy. Overall, this paper was interesting to read but came across as whiny.

Community college is a great institution for students to start their educational journey. Especially when they do not have the funds or lack some of the prerequisite that a university would require. Community college was created to serve the community, traditional and non-traditional students with the best higher education and lifetime learning opportunities. The faculty and staff members at a community college is there to provide leadership in education while going above and beyond to recognize the needs of the students and the community by providing excellent educational programs and support services that are available to all who have the opportunity to take advantage of them. “Student services now include recruitment and retention, counseling, student activities, student health, financial aid, academic support, career centers, transfer centers, and supplemental services such as transportation, child care, and services tailored for specific populations of students” (Cohen, Brawer, & Krisker, 2014, pg. 209). My philosophy in fulfilling the role and mission of the community college, is to establish the mission, vision, goals and values to guide all students on their journey to strive to become successful both in school and in today’s economy.

Therefore, students begin dreaming of college; where they will attend and what they will become when they grow up. Unfortunately, the absurd college and university tuition hikes have forced many prospective college bound students to shift gears on their journey to receiving a college degree. One of the modifications made to the dreams of many, is college selection. Thousands of students have opted to start their college careers at a community college. Community colleges are designed to serve as a pathway from high school to college and most offer two-year transfer or university parallel programs that prepare students wishing to earn a bachelor’s degree from a four-year institution. Community Colleges are generally more cost efficient therefore, grant access to many more students desiring a higher education. CNN Money journalist, Kim Clark reports that, “While community college tuition posted a sharp 8.7% gain, it's still a bargain: only about $3,000 a year for full-time tuition” (Clark). Clark also suggests that due to recent increases in federal grants and tax benefits, the average total aid was raised above the average tuition price of community colleges, therefore, “the typical community college student got the cost of tuition and most textbooks fully covered” (Clark). According to the College Board, “four out of 10 graduating high school students begin their college careers at community colleges” (Why Community College?). Typically, courses that are

The sustainability of a successful community college system is critical to the health of the American education as a

If we look at the current perception of the community college, it is not a stepping stone any more, nor is it a feeder to the major university, it is a stagnate pond few make it out

According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranking, the United States of America is considered mediocre in its educational performance. In a competitive world where average is just not adequate for the well-being of a nation, experts have theorized that to improve the country’s education our schools need to revaluate different factors of the education system. Some have even speculated these factors are the teacher’s tenure. In fact, some claim tenure is the reason why the United States’ education system quality is on its downward slope. In order for one to determine if the country’s education is suffering from tenure, one need to have a full understanding of its function and how teachers use tenure. One would also need to know the benefits of this contract by understanding how tenure relates to discrimination, academic freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of association, and freedom of religion. However, one would also need to have knowledge of the cons of teacher’s tenure by analyzing how the dance of the lemon’s policy and the reassignment centers do not allow teachers to improve and how much tenure can cost the school districts.

For example, student enrollment increases postsecondary institutions will hire several part-time faculty to accommodate increased enrolment. Research surrounding motivating factors that attract educators to seek online teaching positions provides important information for administrators to better hire and maintain quality faculty (Nordin & Anthony, 2014). This information allows for the building of a quality pool of adjunct faculty who bring their first-hand knowledge acquired from their full-time professions and real world experience. The increased popularity of distance learning has helped more people earn an education, and increase their standing in the workplace. Many have a desire to teach, but there are a limited amount of full-time positions available, as a result many are open to the idea of working part-time hoping to eventually gain full-time employment. This also contributes to the increased use of online adjunct faculty (Nordin & Anthony,

Adjunct professors are hired by the university in order to save money. This tactic, however, becomes a problem for the students for a few reasons. Adjuncts may have another job while working at the university and therefore would not be able to devote a lot of time to students. Temporary professors are also paid less and may not invest as much time to their students or teachings simply because they do not care. Finally, even if the professor was an exceptional teacher he or she may permanently leave the university he or she was working at and cannot be contacted by students for references. Professors are meant to be “educator[s] [who] must try to develop men and women who can and who will by themselves continue what he has begun: the end product of any liberating education is simply the self-educating, self-cultivating man and woman; in short the free and rational individual” (Mills, 1959, p. 187). However, even though there are obvious problems

