Part‐time faculty: Competent and committed

By D. Leslie, Judith M. Gappa. 2002

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Effects of Part-Time Faculty Employment on Community College Graduation Rates (2006, background): “…is now widely regarded as a consequence of budgetary economies, and it can no longer be explained as a limited practice in which a number of experts are hired part-time to augment the capabilities of existing faculty (Ehrenberg, 2002; Gappa & Leslie, 1993; Jacoby, 2001; Leslie & Gappa, 2002).”
Are all part-time faculty underemployed? The influence of faculty status preference on satisfaction and commitment (2008, background): “Leslie and Gappa (2002) found that the majority of part-time faculty had five or more years of experience at their institution, and many have greater employment stability than is typically suggested by media portrayals.”