Focused Report

2.8 The number of full-time faculty members is adequate to support the mission of the institution. The institution has adequate faculty resources to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs.

The institution provided information on student surveys but the results were for all faculty and did not concentrate on the issue of adequate full-time faculty. Class sizes for the institution appear to be appropriate. There is some concern that a discussion regarding the ratio of full to part-time faculty was not addressed by the institution. A quick count from the catalog finds the institution has 29 full-time and 83 part-time faculty. This may be sufficient to meet the needs of the institution, but an on-site review may need to be conducted. The institution needs to provide evidence that the number of full-time faculty is adequate. This documentation might include ratio of full to part-time classes taught, the percentage of classes taught by full-time faculty, and the percentage of part-time faculty for each program. The institution should document the role of full-time faculty in activities, such as academic advising, committee service, governance, etc.

As requested in the Handbook for Reaffirmation of Accreditation, the college provided the official Roster of Instructional Staff listing all full-time and part-time faculty teaching credit courses during the period specified by the Commission: Summer 2002-2003, Fall 2003-2004, and Spring 2003-2004. In light of the Off-Site Committee’s concern about the about the lack of a discussion about the ratio of full-time to part-time faculty, the college is pleased to provide the following evidence in support of its conclusion that the number of full-time faculty is adequate.

The mission of the Institution focuses on providing affordable, accessible education to residents of the college’s service area. On the instructional level, this mission includes providing (1) courses that transfer to four-year colleges so that students may receive a baccalaureate degree; (2) career and job training; (3) student activities and cultural outreach.

The discussion demonstrating adequacy with respect to these outcomes includes—

Finally, documentation is reiterated on full-time faculty roles in academic advising, committee participation, and governance, demonstrating that the number of full-time faculty is adequate to accomplish these integral aspects of faculty responsibility.

Current Status: Number of Full-Time and Part-Time Instructors Fall Semester 2004

The 2004-2005 catalog lists 36 full-time instructors and 80 part-time (pages 132-135). There are two additional full-time instructors: Kennamer (Emergency Medical Services) and Walker (Medical Assisting Technology). Kennamer serves as division chair for Adult Education and Skills Training and, for purposes of industry relations, is titled Director of this division; his listing in the catalog appears in the classification “Professional and Support Staff” (page 136). Walker was hired recently and is not yet listed in the catalog. Thus, as of fall 2004, the college employs a total of 38 full-time instructors in academic, technical, and adult education programs.

In addition to these 38, four of those listed as part-time instructors actually hold pro-rata full-time teaching positions, advising students in their programs and serving on college committees. Two of these pro-rata full-time instructors (Larson, Pace) have recently retired from full-time service at the college and continue their active commitment to the work of the division to an extent beyond that for which their retirement status allows full payment. (See Table 1.)

Full-time Academic and Technical Instructors, Fall 2004
1	Akins, Sheila	English
2	Andrews, Lynn "Keith"	Drafting and Design Technology
3	Banks, Martha	English and Spanish, SACS Accreditation Liaison
4	Bearden, Michael	Mathematics
5	Behel, Harry "Ed"	Chemistry
6	Bruce, Donna	Nursing
7	Davis, Robert	Business, Computer Information Science
8	Dobbs, Kathy	Public Speaking
9	Dobbs, Sam	Computer Information Science
10	Evans, Cynthia	Nursing
11	Everett, Julia	Director, Learning Resources Center
12	Gardner, Janet	Nursing
13	Gentry, Sheila	Nursing
14	Gorham, Cheryl	History, Political Science and Chair, Division of Social Science, Speech and Foreign Languages
15	Goss, Renee	Librarian
16	Green, Gary	Accounting and Chair, Division of Business and Information Science
17	Hopson, Jane	Nursing
18	Huntley, Daphne	English
19	Jones, Cindy	Nursing, Director of Nursing Education, Chair of Division of Health Science
20	Kennamer, Mike	Emergency Medical, Director of Adult Education and Skills Training
21	Knox, Benton	Psychology, Counseling
22	Knox, Daniel	Music/Jazz Band Director
23	Millican, Gregory	Mathematics
24	Niblett, Tonie	Mathematics and Chair Division of Math and Science
25	Patterson, Denise	Biology
26	Pongpakdee, Perapon	Computer Information Science
27	Reeves, Brenda "Joan"	English and Chair, Division of English and Fine Arts
28	Reeves, Donald	Religion and Philosophy
29	Stevenson, Paul	Art
30	Walker, Rachel	Medical Assisting Technology
31	Watson, Donna	Nursing
32	Webb, Mark	Drama, Director of Theatre
33	Wootten, Roger	Emergency Medical Services
34	Zeller, Carlos	Biology

