Part-time faculty members represent the majority of faculty at public two-year postsecondary institutions. Utilizing part-time faculty enables two-year institutions to control their instructional costs and maintain scheduling flexibility. However, part-time faculty are diverse in regards to their employment preference, some prefer part-time employment while others would prefer a full-time position. Since retaining and attracting qualified and experienced part-time faculty members is essential, it is imperative that their satisfaction be understood. This study uses the 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF: 04) to study faculty satisfaction. Faculty was disaggregated according to employment preference into full-time, involuntary part-time, and voluntary part-time in order to study the structure of satisfaction for each group and the factors that influence the satisfaction for each group. The factors studied were perception of equity, partial inclusion, demographic differences and academic discipline. I found that the structure of faculty satisfaction and the influence of variables on faculty satisfaction differ among full-time, involuntary part-time, and voluntary part-time faculty.

The thesis addresses the questions of so called Two-year plan of the restoration in Czechoslovakia between the years 1947 and 1948. The materials from Prague national archive, historical sources and the latest contemporary literature have been used. The thesis follows the preparation, implementation and results of this "two-year plan". The work emphasizes industry and agriculture, especially textile industry. At the end the transition of the two-year plan to the long-term five-year plan is dealt with.

The aim of this dissertation work is to analyze the progress of recodification works during the so-called two-year legal plan, this being illustrated on preparations of the Criminal Procedure Code. The conclusions can be applied to contemporary efforts of recodification of the Criminal Procedure Code - especially from the organisational and material point of view. The first part of the paper deals with the state of criminal procedure law in Czechoslovakia before the commencement of the two-year legal plan and with the recodification attempts between 1918 and 1947. The next chapter describes the two-year legal plan, its announcement, development, organisation of work and results. It is followed by a chapter devoted to the preparation of the Criminal Procedure Code itself. This part analysis the activities of the Ministry of Justice in this respect, the codification department of the Ministry of Justice, its codification committee and subcommittees. In 1949 the subcommittees drafted a fundamental bill that served as a basis for the preparation of the outline of the Criminal Procedure Code elaborated at the beginning of 1950. This dissertation also provides a detailed analysis of the legislative process and an overview of influences of the organs of the communist party on the final version of the...

This study had two purposes. The first was to identify present articulation practices within Tennessee public colleges. The second was to select recommendations for ideal articulation practice that might lead to improved transfer/articulation among two- and four-year public colleges in Tennessee. A survey instrument was sent to persons identified as chief articulation officers within Tennessee public colleges. They were asked to evaluate identified articulation practices according to present practice and according to ideal practice. Results were used to determine which transfer and articulation practices were currently used in Tennessee public colleges, which transfer and articulation practices ideally should be used in Tennessee public colleges, and whether there were significant differences between present practices and ideal practices in articulation among Tennessee public colleges. Research has found that there may be differences in two- and four-year colleges in articulation practice; therefore, survey results were evaluated to determine if differences in perception existed between Tennessee community college chief articulation officers and university chief articulation officers with regard to the actual usage of identified articulation practices, as well as differences in perception concerning the ideal usage of articulation practices. Significant differences were identified, especially within the areas of leadership, faculty, interinstitutional relationships, record keeping, and evaluation. Results were used to develop recommendations that may facilitate smoother student matriculation between Tennessee public colleges.

