March 27, 2008

'Gatekeeper' Courses Should Not Be Assigned to Part-Time Instructors, Research Suggests

By David Glenn

New York

First-year college students are significantly more likely to drop out if their high-stakes "gatekeeper courses" are taught by part-time adjuncts, according to the findings of a study presented here on Wednesday during the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

The paper is the latest in a long parade of studies suggesting that part-time instructors can be detrimental to students' well-being.

"As more and more part-timers are hired, we've

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