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Variations in the Characteristics of Part-Time Faculty by General Fields of Instruction and Research

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Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1998
Weight: 218 KB
Volume: 1998
Category: Article
ISSN: 0271-0560
DOI: 10.1002/he.10405

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✦ Synopsis

The aggregate data on part-time faculty do not reveal the great diversity among these faculty. This chapter draws on data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty to explore certain differences among those part-time faculty who teach credit classes and designate teaching as their principal responsibility. It focuses especially on differences based on part-time faculty members' designated "principal teaching or research field." After a preliminary comparison of the twenty-six general fields into which the study grouped some 150 disciplines, I identify two clusters that differ substantially; each is composed of eight general fields: a vocationally oriented cluster (VOC) and a liberalarts-oriented cluster (LAC). The VOC cluster includes first-professional health, nursing, occupational programs, law, business, engineering, physical sciences, and teacher education. The LAC cluster includes eight liberal arts fields: history, English and literature, foreign languages, fine arts, sociology, philosophy and religion, biological sciences, and political sciences.

The differences between these clusters suggest research directions that may better explain apparent contradictions in assessments of the quality, attitudes, and contributions of part-time faculty.

Distribution of Part-Time Faculty Among Disciplines

Part-time faculty are widely dispersed among the various disciplines. Table 5.1 displays this variation across the twenty-six general "teaching or research

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