The purpose of this study was twofold. The first purpose was to determine the extent to which the 14 two-year institutions of the Tennessee Board of Regents system expended funds in functional categories equal to the amount of funds provided by the appropriations funding formula for the same functional categories. The second purpose was to determine the extent to which the 14 two-year institutions expended funds for direct instructional purposes for each academic program equal to the amount of funds provided by the appropriations funding formula for direct teaching purposes for each academic program. Using an archival research design, appropriations funding data and actual expenditure data were collected for the period 1990-91 through 1996-97 relative to the first purpose. Data for only the years 1995-96 and 1996-97 were used for the second purpose. For each of the two purposes studied, the data were adjusted to reflect comparable funding and expenditure data. The final evaluation involved a comparison of the percentage of funding expended by function and by college for the first purpose and the percentage of funding expended by academic program and by college for the second purpose. The evaluation of the percentage of funding expended by function revealed that most colleges and the system as a whole expended approximately 90% or more of the funding for the function for which funds were allocated by the appropriations formula. This level was determined to be positive, because some funding is typically set aside for transfers to plant funds for renewals and replacements. The evaluation of the percentage of funding expended for direct teaching purposes revealed that most colleges and the system as a whole expended approximately 60% or less of the funding for direct teaching purposes. This is permissible according to the policies of the TBR and THEC. The funding formula for direct teaching is based on enrollment and an average full-time faculty salary amount. However, most colleges use part-time faculty to teach a portion of its student-credit-hours; thus, excess funds accrue from this area and are available for use in other areas. Based on the findings of this study, two recommendations are offered. A review of the funding formula with regards to potentially needed modifications is recommended for the specific functions in which either substantially more or less than 100.0% of the funding was expended. Additionally, a formal analysis of the proportion of student-credit-hour enrollment taught by part-time faculty should be made to assist in determining if the funding formula calculation for direct teaching activities should include an element for the proportion of student-credit-hours taught by part-time faculty.

本研究的主要目的，在於了解二專學生的自我調整學習及自我調整學習教學之效果。研究中除探討二專生自我調整學習所涉及之重要歷程與因素、檢視自我調整學習與學業表現之間的關連外，並驗證融入式自我調整學習策略教學之效果。 本研究採文獻探討與實證研究二部分進行之。首先，就自我調整學習之概念、理論與相關研究進行文獻分析，據以形成二專生自我調整學習之研究架構，而後，進行實證研究考驗之。實證研究方面，分別進行問卷調查及教學實驗二項研究，問卷調查係針對目前二專各類科學生進行抽樣調查，有效樣本1717人，分析並比較其於國文科的自我調整學習情形及學業表現；教學實驗則採準實驗設計，以二專四個班級共222名學生為對象，將自我調整學習策略教學融入實驗組之心理學課程之中進行之，分析並比較實驗組(N=110)與控制組(N=112)之自我調整學習及學業表現。 本研究根據研究發現，獲致結論如下： 一、 二專生的自我調整學習，主要包括學習的動機信念與學習策略的使用二個重要歷程，且此二歷程密切關連。 二、 二專生的自我調整學習策略，主要包括認知策略與意志控制策略二類，且此二類策略密切關連。 三、 二專生的個人變項會影響其自我調整學習。 四、 二專生的自我調整學習會影響其學業表現。 五、 自我調整學習策略教學可融入二專學科課程之中。 六、學習回饋為融入式自我調整學習策略教學之重要關鍵，應同時兼顧學習結果及學習歷程之回饋。 七、融入式自我調整學習策略教學可增進二專生自我調整學習策略的使用，並提昇其學業表現。 最後，本研究依據研究結論，提出對二專教師、學校、教育主管機關及未來研究之建議，以作為二專教學、教育政策實施及相關研究之參考。 / The main purpose of this research was to investigate the self-regulated learning of two-year junior college students and the effects of self-regulated learning intervention. In this research, the important processes and factors involved in self-regulated learning of two-year junior college students as well as their relationships with academic performance were examined. Besides, it validated the effects of integrated self-regulated learning strategy instruction. Employing both literature and empirical researches. It analyzed the concepts, theories, and relevant studies of self-regulated learning on the literature to construct the study framework first, and conducted empirical studies to validate it afterwards. The empirical studies included a survey as well as a teaching experiment. The survey resulted a valid sample totaled 1717, out of a random sample of the current two-year junior college students. The self-regulated learning and academic performance on Chinese learning were analyzed and compared. The teaching experiment was a quasi-experiment. With four classes totaled 222 as subjects; the experiment embedded strategy instruction in the Psychology curriculum of experiment group. The self-regulated learning and academic performance of both experiment group (N=110) and control group (N=112) were analyzed and compared. According to the findings, the conclusions were rendered as follows: 1. The self-regulated learning of two-year junior college students mainly consisted of two important processes: the motivational belief and the use of learning strategy. The two processes were interrelated. 2. The self-regulated learning strategy of two-year junior college students mainly consisted of two kinds of strategies: the cognitive strategies and the volitional control strategies. The two kinds of strategies were interrelated. 3. The personal variables of two-year junior college students would affect their self-regulated learning. 4. The self-regulated learning of two-year junior college students would affect their academic performance. 5. The self-regulated learning strategy instruction could be integrated in the curriculum of two-year college. 6. Learning feedback was the key factor in the integrated self-regulated learning strategy instruction. It should include learning result feedback and learning process feedback. 7. The integrated self-regulated learning strategy instruction could improve the use of self-regulated learning strategy and academic performance of two-year junior college students. Finally, based on the conclusions, it provided concrete suggestions for two-year junior college instruction, relevant educational policies, and further studies.

