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Contracts With Community College Adjunct Faculty Members And Potential Supplemental Benefits To Increase Satisfaction, Kimberly Ann Page
Contracts With Community College Adjunct Faculty Members And Potential Supplemental Benefits To Increase Satisfaction, Kimberly Ann Page
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
ABSTRACT
As state funding to community colleges has fluctuated, many community colleges have hired more adjunct faculty (Desrochers & Hurlburt, 2014).
This qualitative research explored supplemental benefits, which could be included in adjunct faculty contracts with community colleges in order to promote workplace satisfaction, without causing stress on budgets. Adjunct faculty who realize greater job satisfaction are more beneficial to their institutions because they promote student learning and retention (CCCSE, 2014b; Hollenshead, 2010; Jacoby, 2006).
The descriptive study included three phases: record reviews, interviews with key informants and elite informants, and a reflective questionnaire. New England was selected as the …
Panel: Addressing Contemporary Community College Labor-Management Issues - About Rio Hondo College
Panel: Addressing Contemporary Community College Labor-Management Issues - About Rio Hondo College
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Panel: Creative Partnering With Community Colleges - Handout: Three Plus One Equals Affordable Nj Higher Education (A. Houshmand)
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.