April 4, 2008

Keep Adjuncts Away From Intro Courses, Report Says

By DAVID GLENN

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

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 reached a point

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