Community College Faculty: At Work in the New Economy

Type
Book
ISBN 10
1403966672 
ISBN 13
9781403966674 
Category
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Publication Year
2006 
Publisher
Pages
198 
Subject
Community colleges--Faculty--United States. Community college teachers--Professional relationships--United States. Community colleges--Economic aspects--United States. 
Abstract
John S. Levin, Susan T. Kater, and Richard L. Wagoner collectively argue that as community colleges organize themselves to respond to economic needs and employer demands, and as they rely more heavily upon workplace efficiencies such as part-time labor, they turn themselves into businesses or corporations and threaten their social and educational mission. 
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Table of Contents:
Themes and Overview * From Comprehensive Community College to Nouveau College * The Scholarly Literature, the Theoretical Bases, and Research Methods * Faculty and Institutional Management and Governance * Faculty Use of Instructional Technology and Distributed Learning * Part-Time Faculty as New Economy Temporary Labor * Corporatism and Neo-Liberal Ideology: The Values and Meanings of Faculty Work * The Professional Identity of Community College Faculty
Themes and Overview * From Comprehensive Community College to Nouveau College * The Scholarly Literature, the Theoretical Bases, and Research Methods * Faculty and Institutional Management and Governance * Faculty Use of Instructional Technology and Distributed Learning * Part-Time Faculty as New Economy Temporary Labor * Corporatism and Neo-Liberal Ideology: The Values and Meanings of Faculty Work * The Professional Identity of Community College Faculty 
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