Adult Basic Education Full-time
1	Maddox, Pam	Adult Education
2	Roberts, Roberta	Adult Education
3	Saint, Dawn	Adult Education
4	Snow, Cassie	Adult Education

Pro-rata Full-time (Academic/Technical)
1	Larson, Charlene	Music
2	Pace, Ernestine	Office Administration
3	Rogers, Fred	Industrial Electronics
4	Wright, Loretta	History

As Table 2 shows, full-time instructors have been added at a steady pace over the past two years. Even with some of the additions compensating for attrition, the record shows a significant net gain (34 credit-teaching over 29, in addition to the two retirees who stay on as pro-rata full-time, mentioned above).

Table 3 shows summary faculty qualifications by division and full-time / part-time status, 2003-2004. Note: Table 3 summarizes credit-teaching instructors only.

Northeast Alabama Community College
Summary Faculty Qualifications, 2003-2004
Business and Computer Science	Total	Doctorate	Masters	Bachelors	Associate	Specialized Certification or Experience
Full-time	4		4
Part-time	11	3	6	1		1
English and Fine Arts	Total	Doctorate	Masters	Bachelors	Associate	Specialized Certification or Experience
Full-time	6	2	4
Part-time	18		18
Health Science	Total	Doctorate	Masters	Bachelors	Associate	Specialized Certification or Experience
Full-time	6	1	5
Part-time	3		1	2
Math and Science	Total	Doctorate	Masters	Bachelors	Associate	Specialized Certification or Experience
Full-time	6	1	5
Part-time	33	1	30	2
Social Sciences, Speech, and Foreign Language	Total	Doctorate	Masters	Bachelors	Associate	Specialized Certification or Experience
Full-time	4	1	3
Part-time	24	3	21
Technical	Total	Doctorate	Masters	Bachelors	Associate	Specialized Certification or Experience
Full-time	4		2	1	1
Part-time	17	1	2	5	7	2

(From Information on Fulfillment of Mission, June 2004, p. 49. This analysis corresponds to the Roster of Instructional Staff, based on academic terms Summer 2002-03, Fall 2003-04, and Spring 2003-04.)

Tables 4 and 5 show instructors by full-time / part-time status based on classes as listed in the schedule. In addition to showing full-time and part-time numbers, the tables also break out the part-time to show the impact of two other factors: the pro-rata full-time and off-campus dual enrollment.

As described earlier, the permanent pro-rata full-time instructors participate in division responsibilities much the same as full-time instructors.

Dual enrollment at NACC was initially limited to those high school students who could come to campus for regularly scheduled courses designated as eligible for dual enrollment. This arrangement did not fully meet the intent of the dual enrollment directive by the Department of Postsecondary Education, however, and starting Fall 2002, dual enrollment classes were established in a number of high schools. To effect these classes, selected high school instructors who hold college teaching qualifications were added as part-time to the college faculty. These instructors are full-time at their respective schools. College advising for dual enrollment students is done by a select committee of faculty, the Director of High School and College Relations, and administrators who are former faculty. This committee remains focused on the issues and requirements of dual enrollment so as to be attentive to these students’ special advising needs. (See Table 6.)

Instructors by Full-time / Part-time Status
	All Instructors	All Full-time Instructors*	Part-time Pro-rata Full-time Instructors	Part-time Off-Campus Dual Enrollment Instructors	All Other Part-time Instructors	All Part-time Instructors
Spring 2002-03	107	31	5	7	64	76
Summer 2002-03	66	22	2	0	42	44
Fall 2003-04	117	30	4	17	66	87
Spring 2003-04	116	28	4	14	70	88
Summer 2003-04	77	25	2	0	50	52
Fall 2004-05	124	33	4	16	71	91

* Note concerning the numbers of full-time: The count is that of full-time personnel teaching credit classes, based on listing of

classes in the schedule. For example, the Fall 2004-05 full-time count of 33 does not include Everett and Goss (Librarians)

although they are bona fide full-time faculty. It does not include Maddox, Roberts, Saint and Snow who are ABE (non-credit).

