Viewing by month: February 2010
Outreach Efforts for Part-time Faculty at Central Piedmont Community College
With a 422 percent increase in the number of part-time faculty in higher education between 1970 and 2003, the apparent dependence of community colleges on part-time faculty raises concern when considered alongside recent research suggesting that student exposure to part-time faculty is negatively correlated with associate degree completion. Central Piedmont Community College has been intentional in its efforts to integrate part-time faculty into the culture and climate of the college and has seen increases in both student success and retention.
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iStream Focus: Hospitality Programs and Hotels on Community College Campuses
Each month iStream highlights a topic of interest to community college educators. Look what's coming to iStream in March!
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Is America Listening to Its Teachers?
Annual MetLife
Teacher
Survey Reveals Two-Thirds of Teachers Say Voices Unheard
Sixty-nine percent of teachers do
not believe their
voices are heard in the debate on education, according to the latest MetLife
Survey
of the American Teacher: Collaborating for Student Success.
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