Part-time faculty in public universities: An unfinished process of professionalization

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Published: 2016-10-03

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Ariadna Isabel López Damián
Universidad de California, Riverside, Estados Unidos
Omar García Ponce de León
Facultad de Estudios Superiores de Cuautla, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, México
Ricardo Pérez Mora
Departamento de Políticas Públicas, Centro Universitario de Ciencias Económico Administrativas, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, México
Virginia Montero Hernández
Universidad Estatal de California, Stanislaus, Estados Unidos
Elsa Liliana Rojas Ortiz
Facultad de Estudios Superiores de Cuautla, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Cuernavaca, México

Abstract

The study explores the academic profession by analyzing the experiences of part-time faculty in three public universities in Mexico. We used 56 semi-structured interviews to understand the perspectives of part-time faculty toward their forms of participation in the workplace. This study derives from a larger project aimed at understanding the context, activities and interactions in which faculty engage as part of their profession. We found three profiles that characterize part-time faculty´s participation at the university. The definition of the profiles is based on the relationships among: (1) their occupational status; (2) the activities faculty perform at the university; and (3) their professional aspirations and plans within the university.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.007
Keywords:
Academic profession, Faculty, Academic practices, Part-time faculty, Public universities

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Part-time faculty in public universities: An unfinished process of professionalization. (2016). Revista De La Educación Superior, 45(180), 23-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resu.2016.06.007