Because the chart correlates with listed credit classes, the full time count of Fall 2004-05 includes Griggs, a full-time

professional staff member who manages Work Keys, a credit-bearing activity. The analysis includes counts for Jones, Evans,

and Gentry, NUR instructors who because of team teaching did not show up on the schedule. In other words, at Fall 2004-05

there are 34 credit-teaching or library FT instructors; the two librarians do not show here and one FT staff teaching (Griggs)

does,yielding the count here of 33. Similar explanations would apply for the full-time counts shown for previous terms.

Classes by Full-time / Part-time Instructor
	Total Listed Classes	All Classes Taught by Full-time	Taught by Part-time Pro-Rata Full-time	Off-campus Dual Enrollment Taught by Part-time	All Other Part-time	All Classes Taught by Part-time
Spring 2002-03	352	144	30	8	170	208
Summer 2002-03	199	99	6	0	94	100
Fall 2003-04	408	154	26	29	199	254
Spring 2003-04	402	151	23	20	208	251
Summer 2003-04	226	113	6	0	107	113
Fall 2004-05	428	155	22	26	225	273

Tables 7, 8, and 9 show details of full-time / part-time instructor patterns by subject prefix, for terms Summer 2002-03, Fall 2003-04, and Spring 2003-04.

Full-time / Part-time Analysis by Course Prefix, Summer 2002-2003
Course Prefix	FT Instructors		PT Instructors
Course Prefix	#	Notes	#	Notes
ART	1	Stevenson	0
BFN	0		1	Blevins
BIO	2	Zeller, Patterson (a)	6	Griffith, Esslinger, S Durham, Te Niblett, Holt, Ryan
BUS	2	Green, Bearden (b)	3	Barkley, J Durham, Stewart
CHM	1	Behel	0
CIS	2	S Dobbs, Pongpakdee	1	Davis
CRJ	0		0
DDT	1	Andrews	2	Phillips, Hodge
ECO	1	Willmon	1	Massingill
EMP	1	Wootten	1	Sanders
EMS	1	Wootten	4	Harris, Sanders, Harvey, Brock
ENG	2	Reeves, Huntley	4	Johnson, Lacey, Martin, Smith
GEO	0		1	Berry
HED	0		1	Hamlet
HIS	1	Gorham	3	Richey, Wright, Day
IDS	0		0
ILT	0		1	Rogers (d)
MAH	3	To Niblett, Millican, Bearden (b)	3	Sayre, Brooks, Laney
MCM	0		0
MTH	3	To Niblett, Millican, Bearden (b)	6	Sayre, Brooks, Laney, Pendergrass, Gray, Bailer
MUL	0		0
MUP	0		0
MUS	1	D Knox	0
NUR	1	Jones	0
OAD	0		2	Barkley, Whitten
PED	0		2	La Windsor, Hamlet
PHL	0		1	D Reeves (e)
PHS	0		1	Land
PHY	0		1	Holland
POL	1	Gorham	0
PRL	0		1	Stewart
PSY	1	B Knox	1	V Harris
RDG	0		0
REL	0		1	D Reeves (e)
SOC	0	(c)	3	Ware, V Harris, Palmer
SPA	1	Banks	0
SPH	1	K Dobbs	1	Williams (f)
THR	1	Webb	0
WKO	0		1	Dawson (g)
(a) Patterson became full-time Fall 2002.
(b) Bearden was hired full-time Fall 2002, qualified in math and physics. His BUS course is actually MTH 265, Elementary Statistics, which also appears as the concurrently taught BUS 271, Business Statistics I.
(c) FT Sociology/History instructor JD Campbell became college president Jul 2001.
(d) Rogers is permanent part-time, pro-rata full-time at 85 percent.
(e) Reeves became full-time June 2004.
(f) Full-time music and speech instructor Larson retired May 2002, necessitating a part-time speech instructor (Williams). Larson continues to teach selected music courses, chair a committee, coordinate graduation, and advise choral music students.
(g) WKO Work Keys was first formally scheduled Spring 2003.

