March 3, TAIR, Waco, TX Now You See Them, Now You Don’t! The Role of Part-Time Students and Faculty in Student Engagement

CCSSE: Listening to Students Goal To provide member colleges with results that can be used to inform decision making and target institutional improvements CCSSE Cohort 400,000 Students 663 colleges 48 states, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Marshall Islands

Community College Faculty Survey of Student Engagement (CCFSSE)  Faculty teaching practices, the ways they spend their professional time both in and out of class, and their perceptions regarding students’ educational experiences  Is aligned with CCSSE to allow colleges to contrast student and faculty perceptions

Who’s in this research? Texas CCSSE & CCFSSE Classes in Colleges 690 Classes 8,000 Students 600 Faculty members

Part-time Isn’t Just about Students Class Time: Part-time faculty have more part- time students in their classes. Texas CCSSE & CCFSSE Classes in 2009 Part-time Students Full-time Students Part-time Faculty Full-time Faculty Morning50%65%42%64% Afternoon19%25%22%25% Evening31%10%31%11%

Part-time Isn’t Just about Students Benchmarks: Part-time students from the classes taught by part-time faculty have the lowest benchmarks. Texas CCSSE & CCFSSE Classes in 2009 Faculty Active and Collaborative Learning Student Effort Academic Challenge Student- Faculty Interaction Support for Learners Part-time Students Part-time Full-time Full-time Students Part-time Full-time

Expectations: Students and Faculty Student Stem: During the current school year, how much has your coursework at this college emphasized the following activities? Faculty Stem: During the current school year, how much does the coursework in your selected course section emphasize the following mental activities?

Community College Survey of Student Engagement 5b. Analyzing the basic elements of an idea, experience, or theory 5c. Synthesizing and organizing ideas, information, or experiences in new ways 5d. Making judgments about the value or soundness of information, arguments, or methods 5e. Applying theories or concepts to practical problems or in new situations 5f. Having students use information they have read or heard to perform a new skill 9a. Encouraging students to spend significant amounts of time studying (slightly different stem) Response scale: 1= Very Little, 2 = Some, 3 = Quite a Bit, 4= Very Much

Expectations: Students vs Faculty ` Community College Survey of Student Engagement StudentsFaculty T-test Prob. Effect Size Sig. NMeanN < Yes He digs down into the details and he’s a rigorous teacher… I thank him for being a rigorous teacher because that helps when I go on. — Male student “I hate it at the moment, but my favorite teachers are always the ass-kickers … I like to be challenged.” — Male student

Instructor Expectation and Student Engagement BenchmarkIndependent VarModel DFEstimateF valueProb > F Active & Collaborative Learning St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Emp Status <.01 Fac Expectation <.001 Student Effort St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Expectation <.001 Academic Challenge St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Expectation <.001 Student-Faculty Interaction St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Expectation <.001 Support for Learners St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Emp Status <.001 Fac Expectation <.01 Community College Survey of Student Engagement

Instructor Expectations & Student Behaviors Dependent VarIndependent VarModel DFEstimateF valueProb > F Prepare 2+ drafts of a paper or assignment St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Emp Status.095.2<.05 Fac Expectation <.001 Come to class unprepared St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Expectation <.1 Received prompt feedback St Enrol Status 4, <.08 St * Fac Status <.02 Fac Expectation <.01 Skipped Class St Enrol Status 4, <.001 Fac Expectation.02.81<.1 Community College Survey of Student Engagement

Discussion PT students more likely to be taught by PT faculty. Students appear to perceive that faculty have lower expectations than faculty report FT students tend to have higher engagement scores, but mixed results with regard to specific behaviors. Faculty expectations related to student engagement and behaviors. Community College Survey of Student Engagement

Not critical of PT faculty Institutional environments and procedures that may contribute to the differences between PT and FT faculty. PT faculty not required to have office hours PT faculty do not have offices PT faculty not required to participate in professional development that FT faculty attend Ask yourself: At my campus is there a group of courses continuously with low passing/completion? Who teaches these courses? Community College Survey of Student Engagement

Contact Information Mike Bohlig, Ph.D. Senior Research Associate Beiyi Cai Research Associate Community College Survey of Student Engagement