| Perceptions of Part-Time Faculty by Chairpersons of Undergraduate Health Education Programs. | |
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PMID: 21540196 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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In recent years, it has become commonplace for universities to hire part-time and non-tenure track faculty to save money. This study examined how commonly part-time faculty are used in health education and how they are used to meet program needs. The American Association of Health Education's 2009 "Directory of Institutions Offering Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Programs in Health Education" was used to send a three-wave mailing to programs that were not schools of public health (n = 215). Of the 125 departments (58%) that responded, those that used part-time faculty averaged 7.5 part-time faculty in the previous academic year, teaching on average a total of 10 classes per year. A plurality of departments (38%) were currently using more part-time faculty than 10 years ago and 33% perceived that the number of part-time faculty has resulted in decreases in the number of full-time positions. Although 77% of department chairs claimed they would prefer to replace all of their part-time faculty with one full-time tenure track faculty member. As colleges downsize, many health education programs are using more part-time faculty. Those faculty members who take part-time positions will likely be less involved in academic activities than their full-time peers. Thus, further research is needed on the effects of these changes on the quality of health education training and department productivity. |
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James H Price; Robert E Braun; Molly A McKinney; Amy Thompson |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-2 |
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Title: Health promotion practice Volume: - ISSN: 1524-8399 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100890609 Medline TA: Health Promot Pract Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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