The Non-Tenure-Track Academic Workforce Myths, Facts, Resources © 2015 by The Modern Language Association of America All rights reserved. Rosemary G. Feal.

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The Non-Tenure-Track Academic Workforce Myths, Facts, Resources © 2015 by The Modern Language Association of America All rights reserved. Rosemary G. Feal Data sources: The US Department of Education Fall Staff Survey (1995, 2003, and 2011) The 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty

Myth #1 Most professors in colleges and universities in the United States are in tenured or tenure-track positions. 2

Number of Faculty Members, by Tenure Status and Employment Status, 1995, 2003,

Percentage of Faculty Members, by Tenure Status and Employment Status, 1995, 2003,

Number of Faculty Members in Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Positions, Full-Time Tenured and Tenure-Track Positions, and Part-Time Positions, 1995, 2003,

Number of Faculty Members in Full-Time Non-Tenure-Track Positions, Full-Time Tenured and Tenure-Track Positions, and Part-Time Positions, 1995, 2003, 2011 Two-Year Institutions 6

Myth #2 Academic institutions generally provide students with professors who hold the highest degrees in their fields. 7

Highest Degree Held by Faculty Members Teaching on and off the Tenure-Track, by Type of Institution All Fields of Study Four-Year Institutions Two-Year Institutions 8

Highest Degree Held by Humanities Faculty Members Teaching on and off the Tenure-Track, by Type of Institution Four-Year Institutions Two-Year Institutions 9

Myth #3 Most part-time faculty members are either recent PhD recipients searching for permanent positions, graduate students gaining experience while they complete their degrees, or professionals with jobs outside of academia bringing their practical experience to the students in the courses they teach. 10

Part-Time Faculty Members with and without Other Part- or Full- Time Employment, by Discipline 11

Years Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members Have Held their Current Job, by Discipline 12

Resources Use the reports and materials collected in the MLA Academic Workforce Advocacy Kit Consult the institution-level information available at the MLA Academic Workforce Data Center Use the reports collected by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce 13

Part-time faculty members can add to the institution- level information about salaries and working conditions by contributing to the Adjunct Project, hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education. adjunct.chronicle.com 14

The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success Project Web site The Imperative for Change imperative.thechangingfaculty.org The Path to Change path.thechangingfaculty.orgpath.thechangingfaculty.org/ Campus and departmental guides guides.thechangingfaculty.orgguides.thechangingfaculty.org/ 15