Instructors' use of e-learning systems in higher education institutions is a central concern of researchers, academicians, and practitioners. Higher education institutions are investing substantial resources to incorporate and maintain the infrastructure of e-learning systems; however, instructors' use of e-learning systems in two-year colleges is relatively limited. In this context, the goal of this study was to investigate the factors that may affect instructors' intention to use e-learning systems in two-year colleges. Based on literature review on technology acceptance, this study proposed a theoretical model predicting instructors' intention to use e-learning systems in two-year colleges based on their resistance to change, perceived value of e-learning systems, computer self-efficacy (CSE), and attitude toward e-learning systems. Consequently, this study investigated the effect of four independent variables on the dependent variable, intention to use e-learning systems. A Web-based survey was designed to empirically assess the effect of aforementioned constructs on instructors' intention to use e-learning systems in two-year colleges. The Web-based survey was developed as a multi-item measure using Likert-type scales. Existing validated scales were used to develop the Web-based survey. The target population of this study was instructors of public and private two-year colleges. The sample for this study was 119 (over 41% response rate) full-time, part-time, and adjunct instructors in different academic departments at a two-year college. Two statistical methods were used to formulate and test predictive models: Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and Ordinal Logistic Regression (OLR). Both MLR and OLR results showed that the theoretical model was able to predict instructors' intention to use e-learning systems. All four independent variables have significant effects on the dependent variable. Results of both analyses were consistent on resistance to change as having the greatest weight on predicting instructors' intention to use e-learning systems, while CSE in both analyses was found to have the least weight. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by providing empirical results for the key constructs that affect two-year college instructors' intention to use e-learning systems. Results of this research may also help IT practitioners to concentrate their efforts on ways to address resistance to change as it was found to be the most significant factor affecting e-learning accepted by two-year college instructors.

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The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to investigate community college student perceptions of academic advising for 12 first-time first-generation (FTFG) General Studies students attending a rural southeastern community college. The phenomenological research approach was utilized to better understand participant experiences by exploring participants' perceptions through their lived experiences. Applying purposeful sampling techniques, five females and seven males were identified, with 11 classified as full-time students and one classified as part-time. One-on-one interviews and focus group were conducted in-person or virtually, using Zoom and Microsoft Teams, with each participant to better understand student perceptions of their initial academic advising perceptions regarding feelings of being unprepared socially and academically, academic advisor connections and attributes, increased engagement in advising activities, and student success from the on-boarding process through graduation. The data collected revealed students took more responsibility for their education, were better equipped to communicate with an advisor, resulting in stronger connections, were better prepared to use college resources and tools, resulting in more intentional and meaningful conversations, and all of these factors led to overall student success. The findings of my research can be used to strengthen institutional policies and procedures, as well as to improve the academic advising experiences of first-generation community college students.