Instructional Faculty Staffing in Community Colleges: A Data-Driven Method for Staffing Multi-Campus Institutions

Autor/inn/en	Perez-Vergara, Kelly; Li, Kristin Carey
Titel	Instructional Faculty Staffing in Community Colleges: A Data-Driven Method for Staffing Multi-Campus Institutions
Quelle	In: New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 30 (2018) 4, S.54-61 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1939-4225
DOI	10.1002/nha3.20232
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Human Resources; College Faculty; Enrollment Trends; Teacher Selection; Decision Making; Models; Values; Intellectual Disciplines; College Credits; Educational Resources; Resource Allocation; Futures (of Society); Multicampus Colleges + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Humankapital; Fakultät; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Analogiemodell; Wertbegriff; Geisteswissenschaften; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Bildungsmittel; Ressourcenallokation; Future; Society; Zukunft
Abstract	Community college research studies have noted that full-time faculty add quality to the curriculum and enhance the student experience, as well as comprise a significant investment in college budgets and futures. However, in the context of fluctuating patterns of student enrollments and staffing, determining which disciplines need additional full-time faculty can be challenging. Drawing on both institutional enrollment and Human Resources teaching and hiring data, this paper develops a decision model that incorporates values and goals for staffing, to ensure that all disciplines are staffed equitably given available resources. By computing the instructional credit hours available by campus and discipline, we can identify true gaps in coverage. Using this model, we find that certain staffing policies impact the full-time faculty coverage and total full-time faculty needs, such as staffing by campus. Full-time faculty are a significant investment that shapes the future of colleges. We propose strategies that other institutions could adapt to their own settings, to improve full-time faculty coverage across both disciplines and campuses. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01