The Lack of Intentionality in Recruiting and Hiring of New Community College Faculty

John P. Murray 
(Educational Leadership and Administration Department, College of Education, California State University, CA 90840, USA)

Abstract: The author conducted a national survey of Chief Academic Officers (CAOs) at U.S. community colleges to determine what processes they use to recruit and hire a full-time faculty member. A database of chief academic officers of public community colleges in the United States was obtained from Higher Education Publications. Using the Carnegie classifications for community colleges, a proportionally stratified random sample of chief academic officers was selected. Using Survey Monkey, 176 chief academic officers were sent the survey. This paper presents the results of the survey.

Key words: community colleges, faculty, hiring