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Both strikingly and significantly, over the past thirty years, part-time faculty have become the majority of community college faculty.1 During the same period this condition paralleled that of temporary labor generally in organizations in what is referred to as the New Economy.2 In this sense, part-timers can be understood as a direct link between labor in the New Economy and community colleges.3 According to the American Association of Community Colleges, 64 percent of all community college faculty were part-time in 1998.4 While part-time faculty have traditionally been part of the community college labor pool, their use increased precipitously in the 1980s and 1990s. This alteration is consistent with the community college’s emphasis during this period on economic competitiveness, including the relative decline in government funding and the increasing resource acquisition behaviors of institutional members as well as privatization of services.5 That is, the increased reliance on part-time faculty is directly related to the globalization of community colleges and the ascendancy of New Economy management principles.
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Levin, J.S., Kater, S., Wagoner, R.L. (2006). Part-Time Community College Faculty as New Economy Temporary Labor. In: Community College Faculty. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-8464-7_6
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