Managing Adjunct Part Time Faculty for the New Millennium
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Book Description
Faculty managers will experience increased challenges due to the continuing growth in numbers of adjunct and part-time faculty. In addition, the increase in activity of non-traditional educational delivery systems and entities will play a greater role in higher education.
These factors will not only impact the training and utilization of adjunct faculty and their managers, they will also lead to such related issues as legal issues, ethical concerns and intellectual property rights.
This book address these and related issues. The text, written by practitioners, offers the very best in proven management ideas and shares examples of successful and exemplary programs.
Topics Include: * Orientation of Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty * The Comprehensive Faculty Development Program * Ethical Issues for Adjunct Faculty and their Managers * Legal Issues Concerning Adjunct Faculty and their Managers * The Academic Manager: Five Steps to Parity * Management of Adjunct Faculty on Branch and Off-Campus Sites * Maintaining Quality in Higher Education
From the Publisher
Managers of adjunct and part-time faculty on today's college campuses face a variety of challenges created by the increasing numbers of adjuncts, the changing demographics of students, and the exponetial growth in technology use in higher education delivery.
These factors will not only impact the training and use of adjunct faculty but will continue to raise questions related to legal, ethical and professional issues pertinent to academia.
Written by practicing adjunct faculty managers, this book offers the best in management ideas as well as examples of successful and exemplary programs.
Managing Adjunct Part Time Faculty for the New Millennium
Managing Adjunct Part Time Faculty for the New Millennium,Donald E. Greive,Catherine A. Worden,The Part-Time Press,0940017253,Business/Economics,Education,Administration - General,College personnel management,Human Resources & Personnel Management,College teachers, Part-time,College teaching,Universities and colleges,Faculty,College And University Faculty
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