Adjunct Faculty Can Increase Student Success: Create opportunities for them to lift graduation and retention rates

A report from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities identified the three most common cost-cutting tactics: hiring freezes (53.5 percent), freezes on salary increases (46.8 percent), and cutting institutional student aid (43.7 percent) (Turner 2015, 187). During the financ...

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Published in:Planning for higher education 2019-10, Vol.48 (1), p.18-24
Main Authors: Guthrie, Ruth, Wyrick, Cheryl, Navarrete, Carlos J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Achievement
Adjunct Faculty
Collective bargaining
College campuses
College students
College teachers
Colleges & universities
Cost reduction
Culture
Curricula
Curriculum Design
Decision making
Economic crisis
Education
Educational Planning
Educational technology
Enrollments
Global economy
Government grants
Hiring
Learning
Low income groups
Mentors
Methods
Minority & ethnic groups
Professional development
Recessions
School faculty
Student Financial Aid
Student retention
Success
Teaching methods
Tenure
Universities
Wages & salaries
Workshops
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Summary:A report from the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities identified the three most common cost-cutting tactics: hiring freezes (53.5 percent), freezes on salary increases (46.8 percent), and cutting institutional student aid (43.7 percent) (Turner 2015, 187). During the financial crisis, numbers of tenure track faculty decreased as universities relied more on non-tenure track faculty (hereafter referred to as adjunct faculty) to meet the educational mission of the university at a reduced cost. A HISTORY OF FACULTY HIRING California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona), one of 24 institutions in the California State University System (CSU), is comprised of eight colleges and has an enrollment of 25,000 students. The GI 2025 goals include reducing the equity gap where personal or social circumstances such as gender, ethnic origin, or family background result in lower achievement for underrepresented minorities and Pell Grant-eligible college students.
ISSN:0736-0983