Abstract:

Colleges and universities are relying heavily on contingent faculty to increase flexibility and reduce costs, yet little is known about whether such savings actually result in lower overall costs or if the money saved on instruction is being spent in other areas. This brief, Cost Savings or Cost Shifting? The Relationship Between Part-Time Contingent Faculty and Institutional Spending, the second in a two-part series, documents the financial trade-offs being made by institutions as they hire more part-time contingent faculty.