Community College Faculty, Overlooked and Undervalued: Ashe Higher Education Report, Volume 32, Number 6

by Barbara K. Townsend and Susan B. Twombly

Public community colleges in the United States enroll approximately 6 million students, about 45 percent of all undergraduates. These students are taught by nearly four hundred thousand full- and part-time faculty members, about whom little is known. The community college professoriate is truly overlooked in the research on postsecondary faculty. When community college faculty are studied, they are often examined through lenses more appropriate for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787997773
• ISBN13: 9780787997779
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.8"