Of Note Coalition Issue Brief, "One Faculty Serving All Students"

Welcome On the Coalition on the Academic Workforce website, you will find information and resources on contingent faculty in the U.S. Contingent faculty are those employed in part- or full-time, non-tenure- track positions that often lack adequate pay and benefits, access to professional support, and support for scholarship and keeping current in the field. The dramatic rise in contingent appointments poses a grave threat to the quality and stability of higher education. The immediate cost savings that institutions realize from their use are often offset by the lack of program coherence and reduced faculty involvement with students and student learning. Permanent faculty members must be present in sufficient numbers to develop courses, research new trends, set requirements, and design general education courses, majors, minors, and graduate programs.