Developing Adjunct Faculty

by Richard Lyons AS AN INSTRUCTIONAL leader reading this first Adjunct Advocate column on managing adjunct faculty, your decision-making probably long ago outgrew the cost-savings consideration often cited as the sole advantage of using part-time instructors. You realize as well that part-time instructors also have the potential to: Leverage their rich backgrounds to teach highly specialized courses for which there is a growing demand from student/clients; Energize your curricula with their passion for their chosen fields – often exceeding that of full-time faculty – fostering in students’ minds richer, more current linkages to the world outside; Enable scheduling of additional course sections, at […]