As director of the Delphi Project on the Changing Faculty and Student Success, USC Rossier Professor Adrianna Kezar has conducted various investigations into the evolution of higher education and the academy.
Most recently her research on the changing nature of the professoriate accelerated a national discussion on the changing nature of faculty roles and the status of non-tenure-track faculty in higher education. In the past year, under her direction, Delphi has presented the outline of a new faculty model in the report “The Professoriate Reconsidered.” Together with students Dan Maxey and Elizabeth Holcombe, Kezar has developed various tools to help university stakeholders develop this vision: among them, the outline of a design process for the faculty and a survey to help evaluate adjunct faculty working conditions.
Related:
- “The Professoriate Reconsidered: A Study of New Faculty Models,” by Adrianna Kezar, Daniel Maxey, and Elizabeth Holcombe
- “Is Consensus Possible on the Faculty Role?” Inside Higher Ed
- “Gauging Climate for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty,” Inside Higher Ed
- “There Is No Excuse for How Universities Treat Adjuncts,” The Atlantic
- “Tenure Firmly in Place, but Colleges Grow Wary of Lasting Commitments,” New York Times
- “Delphi Project Releases New Study on Future of the Faculty,” USC Rossier Show & Tell
- “Delphi Project creates new tool for evaluating adjunct faculty working conditions,” USC Rossier Show & Tell
- Resources and Tool Kits from the Delphi Project and Partners
