YSU Student Newspaper Ad Series

                

           YSU Student Newspaper Jambar Informational  Ad Series

                In order to address YSU part time faculty members and the YSU greater community about issues related to part time teaching at YSU we have begun a series of ads in the YSU Jambar.   The ads will begin running in the Tuesday January 14,2014 edition.    They will continue to appear in each Tuesday Jambar  for 10 weeks.   Each ad will address a different aspect of part time teaching and will refer to this blog for additional commentary on the topic.  Each topic could also use a more thorough two ( at least two ) way discussion in some university forum.

Ad Number 1

         Did You Know?   36% of YSU classes are taught by part time faculty  (spg 2013 )

                This percentage has probably already changed  some by spring 2014.   Whether it goes up or down some it will remain high enough that the educational experience of YSU students will be critically influenced by the quality of part time teaching.  

       What is the “Right”  percentage?    The current percentage is far from uniform across university  departments.   The range of appropriate part time faculty use probably varies from department to department.   If the number grows too high it is more difficult for full time faculty to perform university and departmental service functions.  Each department often has major sub fields that would be expected to have a full time faculty member.

    What is the purpose of having part time faculty members?   The right percentage might not be

0%.   In some fields local professionals can be the best instructors for certain courses.  Their constant contact with professional practices enable these instructors to act as a transitional phase from the student  in the classroom to the graduate in their  field.

                There are some other reasons for having part time faculty.   Cost is a major one that has received attention nationally within educational circles.