Adjunct facultyEssential participants in OER adoption and use
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Achieving the Dream's Achieving the Dream's Institutional Capacity FrameworkInstitutional Capacity Framework
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67% 67% of community college faculty nationwide of community college faculty nationwide
are adjunct facultyare adjunct faculty
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serve all students.serve all students.
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..but adjunct faculty are essential for community ..but adjunct faculty are essential for community college student success, including the development college student success, including the development
of OER coursesof OER courses
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58% 58% of community college classes of community college classes are taught by adjunct facultyare taught by adjunct faculty
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Over half Over half of instructors in the OER Degree Initiative are of instructors in the OER Degree Initiative are
or will be teaching with OERor will be teaching with OER for the first time. for the first time.
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There is a strong positive correlation between There is a strong positive correlation between quality of faculty-student interactions and quality of faculty-student interactions and
student persistence toward completionstudent persistence toward completion
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31% 31% The largest group of faculty in the OER Degree The largest group of faculty in the OER Degree
Initiative represent health sciences and STEM fieldsInitiative represent health sciences and STEM fields
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83% 83% of instructors in the OER Degree Initiative of instructors in the OER Degree Initiative
have taught online have taught online and/or hybrid coursesand/or hybrid courses
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More thanMore than
25% 25% of college students of college students frequentlyfrequently
do not buy a textbook due to costdo not buy a textbook due to cost
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Involve adjunct faculty in Involve adjunct faculty in planning OER projects, planning OER projects,
and provideand provideincentives to adapt, incentives to adapt, deliver OER coursesdeliver OER courses
http://achievingthedream.org
Richard Sebastian,
Director, OER Degree Initiative
Jonathan Iuzzini
Associate Director, Teaching & Learning [email protected]