Hello healthresultsgroup-ga,
You indicated that you?re interested in finding an adjunct faculty
position, preferably at one of the institutions listed in your
question. You also indicated that finding specific job postings is not
important and you?re not concerned about salaries in the field. Your
chief objective is to find information about how to land an adjunct
faculty job.
Since your Google Answers user name is related to the topic of your
question and is the name of a company I conducted a search to find
some additional information about you. It seems that you?re an
authority and expert in the health policy field and have ample
qualifications to teach on the subjects of ?business, health policy,
and/or public policy.? It seems you want to add university level
teaching to your extensive professional portfolio.
A review of the current business and trade press on the academic job
market indicates that you should not have too much trouble landing an
adjunct faculty position once you?ve identified appropriate job
openings. Finding the job openings may be a somewhat difficult task
and you will have to use classic networking techniques to identify
opportunities in the hidden job market. Since you seem to have an
excellent background in the health policy field you probably have lots
of contacts who can help you with your search for a teaching
opportunity.
The tenure track academic job market is difficult to break into since
there is an increasing trend to hiring adjunct faculty. I?ve included
a collection of articles that should help you with getting a good
overview of the trends and issues in the field. The resources I?ve
identified should be helpful in developing a strategy for approaching
your target academic institutions. In addition to general articles on
this subject, I?ve also included some materials that relate to your
target universities. In addition, I?ve also included the Web links to
each of these schools as well as any special schools or institutes
they have related to public health or health policy administration.
You also asked for sources of advice on how to land an adjunct faculty
job. My research located many resources dedicated to this subject that
should help you with developing your strategy. Further, I included a
few links to help you with finding academic jobs in the health policy
field.
I wish you well for your job search.
~ czh ~
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Keynote Address
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GENERAL TRENDS IN ADJUNCT FACULTY EMPLOYMENT
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http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/higher_ed/FulltimeNontenure.pdf
The Growth of Full-time Nontenure-Track Faculty
Challenges for the Union
The growth of both part-time/adjunct faculty and full-time
nontenure-track faculty over the last two decades represents a major
and purposeful effort by higher education institutions to reduce the
number of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty.
We start this report by tracking the overall growth of full-time
nontenure-track faculty and examining the differences in how two-year
and four-year institutions are generally moving away from tenure. Next
we examine how the hiring of nontenure-track faculty is becoming an
institutionalized practice; this is followed by a look at working
conditions of this group.
The percentage of full-time tenure-track faculty is declining rapidly
at two-year institutions, the primary reason being the growth of
part-time/adjunct faculty. In 1992, approximately 53 percent of all
faculty at public two-year institutions were part-time/adjunct
faculty. By 1998, part-time/adjunct faculty had increased to 62
percent of all faculty at public two-year institutions, which is
considerably higher than the 35 percent of all faculty at four-year
institutions who were part-time/adjunct faculty.
***** This is a 36-page report from the Higher Education Division of
the American Federation of Teachers. It gives lots of statistics and
information about higher education hiring trends that may be of
interest to you.
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http://www.adjunctnation.com/magazine/article/?id_article=374
September/October 2004
Distance Education: Getting Started
?Sizing the Opportunity,? the Sloan Center?s 2003 survey of on-line
learning, posts these figures:
ˇ ? Over 1.6 million students took an on-line course in the Fall 2002 semester
ˇ ? 81 percent of all universities and colleges in the United States
offer on-line classes
ˇ ? 34 percent of those institutions offer on-line degree programs
ˇ ? Continued 20 percent growth rate is projected
As colleges and universities staff up their on-line teaching
positions, and faced with a shortage of standing faculty with interest
or skill, they look to adjunct faculty.
A quick heads-up: when you search for on-line employment, don?t be
misled by the high visibility of the private for-profit institutions
of higher education. The best place to look for an on-line assignment?
State public institutions. (Over 90 percent offer at least one on-line
course; private institutions, less than 50 percent.) Also, heed the
words of Edward Leach, Vice President of Services for the League for
Innovation: ?Community colleges offer the best in on-line
instruction,? he notes.
***** This long article gives you current information about the
possibilities of getting hired as adjunct faculty to teach online.