The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study is to identify the barriers that online adjunct faculty members perceive disconnect them from the main campus and that limit their professional growth opportunities. The focus of the literature review is to present information from scholarly journals on how institutions of higher learning face barriers that cause online adjunct faculty to feel disconnected from the main campus and limited professional growth opportunities that may hurt the quality of the online learning environment and an institution’s reputation. Removing barriers are important for the quality of the learning environment since online adjunct faculty members are the fastest growing population in the field of academia and will

Tenure is a critical aspect to the education system in America. When students take a course with a tenured professor, they are 7 percent more likely to take a second course in that given field and they also tend to receive higher grades in later courses (the Atlantic). Contingent faculty are not able to develop meaningful relationships with students who are less interested or invested in certain courses, typically seen in general education courses (Lawrence). Recently, within the past twenty years, colleges and universities have switched over to adjunct faculty being the primary source of teaching. Tenured faculty are expensive because they are guaranteed employment for life as long as they meet their research, service, and teaching obligations. Some universities cannot continue to hire faculty members and provide them with lifelong employment as it is expensive to maintain. The way around this is to hire adjunct or termed faculty. These professionals are paid entirely to teach and do not have to worry about the pressures of research and service (The Atlantic).

Personal faculty instructors make manner much less than public college teachers. common salaries are almost $50,000 for public, and barely $36,000 for non-public.the alternative interpretation is that private-school instructors ought to be underpaid. non-public schools, some factor out, go through better instructor turnover amongst early-profession teachers: 24 percentage of personal-school instructors are in their first three years of teaching, in comparison with 13 percentage of public-faculty teachers. And on their manner out the door, -thirds cite low income as a cause for leaving. So private faculties’ stingy wages must be failing to draw and preserve precise teachers. The primary distinction between non-public and public schools is their

Throughout college, we are encountered with different types of professors, ones that help through college and others that put us through hell in our time there. While in college, I had two types of professors the lenient and the stern type. The students have to deal with these types of professors on a daily basis because there is no other choice. Both types of professors have different attitudes, way of teaching. However both have the same common goal which is to educate their students the best way they believe is right.

According to data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2015, there are about 50.1 million public school students and 3.1 million teachers in the United States. When the number of teachers is not enough for teaching requirement. We have to improve our teachers’ quality as well as academic freedom. Before tenure, teachers could be fired by personal, religious, race, political reasons, or the teachers’ public speak-outs. In the early 19th century, the National Education Association introduced tenure. Tenure is simply a contractual right to protect teachers from unfair expulsion for arbitrary or wrongful reasons (Robertson, 465). Furthermore, tenure is granted to the excellent teachers after a reasonable working period. By the way, we shouldn’t eliminate tenure system because it protects teachers from unfair dismissal, helps school administrators’ works more effectively, and attracts people to the teaching profession.

According to data gathered by the National Center for Education Statistics in 2015, there are about 50.1 million public school students and 3.1 million teachers in the United States. When the number of teachers is not enough to meet the demand for teaching, the student/teacher ratio will rise. In order to recruit teachers more effectively, we need to improve the training programs and the teachers ' rights. In the early 19th century, the National Education Association introduced tenure. Before tenure, teachers could be fired for religion, race, political standing, personal reasons, and for voicing their opinions. Tenure is simply a contractual right to protect teachers from unfair expulsion for arbitrary or unjustified reasons (Robertson 465). Furthermore, tenure is only granted to teachers after a reasonable working period. We shouldn’t eliminate the tenure system because it protects teachers from unfair dismissal, helps school administrators work more effectively, and attracts people to the teaching profession.

Higher education has been experiencing high turnover rates among teachers. According to Gonzalez and Brown (2008), the NEA (National Education Association) reported that 20% of recently hired teachers will leave the profession within the first three years (Gonzalez & Brown, 2008). In urban areas, however, 50% of teachers will leave the classroom within the same timeframe (p. 2). This is due to low wages, personal dissatisfaction, and emotional/social factors (p.2). Such factors contribute to teacher burnout.