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FA C U LT Y P R O F I L E S 2 0 1 2
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
FACCC Education Institute
enhances teaching and learning
through research, communication
and professional development
opportunities for community
college faculty.
The following profiles examine
California Community College fulland part-time faculty. All data have
been secured through the California
Community Colleges System Office
Data Mart staffing reports for 2012
(includes all districts).
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THE RATIO OF FULL- TO PART-TIME FACULTY
California Community Colleges
SYSTEM RATIO 2012
Measured in Weekly Student Contact Hours
56%
19,012.1 Full-Time
44%
14,910.7 Part-Time
FULL- TO PART-TIME FACULTY RATIO
System Goal Since 1988
25%
Part-Time
75%
Full-Time
* AB 1725 [(Vasconcellos) of 1987] added Education Code Section 87482.6, which states, in part: “the Legislature wishes
to recognize and make efforts to address longstanding policy of the board of governors that at least 75 percent of the hours of
credit instruction in the California Commmunity Colleges, as a system, should be taught by full-time instructors.”
A N A LYS I S
The charts displayed on the prior page Decisions regarding the appropriateness of
demonstrate that the community college part-time faculty should be made on the basis
system has failed to meet this goal. FACCC of academic and program needs, however,
continues to advocate for full-time faculty and not for financial savings. The Legislature’s
jobs to achieve the 75/25 full- to part-time concern about abuses in this regard led to the
faculty system ratio established in AB 1725.
establishment of the current statutory cap on
part-time employment.
**The mechanics of how districts calculate
the full- to part-time faculty ratio are found
in the California Code of Regulations, Title 5,
Sections 51025 and 53300 et.seq. AB 1725
also added the following intent language
(expressing legislative policy, with no force
in law): “If the community colleges are to
respond creatively to the challenges of the
coming decades, they must have a strong
and stable core of full-time faculty with longterm commitments to their colleges. There is
proper concern about the effect of an over
reliance upon part-time faculty, particularly in
the core transfer curricula.”
THE RATIO OF FULL- TO PART-TIME FACULTY
California Community Colleges
FACULTY HEADCOUNT TOTALS
Full
Time
Part
Time
17,248
38,135
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THE RATIO OF FULL- TO PART-TIME FACULTY
California Community Colleges
GENDER TOTALS PART-TIME FACULTY
Male
18,214
Female
19,971
GENDER TOTALS FULL-TIME FACULTY
Male
7,930
Female
9,318
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THE RATIO OF FULL- TO PART-TIME FACULTY
California Community Colleges
FACULTY AVERAGE AGE
18.6
8.9
13.1
4.8
12.7
2012: <=34
10.4
11.1
35-39 40-44
13.9
11.2
15.3
12
15.6
13.5
13
45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64
Tenure | Tenure Track
Average Age 51.8 | Headcount 17,248
Academic Temporary
Average Age 50.9 | Headcount 38,185
9.8
16
65+
THE RATIO OF FULL- TO PART-TIME FACULTY
California Community Colleges
ETHNICITY TOTALS
Two or More
.82
.59
Unknown
5.06
7.01
White
64.69
65.81
Pacific Islander
.56
.53
Native American
.9
.67
Hispanic
13.44
11.61
Filipino
1.07
1.25
African American
5.81
4.89
Asian
7.68
7.62
Full-Time
Part-Time
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FACULTY ASSOCIATION OF C A L I F O R N I A
C O M M U N I T Y C O L L E G E S E D U C AT I O N I N S T I T U T E
1823 11th Street | Sacramento, CA 95811
www.faccc.org