Tag: Part Time Faculty

Faculty & Staff

New California Bill Benefits Part-Time Community College Faculty

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law that will eliminate the three-year cap on the transfer of sick leave between districts at all education levels.

July 19, 2019

Faculty & Staff

Survey: Full-Time Faculty Salaries Barely Above Inflation For Third Year in a Row

For the 2018-19 academic year, salaries for full-time faculty members at U.S. colleges and universities, on average, are 2 percent higher than they were in the 2017-18 academic year — just 0.01 percent above the inflation rate for the academic year after being adjusted.

April 11, 2019

Faculty & Staff

Course Correction at FAMU

Florida A&M University president James Ammons takes bold action to mitigate financial crises at the historically Black Tallahassee-based university.

August 1, 2011

Faculty & Staff

New Louisiana Community College Campus May Prove Too Small

With President Barack Obama setting a goal of producing 5 million more community college graduates in the next decade, it seems community colleges are finally having their moment.

July 19, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Southern U. in Baton Rouge Nearing the ‘Point of Crisis’

Deep state budget cuts, forced by falling state revenue and a new focus on performance-based funding, is pushing Southern University of Baton Rouge (SUBR) to the brink of crisis, the school’s chancellor says.

February 1, 2010

Faculty & Staff

Va. Military Institute Faces Sexism Accusations

The Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school’s policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets.

November 24, 2009

Faculty & Staff

LASTWORD: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Adjunct faculty are invaluable to community colleges, so why aren’t they taken into consideration in the colleges’ missions?

September 30, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Survey Shows More Diversity and Higher Graduation Rates at Public HBCUs

Public Historically Black Colleges and Universities have grown and expanded in the last 20 years, making their students and faculty among the most intellectually and racially diverse in higher education, according to a survey released Monday.

September 13, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Community Colleges Lobby to Offer Four-year Degrees

Michigan community colleges are challenging four-year universities for the right to offer bachelor’s degrees, and if they succeed, would join more than a dozen states across the country that already allow such degrees.

July 28, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Students plan return to debt-ridden NC school

Students return next week to Greensboro College, a school that has laid off staff to deal with debt of more than $19 million. The News & Record of Greensboro reported Tuesday that the small Methodist college has laid off 10 more staff members, including three part-time music teachers and the band director. The school is […]

July 27, 2009

Faculty & Staff

California State University System Chancellor Takes on K-12

When California State University Chancellor Charles Reed talks about his commitment to cut the racial achievement gap in California’s primary and secondary schools, he has a ready response to those who say K-12 is not really the business of a higher education administrator.

March 3, 2009

Faculty & Staff

New Mexico’s higher education relies heavily on part-time professors

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico’s higher education institutions are relying heavily on part-time or adjunct instructors who take on large course loads to make a middle-class living. But the colleges say hiring part-timers gives them flexibility to keep up with student needs and to hire professionals who are up-to-date in their fields, according to […]

January 13, 2009