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http://stats.bls.gov/oco/ocos066.htm
U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Teachers?Postsecondary
About 3 out of 10 college and university faculty worked part time in
2002. Some part-timers, known as ?adjunct faculty,? have primary jobs
outside of academia?in government, private industry, or nonprofit
research?and teach ?on the side.? Others prefer to work part-time
hours or seek full-time jobs but are unable to obtain them due to
intense competition for available openings. Some work part time in
more than one institution. Many adjunct faculty are not qualified for
tenure-track positions because they lack a doctoral degree.
Four-year colleges and universities usually consider doctoral degree
holders for full-time, tenure-track positions, but may hire master?s
degree holders or doctoral candidates for certain disciplines, such as
the arts, or for part-time and temporary jobs. Most college and
university faculty are in four academic ranks?professor, associate
professor, assistant professor, and instructor. These positions
usually are considered to be tenure-track positions. Most faculty
members are hired as instructors or assistant professors. A smaller
number of additional faculty members, called lecturers, are usually
employed on contracts for a single academic term and are not on the
tenure track.
The number of tenure-track positions is expected to decline as
institutions seek flexibility in dealing with financial matters and
changing student interests. Institutions will rely more heavily on
limited term contracts and part-time, or adjunct, faculty, thus
shrinking the total pool of tenured faculty. In a trend that is
expected to continue, some institutions now offer limited-term
contracts to prospective faculty?typically 2-, 3-, or 5-year,
full-time contracts.
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http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0HJE/is_4_1/ai_79974035
Rider University addresses adjunct faculty concerns - guest column
Matrix: The Magazine for Leaders in Education, Nov-Dec, 2000
The use of part-time faculty on the nation's campuses has doubled in
the last 30 years, producing an enormous and complicated labor pool.
Some adjunct faculty may be distinguished practitioners of law,
accounting, or medicine who bring years of practical experience to
college classrooms. But others, known in the media as "freeway
fliers," struggle to piece together academic careers by teaching on
several different campuses. In addition to burdens of low, per-course
compensation and limited benefits, many such adjuncts remain
contingent workers, hired at the last minute with little guarantee of
future employment.
***** This article gives you a good review of the issues involved in
the trend to increased use of adjunct faculty.
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http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i06/06a01001.htm
From the issue dated October 3, 2003
Where the Jobs Are
Despite the economic downturn, a few colleges have found ways to
significantly increase their faculty hiring
Over all, the financial picture facing public higher education is not
good. "We are now in the second consecutive year when there is less
money for higher education than the year before," says Travis J.
Reindl, director of state policy analysis for the American Association
of State Colleges and Universities.
All of that has translated into a crummy job market for academics.
According to professional organizations in a variety of disciplines,
job openings for faculty members this year were down in economics,
history, mathematics, and physics. Some universities that advertised
new faculty positions last winter had suspended the searches by
springtime because of budget problems.
"We're in a bust," adds William R. Johnson, an economist at the
University of Virginia.
***** This article gives presents you with information about the bleak
outlook for hiring at many universities.
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http://www.oirp.pdx.edu/FacultySpr2000.htm
Portland State University Research Update
Spring 2000
As of Fall 1999, PSU faculty consisted of 1,528 members; 1,169 (77%)
were full-time (FTE of .5 or greater) and 359 (23%) were part-time.
The majority of part-time faculty were adjunct instructors who
generally teach one course each term.
During fall term, instructional faculty (both full and part-time),
taught 69% of all classes offered. Adjunct faculty taught close to 11%
percent.
***** This is an interesting audit report from Portland State
University that examines faculty hiring practices. The framework they
use can be applied to any of the schools you?re interested in and
gives you another example of hiring trends for adjunct faculty.
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ADJUNCT FACULTY HIRING AT YOUR PREFERRED INSTITUTIONS
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http://www.gwu.edu/
George Washington University
http://www.gwu.edu/~chsrp/
School of Public Health and Health Services -- Department of Health Policy
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http://www.gmu.edu/
George Mason University
http://chpre.gmu.edu/
Center for Health Policy, Research and Ethics
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http://www.unc.edu/
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.sph.unc.edu/hpaa/
School of Public Health -- Department of Health Policy and Administration
http://www.shepscenter.unc.edu/
The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research
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http://www.jhu.edu/
Johns Hopkins University
http://www.jhsph.edu/Dept/HPM/index.html
School of Public Health -- Health Policy and Management
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http://www.american.edu/index1.html
American University
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http://www.georgetown.edu/
Georgetown University
http://www.georgetown.edu/research/ihcrp/
Georgetown Public Policy Institute -- Health Policy Institute
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http://www.duke.edu/
Duke University
http://www.hpolicy.duke.edu/
Center for Health Policy, Law and Management
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http://www.virginia.edu/
University of Virginia
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http://www.vcu.edu/
Virginia Commonwealth University
http://www.vcu.edu/cppweb/cpphome.html
Center for Public Policy
http://www.had.vcu.edu/
Department of Health Administration
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http://www.upenn.edu/
University of Pennsylvania.
