Preparing to Hire the Best in the Perfect Storm

Autor/in	Murray, John P.
Titel	Preparing to Hire the Best in the Perfect Storm
Quelle	In: New Directions for Community Colleges, (2010) 152, S.5-14 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0194-3081
DOI	10.1002/cc.422
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Personnel Selection; Baby Boomers; College Faculty; Retirement; Enrollment Trends; Educational Trends; Social Change; Leadership Responsibility; Educational Quality; Teacher Effectiveness; Student Diversity; Faculty College Relationship; Personality Theories; Adjustment (to Environment); School Culture; Faculty Workload; Instruction; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Personalauswahl; Personalentscheidung; Fakultät; Pensionierung; Bildungsentwicklung; Sozialer Wandel; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Effectiveness of teaching; Instructional effectiveness; Lehrerleistung; Unterrichtserfolg; Personality theory; Persönlichkeitstheorie; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Teaching process; Unterrichtsprozess; USA
Abstract	Community colleges are facing difficult times. Resources are becoming increasingly scarce, enrollments are growing to unprecedented numbers, the student body is becoming increasingly diverse, the economic downturn continues to have an effect on curriculum and mission, increased demands for accountability are driving decisions, and faculty turnover is rapidly becoming a problem as baby boomers retire. The loss of the faculty who built community colleges into what they are today is both a serious threat to community colleges and an opportunity. Community colleges are caught in a double bind: retirements are creating vacancies at a time when resources are shrinking and enrollments and costs are increasing. Replacing retiring faculty becomes much more difficult than in the past, and many full-time positions may be left unfilled. However, colleges will have to hire full-time faculty. With each new faculty hired, community college leaders have the unique opportunity to shape the future of the college. However, this opportunity also places a tremendous responsibility in the hands of these leaders. Because hiring responsibly is a difficult task for most untrained and unprepared hiring committees, some refer to the process as a game. The author suggests, however, that it is much more serious than a gaming metaphor would suggest. Hiring right is a difficult task and requires one to put forth his/her best effort. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10