When students in remedial and gateway math classes are taught by part-time instructors, they may have better outcomes in their current course and the one that follows, but they’re also less likely to take the subsequent course. Why would that be? A new research project by the Community College Resource Center at Columbia University’s Teachers College suggested that “inferior working conditions” for those adjuncts — not inferior instructional practices — are responsible for the negative effects. Use of Part-Timers Driving Down Student Success at Community Colleges
Source: Campus Technology
