Implementation of the Adjunct Faculty Model

K. Garth-James^1,

¹School of Business Management, Notre Dame de Namur University, California, USA

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K. Garth-James. Implementation of the Adjunct Faculty Model. American Journal of Educational Research. 2016; 4(8):637-647. doi: 10.12691/EDUCATION-4-8-9

Abstract

The growing use of adjunct faculty in higher education has drawn its share of criticism. However, it is not necessarily bad to make use of the Adjunct Faculty Model (AFM) to support institutional mission and goals. This research uses content analysis to explore issues regarding how to precisely define the AFM as well as implementation and implications for faculty job satisfaction linked to student learning, which academic leadership (college deans, department chairs, directors) want to know.

Keywords

adjunct faculty, higher education professoriates, part-time instructors

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