The University of Massachusetts Amherst Model: A Comprehensive Strategy for Enhancing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Work Environments and Student Outcomes
Natsumi Ueda, Adrianna Kezar
Delphi Award Finalist, 2023
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA), a public research university, has demonstrated a long-standing commitment to improving working conditions for non-tenure track faculty (NTTF) with…
The Career-Track Faculty Model: Best Practices in Appointment, Advancement and Retention of NTTF at University of Arizona
Natsumi Ueda, Adrianna Kezar
Delphi Award Winner, 2023
The University of Arizona (UArizona), a public land-grant research one institution located in Tucson, Arizona, has made considerable efforts to enhance working conditions of career-track…
Promoting a Greater Sense of Inclusion and Stability for NTTF at Loyola Marymount University
Natsumi Ueda, Adrianna Kezar
Delphi Award Winner, 2023
Loyola Marymount University (LMU), a private, four-year comprehensive institution in Los Angeles, has been committed to improving working conditions for its non-tenure-track faculty (NTTF) over…
The Path to Change: How Campus Communities Worked to Change Non-Tenure-Track Policies and Practices
The Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success (2013)
A collection of documents describing how several campuses have already initiated a dialogue about non-tenure-track faculty practices and how different groups on each campus worked…
Improving and Dedicating Supports for Part-time Faculty at Central Piedmont Community College
Jennifer Yeh, Jordan Harper
Applicant for the Delphi Award, 2018
In an effort to bolster support for part-time faculty, the division director for Central Piedmont Community College’s largest curriculum department connected and collaborated with full-time…
Greater Stability and Inclusion for Part-time and Full-time Faculty at Dominican University of California
Jordan Harper, Natsumi Ueda
Delphi Award Winner, 2022
Dominican University of California (Dominican) has a significant number of non-tenure-track faculty with 32 full-time term faculty (FTTF) and 204 part-time adjunct faculty (PTTF). Faculty…
Investing in Part-time Faculty at Montgomery College
Jordan Harper (2022)
Delphi Award Winner, 2022
Montgomery College (MC)'s The Institute for Part-Time Faculty Engagement and Support (IPTFES) was created in 2015 and pioneered by the late Dr. Antonio “Tango” Thomas.…
Improving Job Stability and Career Pathways for Lecturers Through Collective Bargaining at the University of California
Jordan Harper
Delphi Award Finalist, 2022
University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT)/University of California (UC) Unit 18 faculty achieved a historic win with their new collective bargaining agreement effective for 2021-2026.…
“Moving Toward One Faculty” at the University of Texas at San Antonio
Natsumi Ueda, Jordan Harper, Adrianna Kezar
Delphi Award Finalist, 2022
As student enrollment increases, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)’s strategic plan calls for retaining more diverse faculty and improving work environments and…
Improving the Quality of Term Faculty Careers at George Mason University
Jordan Harper
Delphi Award Applicant, 2021
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Bruce A. Rothwell Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence (RCTLE) provides professional development to the Worldwide campus’ majority adjunct instructor population. The…
