Publisher's Synopsis
The first chapter in this volume presents an overview of thefaculty personnel challenges facing community colleges; the nextthree discuss the socialization and professional development of newfaculty. Authors stress the importance of understanding differencesamong the typs of community colleges and the importance of genderand racial/thnic diversity among the facultry of the institutionswho educate the majority of undergraduate females and students ofcolor. The volume concludes with chapters on legal aspects relatedto the faculty employment and the experiences of presidents andsenior instructional administrators, giving valuable guidance tothose actively involved in the hiring process. At the heart of thisvolume is the continued commitment to the community college idealof providing educational access and, through quality instruction,facilitating student learning and success.
Previous research indicated that community college facultyretire at or near the traditional age of sixty-five. With an agingfaculty, enrollments that are reaching unprecedented levels, andthe federal goverment calling for the community college to take aneven greater role in workforce training, community colleges willneed to both replace significant portions of their faculty and hireadditional faculty lines between now and 2020. This next hiringwave has implications for community colleges, the diverse studentpopulations who attend these institutions, and society ingeneral.
This is the 152nd volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly reportseries New Directions for Community Colleges.Essential to the professional libraries of presidents, vicepresidents, deans, and other leaders in today's open-doorinstitutions, New Directions for Community Collegesprovides expert guidance in meeting the challenges of theirdistinctive and expanding educational mission.
