Community college faculty : at work in the new economy /

John S. Levin, Susan T. Kater, and Richard L. Wagoner collectively argue that as community colleges organize themselves to respond to economic needs and employer demands, and as they rely more heavily upon workplace efficiencies such as part-time labor, they turn themselves into businesses or corpor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Levin, John S.
Other Authors: Kater, Susan, Wagoner, Richard L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Community colleges > United States > Faculty.
Community college teachers > Professional relationships > United States.
Community colleges > Economic aspects > United States.
Schools.
Universities and colleges.
Schools
Universities
Collèges communautaires > États-Unis > Corps enseignant.
Professeurs (Collèges communautaires) > Relations professionnelles > États-Unis.
Collèges communautaires > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Écoles.
Universités.
EDUCATION > Higher.
Universities and colleges
Community colleges > Economic aspects
Community colleges > Faculty
United States
Fulltext.
Internet Resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Themes and overview
  • From comprehensive community college to nouveau college
  • The scholarly literature, the theoretical bases, and research methods
  • Faculty and institutional management and government
  • Faculty use of instructional technology and distributed learning / Veronica Diaz and John Cheslock
  • Part-time community college faculty as new economy temporary labor
  • Corporatism and neo-liberal ideology: the value and meanings of faculty work
  • In their own words
  • The professional identity of community college faculty.

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