November 17, 2008

What Community Colleges Want, Part 2

By ROB JENKINS

More advice for candidates on what hiring committees are searching for in a faculty member

When those of us at two-year colleges go looking for new faculty members, we first seek applicants who fit the job requirements and who are top-notch teachers (The Chronicle, October 14).

But that's not all we're looking for in a new hire. In this month's column, I'd like to focus on three additional characteristics we seek in a faculty candidate: an understanding of the community-college

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