Full-time / Part-time Analysis by Course Prefix, Fall 2003-2004
Course Prefix	FT Instructors		PT Instructors
Course Prefix	#	Notes	#	Notes
ART	1	Stevenson	0
BFN	0		1	Blevins
BIO	2	Zeller, Patterson	10	Griffith, Stiefel, Esslinger, S Durham, Te Niblett, Holt, Ryan, Clemens, Miller, Byrum (e)
BUS	4	Green, To Niblett, Bearden, Davis (a) (b)	4	Pace, J Durham, Stewart, Bailer
CHM	1	Behel	0
CIS	3	S Dobbs, Pongpakdee, Davis (a)	1	Tripp
CRJ	0		0
DDT	1	Andrews	4	Rains, Pope, Hodge, J Hodges
ECO	1	Green (c)	1	Massingill
EMP	1	Wootten	1	Sanders
EMS	2	Kennamer, Wootten	6	Parker, Butler, G Harris, Sanders, Harvey, Brock
ENG	3	Akins, J Reeves, Huntley	13	Johnson, Mountain, Lacey, Martin, Graves, Galloway, Pickett, Smith, Slater, Finch, Shugart, Kesner, Buttram (f)
GEO	0		1	Gaskins
HED	0		1	Hamlet
HIS	1	Gorham	6	Richey, Wright, Finch, Day, Colvard, Howard
IDS	1	Huntley	0
ILT	0		4	McEwen, Killough, Rogers, Exley (g)
MAH	1	Millican	7	Darnell, Holland, Sayre, Brooks, Clements, Price, Garner
MCM	1	Akins	0
MTH	3	To Niblett, Millican, Bearden	17	Darnell, Holland, Sayre, Brooks, Wade, Clements, Laney, Pendergrass, Gray, Crum, Bailer, Monroe, Burns, Price, Huber, Boyd, Gardner (h)
MUL	1	D Knox	2	Larson, Tidmore (i)
MUP	1	D. Knox	1	Larson (i)
MUS	1	D. Knox	0
NUR	6	Gardner, Watson, Jones, Hopson, Watts, Bruce	0	(j)
OAD	0		4	Pace, Barkley, Dalton, Whitten (k)
PED	0		2	La Windsor, Hamlet
PHL	0		1	D Reeves (l)
PHS	0		2	Holland, Land
PHY	1	Bearden	0
POL	1	Gorham	0
PRL	0		2	Stewart, Graham
PSY	1	B Knox	4	Shade, Copeland, V Harris, Adkins
RDG	1	Akins	1	Gilbert
REL	0		1	D Reeves (l)
SOC	0		5	Bell, Ware, V Harris, Palmer, King
SPA	1	Banks	1	Butler
SPH	1	K Dobbs	1	Williams (i)
THR	1	Webb	0
WKO	1	Griggs (c)	0
(a) Davis became full-time Fall 2003; qualified in Business and Computer Science.
(b) Tonie Niblett and Bearden appear with BUS prefix only for Statistics classes that are taught concurrently as MTH and BUS listings.
(c) Willmon moved to staff position; no longer teaching Economics. Davis served to fill void in division.
(d) Griggs hired to full-time staff position August 2003. Although considered staff rather than instructor, she is listed here in connection with credit-bearing activity.
(e) Ryan, Miller, and Byrum were off-campus dual enrollment; Holt had both off-campus dual enrollment and campus sections.
(f) Galloway, Shugart, Kesner were off-campus dual enrollment only.
(g) Rogers is permanent part-time, pro-rata full-time at 85 percent.
(h) Wade, Laney, Crum, Burns, Huber, and Boyd were off-campus dual enrollment only; Pendergrass and Monroe taught on-campus in addition to off-campus dual enrollment
(i) Larson retired May 2002 from FT MUS/SPH Instr; continues to advise choral students, teach selected Music classes, and chair a committee; PT instructor (Williams) teaches SPH sections beyond those taught by FT SPH instructor K Dobbs..
(j) Part-time personnel assisted with clinical supervision, not listed on schedule.
(k) Pace retired to part-time status June 2000 but continues to teach full load, advise students, and serve on the curriculum committee.
(l) Reeves became full-time June 2004.

