Publication Date

2020

Abstract

Research suggests adjunct faculty receive little institutional support and feel a sense of disconnection from their campuses. Nearly half of all faculty at American colleges and universities are classified as adjunct faculty in recent National Center for Educational Statistics reporting. Thus, academic departments should consider strategies to better include and engage adjunct faculty on their campuses. This article explores transparency as a best practice for the administration of communication basic courses at a mid-sized, regional university. Further, adjunct faculty members’ perceptions of the basic course administrators’ transparency will be discussed.

Author Biography

Krista Kimmel is a Senior Lecturer of Communication Studies at Eastern Kentucky University. She is currently co-director of the basic communication course at EKU. Her recent publications include articles in the Journal of Effective Teaching and Energy Psychology.

Dr. Jennifer Fairchild is a Professor of Communication at Eastern Kentucky University. Her research has been presented at the National Communication Association and the Southern States Communication Association. Her research has been featured in such journals as Illness, Crisis, and Loss, Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning,Journal of Effective Teaching, and Communication Center Journal.

John Strada is a Senior Lecturer in Communication at Eastern Kentucky University. He serves as a co-director for the EKU Communication Studies Basic Course, as an instructor in the EKU Honors Program, and as EKU’s first Faculty in Residence.

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Basic Course Leadership: Operational Transparency as a Best Practice for Adjunct Faculty Management

Research suggests adjunct faculty receive little institutional support and feel a sense of disconnection from their campuses. Nearly half of all faculty at American colleges and universities are classified as adjunct faculty in recent National Center for Educational Statistics reporting. Thus, academic departments should consider strategies to better include and engage adjunct faculty on their campuses. This article explores transparency as a best practice for the administration of communication basic courses at a mid-sized, regional university. Further, adjunct faculty members’ perceptions of the basic course administrators’ transparency will be discussed.