Learning Outcomes? What Learning Outcomes...

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Abstract

The use of contingent faculty, who now comprise over 75 percent of the postsecondary instructional workforce, has been associated with lower rates of retention, degree completion, and most relevant to the present study, student learning outcome. Relatively ignored in this literature is the perspectives of contingent faculty in relation to student learning outcomes. This study explored the ways in which contingent faculty felt they were able to promote student learning outcomes and what factors, internal and external to the institution, impacted their ability to meet student learning outcome outcomes. Findings highlight insufficient knowledge and exclusion from discussion about learning outcomes, limited access to professional development, and inadequate institutional support as factors affecting student learning outcome metrics.

Authors

• Diane Cardenas Elliott, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

• Yana Kuchirko, Brooklyn College

• Kadidja Diallo, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development