HOPE AT LUTHER, NCA INSTITUTE FOR FACULTY, 2004

THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRACKS
Speech & Theatre Department >>> Communication Department
Adrian College
Five Stages encompassing 25 Years

Changes in What is Offered

     Rhetoric  PR   Theatre  OrgC  Media  SmGroup  Spkg  # mjrs.
79-80    T           X             X              T      2+	
81-84    X           X             X              Q      2+
85-90    X           XX            X, T           Q      2+
91-96    X    X             X      X       X      Px6    30+
97-04    X    X             X      X       X      Px6    50+

Legend:
X = full time, tenured/tenure track
T = one year, terminal contract
Q = half-time contract
P = adjunct/part-time faculty

FTE, Tracks, and Majors

Over 25 years, the Department has developed a major with three tracks, and maintained a public speaking 'service' course that has evolved from exit- to entry- level status. The number of majors has grown from two in 1979 to over fifty in 2004. During those same years, however, the FTE in the Department has decreased from a peak of five + in 1990 to three in 2004. The number of adjuncts and overload contracts offered to full-time faculty have increased to fill in the gaps.