The Few, the Proud, the Professors

At one Arizona community college, a tiny cadre of full-time faculty members manages thousands of adjuncts and students

Students at Rio Salado College here in the East Valley have better odds of winning on a long shot at the nearby Turf Paradise racetrack than they do of landing a spot in a full-time faculty member's class.

The college's 46,800 for-credit and about 14,000 noncredit students make it the second largest of the 10 colleges in the vast Maricopa County Community

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