ABSTRACT
The primary activity part-time faculty engage in is teaching—that is the reason for their hiring, that is the basis for their pay, and that is the only articulated expectation in many instances. Yet, if part-time faculty are to provide students with the same well-rounded education expected from full-time faculty, and if, as has been suggested, the quality of teaching rises with scholarly activity, then part-time faculty—like their fulltime colleagues—should be expected to engage in scholarship. The sad reality is that part-time faculty not only are not encouraged to engage in scholarly activities, the current hiring, performance assessment, and remuneration systems are all skewed in favor of discouraging scholarship.