Full-time / Part-time Analysis by Course Prefix, Spring 2003-2004
Course Prefix	FT Instructors		PT Instructors
Course Prefix	#	Notes	#	Notes
ART	1	Stevenson	0
BFN	0		1	Blevins
BIO	2	Zeller, Patterson (a)	9	Stiefel, Esslinger, S Durham, Te Niblett, Holt, Ryan, Miller, Byrum, Cooper (e)
BUS	3	Green, To Niblett, Davis (b) (c)	5	Baugh, Barkley, J Durham, Bailer, Woods
CHM	1	Behel	0
CIS	3	S Dobbs, Pongpakdee, Davis	0
CRJ	0		1	Walker
DDT	1	Andrews	4	Pope, Hodge, Spatz, J Hodges
ECO	1	Green	1	Massingill
EMP	1	Wootten	2	Theakston, Sanders
EMS	2	Kennamer, Wootten	5	G Harris, Sanders, Harvey, Brock, Barnes
ENG	3	Akins, J Reeves, Huntley	14	Johnson, Mountain, Lacey, Martin, Graves, Galloway, Pickett, Smith, Slater, Finch, Shugart, Kesner, Buttram, Barksdale (f)
GEO	0		1	Gaskins
HED	0		1	Hamlet
HIS	1	Gorham	6	Richey, Wright, Hamrick, Finch, Day, Colvard (g)
IDS	1	Banks	0
ILT	0		4	Killough, Rogers, Exley, Perminov (h)
MAH	1	Millican	7	Holland, Sayre, Brooks, Darnell, Laney, Price, Gardner
MCM	1	Akins	0
MTH	3	To Niblett, Millican, Bearden	16	Holland, Sayre, Brooks, Wade, Darnell, Laney, Pendergrass, Gray, Crum, Bailer, Monroe, Burns, Price, Gardner, G Smith, Mitchell (i)
MUL	1	D Knox	2	Larson, Tidmore
MUP	1	D Knox	1	Larson
MUS	1	D Knox	0
NUR	4	Gardner, Watson, Jones, Hopson (d)	1	Gentry (j)
OAD	0		4	Pace, Barkley, Dalton, Whitten
PED	0		2	La Windsor, Hamlet
PHL	0		1	D Reeves (k)
PHS	0		1	Land
PHY	1	Bearden	0
POL	1	Gorham	0
PRL	0		2	Stewart, Graham
PSY	1	B Knox	3	G Hodges, Shade, Adkins
RDG	1	Akins	1	Townson
REL	0		1	D Reeves (k)
SOC	0		4	Bell, Ware, Palmer, Nixon
SPA	1	Banks	1	Butler
SPH	1	K Dobbs	1	Williams
THR	1	Webb	0
WKO	1	Griggs	0
(a) Patterson became full-time August 2002.
(b) Davis became full-time Fall 2003. Qualified in Business and Computer Science.
(c) Tonie Niblett and Bearden appear with BUS prefix only for Statistics classes that are taught concurrently as MTH and BUS listings.
(d)Two nursing instructors are being hired August 2004 to replace (1) Li Windsor who retired to part-time clinical assistance May 2003, and (2) Watts, who accepted appointment to a position at another institution May 2004.
(e) Ryan and Miller taught off-campus dual enrollment only.
(f) Galloway, Shugart, Kesner and Buttram taught off-campus dual enrollment; Buttram also taught on-campus sections.
(g) Hamrick and Day taught off-campus dual enrollment; Day also had an on-campus section.
(h) Rogers is permanent part-time, pro-rata full-time at 85 percent.
(i) Wade, Pendergrass, Crum, Burns, G Smith, and Mitchell taught off-campus dual enrollment; Pendergrass also had two on-campus sections.
(j) Gentry became FT temporary (hence classified as PT) effective Jan 2004. Additional part-time personnel assisted with clinical supervision. Gentry is permanent FT effective August 2004.
(k) D Reeves became full-time June 2004.

The assessment of the adequacy of the number of full-time faculty members at Northeast Alabama Community College must take into account the dynamics of an institution that has changed dramatically over the past several years. Table 10 sets the college’s full-time / part-time instructor ratio in relation to the recent fiscal and enrollment history of NACC. As a note to this data, when the current President of Northeast was appointed in July 2001, he felt that the college was significantly held back because of the limited curriculum that was offered at the time. Not only was the limited curriculum a great disadvantage to students, but it caused considerable fiscal problems for the college as well. For example, the low credit-hour production of summer term 2001 was directly linked to fiscal limitations that precluded the offering of needed class sections (see Chart 1). These fiscal problems also resulted in a substantial number of full-time faculty being partially or fully unemployed during that summer term.