http://www.uphs.upenn.edu/cmhpsr/
Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research
http://www.upenn.edu/ldi/
Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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http://www.schev.edu/Reportstats/adjunct98.pdf?from=reportstats
Study of Policies Regarding the Use of Adjunct Faculty
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
November 17, 1998
The 1998 General Assembly directed the Council of Higher Education, in
conjunction with the Department of Personnel and Training and the Department
of Planning and Budget, "to study policies regarding the use of adjunct faculty at
Virginia's public colleges and universities.
***** This is an 11-page report that provides excellent information
about trends in the use of adjunct faculty. Although the information
is a little bit dated, the issues highlighted will give you the
necessary background for investigating adjunct faculty opportunities
at your target institutions. Some of your targeted universities are
included in this report.
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http://www.gmu.edu/vcenter/plan2007/#inbrief
GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY
George Mason 2007 In Brief
Tenure and tenure track faculty will increase to make up 40 percent of
the faculty, with our reliance on part-time faculty reduced to 35
percent. Research scientists will rise to 12 percent of the total,
with 13 percent of the faculty being on contracts, most of them
long-term and renewable.
http://gse.gmu.edu/forms/facultystaffres/adjunct/adjHirinigInformation.pdf
http://gse.gmu.edu/forms/facultystaffres/adjunct/employinfo.doc
Part-time (Adjunct) Faculty Appointment
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http://www.healtheconomics.org/jobs/2004/08/31/3-tenuretrack-faculty-and.html
August 31, 2004
3 Tenure-Track Faculty and 2 Fixed Term Positions: University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Closing Date: August 31, 2004
The Department of Health Policy and Administration, School of Public
Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill invites applicants
for three tenure-track (open rank) faculty positions and two fixed
term (open rank) positions. Open rank includes: Professor, Associate
Professor, Assistant Professor, and Research Professor.
Applicants will be accepted and reviewed until the positions are
filled. The expected beginning date is Fall 2004.
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SOURCES OF ADVICE ON SEEKING ADJUNCT FACULTY POSITIONS
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http://www.adjunctnation.com/
About Adjunctnation
Whether you hold a full-time or part-time temporary teaching
appointment, the Adjunct Advocate's Web page, AdjunctNation.com, can
get you plugged-in like no other on-line resource for temporary
college faculty can! Our registered Web page users live and work all
over the world! AdjunctNation.com hosts temporary faculty from around
the world because we've got all the resources temporary faculty (all
college faculty, really) need in one place. Browse hundreds of jobs,
deposit your résumé in our Databank, search our exclusive textbook
catalogue, adopt your texts, sign up for health insurance, purchase
teaching supplies, dialogue with colleagues, find a grant, browse
through our list of professional development books, read the latest
issue of the Adjunct Advocate magazine, and MUCH MORE.
***** This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in getting
hired as adjunct faculty. Be sure to review the Jobs section for
current job postings, job hunting tips and the Jobhunting discussion
forum.
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http://chronicle.com/jobs/2002/09/2002093001c.htm
Getting Started as an Adjunct
The adjunct teaching market is fairly easy to crack, but it does have
its own special rules, and it can be mystifying if you've never dealt
with academe or if your only experience with academe is the standard
full-time job market that revolves around the big annual conferences
of professional associations in each specialty. So, let's talk about
some specific features of the adjunct teaching job market that can
help you land your first assignment.
***** This is an excellent and detailed article on the specific
techniques that apply to the adjunct faculty job search.
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http://www.aw-bc.com/adjuncts/chemistry/advice.shtml
Adjunct Genie
Advice & Lessons for Success
The following is a list of key articles that provide tips, advice, and
stories from adjuncts for fellow adjuncts and part-time faculty in
higher education.
***** This is a collection of about three dozen articles that will
give you some solid advice about the world of the adjunct academic.
