November 14, 2008

Use of Part-Time Instructors Tied to Lower Student Success

By PETER SCHMIDT

At a time when colleges are under increasing financial pressure to rely more on part-time instructors, three new studies suggest that doing so erodes the quality of education many students receive.

Part-timers' inability or unwillingness to devote more time to students outside the classroom, the research suggests, results in the denial of important support services to many students — including, often, those who need the most help.

And in a finding that breaks new

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