Consequently, the new president’s goal was to expand the NACC curriculum by adding more courses and programs of study. To accomplish this goal, full-time instructors were given the option to accept compensated overload assignments; adjunct instructors were assigned more class sections; and additional adjunct instructors were employed. The additional courses and course sections were selected to be within the core curriculum courses required of students. The hiring of new full-time instructors began fall 2002, after enrollment had increased and the fiscal base had begun to show a degree of stability.

Four Years of Change for NACC
Four Years of Change for NACC
Annual Revenue
1998-99	7,890,389
2002-03	9,956,404
net increase	2,066,015
percent increase	26.2%

Unrestricted Balance
Sept 99	945,259
Sept 03	2,895,995
net increase	1,950,736
percent increase	206.4%

Credit Headcount
Fall 1999	1,601
Fall 2003	2,072
net increase	471
percent increase	29.4%

Credit FTE
Fall 1999	1,112
Fall 2003	1,419
net increase	307
percent increase	27.6%

Credit Hour Production
Fall 1999	16,684
Fall 2003	21,286
net increase	4,602
percent increase	27.6%

Number of Fall Course Listings
Fall 1999	307
Fall 2003	408
net increase	101
percent increase	32.9%

Number of Summer Course Listings
Summer 1999	160
Summer 2003	199
net increase	39
percent increase	24.4%

As a result of the expanded curriculum, along with corresponding improvements in marketing and promotion, NACC enrollment has soared. From fall 1999 to fall 2003, credit headcount increased 29 percent. Corresponding increases were evident in FTE and credit-hour production. Concurrently, the college has achieved a very sound financial base. The 2002-2003 annual revenue was 26 percent over that of 1998-1999, and the ending fund balance of September 2003 was 206 percent over that of September 1999. Having sufficient resources to fund a full summer schedule of classes is no longer a problem. Indeed, dramatic changes and improvements have been made to campus facilities and classroom technology as a result of greater financial resources for the college. Additionally, the hiring of more instructors has allowed the average number of students in classes to be reduced. Biology 103 class size, for example, was reduced from an average of 42 students in Fall 1999 to 30 in Fall 2003 and English Composition from as high as 31 to consistently fewer than 25. (See NACC Compliance Certification, page 22, Table 4.) Fall 2004-2005 enrollment in these courses averages 28 in Biology 103 and 22 in English Composition.

The college has evidenced its commitment to hire more full-time instructors in response to sustained enrollment increases and the establishment of new programs. For example, four new instructors were hired at the college in the summer of 2004. (Because of the timing of their employment, the addition of these faculty members was not included in the Compliance Certification reviewed by the Off-Site Committee.)

Faculty Roles in Academic Advising, Committee Participation, and Governance

Faculty members, of course, do have multi-faceted jobs that involve more than providing class instruction. To support the mission of the college, they also serve on committees, advise students, sponsor campus clubs and other organizations, and continuously work to improve their skills through professional development. The On-Site Review Committee will find these activities discussed on pages 20 through 25 of the Compliance Certification. Although the ratings by students, listed in Tables 1 – 3 of the Compliance Certification (pp. 20-22) are from surveys that solicited assessment of all instruction, academic advising is the almost exclusive domain of the full-time faculty or those pro-rata full-time whose service normally includes advising. The On-Site Review Committee will note that these ratings are quite positive. The similarly positive information on individual assistance and class scheduling, although relating to all instructors, is included to demonstrate that faculty resources are sufficient to fulfill the mission. The fact that the available student ratings include all instruction highlights the inclusion of all coursework in the evaluation processes of the college, regardless of scheduling, location, delivery format, or tenure status of the instructor. The fact that part-time instructors have been added in the interest of keeping class sizes manageable (as well as providing all the courses and class sections needed) contributes to the full-time instructors being able to give quality attention to advising and sponsorship of student activities, as well as having time for committee work and professional development. As well, each student, whether taught by a full-time or part-time instructor, receives more individualized attention than would be possible if class sizes were very large.

It should be noted that the administration is committed to compensate part-time faculty to serve as advisors in smaller programs with specialized needs. During Fall 2004, two part-time faculty members (Golden, Childhood Development, and Stewart, Paralegal) will serve as advisors to students in their respective programs. Additionally, faculty are provided with student assistants upon request. These paid student workers help instructors in numerous aspects of their jobs.