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http://english.ttu.edu/kairos/8.1/reviews/mcdonald/
A Review of Web Sites for Contigent Faculty
A number of faculty unions, professional associations, and textbook
publishers have recently created Web sites primarily for contingent
faculty. Most of these sites encourage and support political activity
to improve working conditions for adjunct faculty, while others
function as resources on teaching.
Categories:
1 -- Contingent Faculty Association Web Sites (the CPFA Forum; Boston
COCAL; Chicago COCAL; and the MATC Part Time Teachers Union; and the
Campus Equity Week Web Site, which supports an event spearheaded by
part-time faculty associations)
2 -- Other Faculty Association Web Sites (the Coalition on the
Academic Workforce; the CCCC Part-time and Adjunct Issues Starter Kit;
the AAUP Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Web Pages; and the AFT Higher
Education Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty Web Pages)
3 -- Publisher Web Sites and (Semi-)Sponsored Adjunct Web Sites (Adjunct Nation)
4 -- Other Web Sites (Workplace: The Journal for Academic Labor and
Contingency Plan)
***** This collection of web sites for dedicated to adjunct faculty
issues will help you explore the issues impacting this category of
instructors.
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http://www.adjunctopia.com/
Adjunctopia, is an e-cruiting and training company with a focus on
matching adjunct faculty with colleges and universities around the
world.
Adjunctopia supplies tools for colleges and universities to locate,
communicate with, train, and evaluate qualified professionals:
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http://chronicle.com/jobs/general_resources.htm
General Links About Academic Jobs
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http://chronicle.com/jobs/2000/11/2000110302c.htm
Finding Useful Adjunct Jobs
? rather than engage in debates about the pros and cons of adjunct
teaching, I would like to share some practical advice with those who
want to test the waters of teaching through a part-time position. ?.So
while this advice is really directed toward graduate students seeking
their first adjunct positions, I hope it offers valuable insights to
those already teaching.
***** This article gives some excellent suggestions for conducting
your job search for an adjunct faculty position.
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http://www.aw-bc.com/adjuncts/chemistry/general.shtml
General Adjunct & Higher Ed
The following are key sites of interest to adjunct and part-time
faculty in higher education.
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http://chronicle.com/jobs/browse/position/
Browse Jobs by Position Type
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http://www.job-hunt.org/academia.shtml
Jobs in Academia and Education
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http://www.higheredjobs.com/adjunct/Default.cfm?Type=1#Adjunct
Adjunct Faculty Positions
Show all 426 Adjunct Faculty Positions
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http://jobstar.org/hidden/index.cfm
Hidden Job Market
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http://www.job-hunt.org/hiddenjobmarket.shtml
Techniques for Tapping into the Hidden Job Market
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ADJUNCT FACULTY FOR BUSINESS, HEALTH/PUBLIC POLICY POSITIONS
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http://www.gwu.edu/~ihpp/Hpolicy.html
Intergovernmental Health Policy Project
Health Policy Sites
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http://www.mastersinhealthcare.com/
Guide to
Masters in Health Administration Programs (MHA)
Masters in Health Care Administration Programs (MHA)
Masters in Health Services Administration Programs (MHSA)
Masters in Public Health Programs (MPH), and
Masters of Business Administration (MBA) in Health Care
REVISED 10/17/2002
***** The degree programs listed here should provide you with a select
list of target institutions that might be especially interested in
someone with your qualifications and interests.
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http://www.asph.org/
Association of Schools of Public Health
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=778
Distance Learning Programs at Schools of Public Health
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=600
Publications & Research
http://www.asph.org/uploads/summary.pdf
Improving Environmental Health Curricula & Practice at Schools of Public Health
http://www.asph.org/document.cfm?page=770
Summary of 2001 Environmental Health Conference
Faculty:
Faculty recruitment was noted as an issue in the sense that it is
becoming increasingly difficult to find academically qualified faculty
with a practice-based background to join the schools of public health.
It was agreed that adjunct faculty are useful in bringing practical
experience to the classroom yet it was also cautioned that often
adjunct faculty are not adept enough in the art of teaching to be
effective instructors.
The conference participants also noted a number of pragmatic
suggestions and recommendations to enhance the educational and
training process to improve the process through which the
environmental health workforce can be sustained. These included:
ˇ Encouraging the participation of adjunct faculty with practical
experience to expand the practice element of programs where it is less
well represented
***** This site is useful for identifying trends and issues in
curriculum design. You can then use this information to identify
possible target institutions where you want to apply for a position.
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