The number of full-time faculty is completely adequate to accomplish governance. The On-Site Review Committee will find the faculty role in governance fully described and documented in the Compliance Certification, pages 185 – 188. These pages show that faculty are involved in institutional planning, responsible for academic affairs and curriculum, and represented in their Faculty Council. The Compliance Certification pages 130 – 138 clearly demonstrate that the number of full-time faculty is adequate to accomplish curricular supervision.

The Committee will note that the discussion of faculty load on pages 24 and 25 of the Compliance Certification addresses full-time faculty; the only exceptions are the listings of the two recent retirees, Larson and Pace, who maintain their commitment to the work of the division regardless of status. This analysis of faculty load demonstrates that full-time faculty do contribute to the fulfillment of the mission through sponsorship of student activities and participation in committee work, as well as through their teaching assignments. Additionally, pages 26 and 27 of the Compliance Certification verify the active role that full-time faculty play in community service events.

Conclusion

In looking at the overall effectiveness of the college and ratings by students as shown in the Compliance Certification, the evidence seems to fully substantiate that the college has an adequate number of full-time faculty members to support the mission of the institution. As discussed on pages 27-30 of the Compliance Certification, these full-time instructors are provided with the resources needed to perform their jobs. The college particularly has been able to provide more and more resources for instructors as a result of the fiscal progress that has been made the past three years. Funds have been poured back into support for the faculty and for educational resources.

In summary, the college believes that there are more than adequate numbers of full-time faculty to fulfill the mission of the college. Indeed, the college has been able to find the balance that is needed with staffing of full-time to fulfill the mission, and at the same time permit funding to be available to support these instructors with the educational resources that are needed for them to effectively perform their professional responsibilities.

Documentation:

Faculty Full-Time, Faculty Part Time. NACC Catalog 2004-2005, pp. 132-135
http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/2004-2005Catalogpages132-135.pdf

Information on Fulfillment of Mission, June 2004 http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/InformationonFulfillmentoftheMission_June2004.pdf

NACC Compliance Certification

http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/Electronic_Documentation.htm

Professional and Support Staff. NACC Catalog 2004-2005, p. 136 http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/2004-2005Catalogpage136.htm

Roster of Instructional Staff
http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/RosterofInstructionalStaff.htm

Documents not specifically mentioned but containing some of the information in Table 10:

NACC Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 1998-1999 and 2002-2003
The Financial Statement for Year 1998-1999 is available for viewing on campus in the Office of the Dean of Administrative Services.
http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/financialstatement2003.pdf

NACC Statistical Profile, Fall 2003
http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/StatisticalProfile_Fall2003.pdf

Institutional information assembled by the Director of Institutional Effectiveness, from the AS/400 database, with historical notes.

Dual Enrollment Committee Members, 2003-2004
*(Responsible for advising)*
Barron, Susan	Director of High School and College Relations
Bearden, Michael	Instructor, Math and Physics
Burke, Dr. Joe (Committee Chair)	Director of Admissions and Student Services (formerly Counselor and Psychology Instructor)
Gorham, Cheryl	Instructor, History and Political Science; Chair, Div of Social Science, Speech, and Foreign Language
Millican, Greg	Instructor, Math
Reece, Marilyn	Dean of Extended Day (formerly English Instructor)

Faculty Full-Time, Faculty Part Time. NACC Catalog 2004-2005, pp. 132-135	http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/2004-2005Catalogpages132-135.pdf
Information on Fulfillment of Mission, June 2004	http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/InformationonFulfillmentoftheMission_June2004.pdf
NACC Compliance Certification	http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/Electronic_Documentation.htm
Professional and Support Staff. NACC Catalog 2004-2005, p. 136	http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/2004-2005Catalogpage136.htm
Roster of Instructional Staff	http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/RosterofInstructionalStaff.htm
Documents not specifically mentioned but containing some of the information in Table 10:
NACC Financial Statements for Fiscal Years 1998-1999 and 2002-2003	The Financial Statement for Year 1998-1999 is available for viewing on campus in the Office of the Dean of Administrative Services. http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/financialstatement2003.pdf
NACC Statistical Profile, Fall 2003	http://www.nacc.edu/sacspage/sacs/StatisticalProfile_Fall2003.pdf