Do regular social work faculty earn better student course evaluations than do adjunct faculty or doctoral students?

Journal of Teaching in Social Work

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 365-377

  Thyer, Bruce A ^a   Myers, Laura L ^b   Nugent, William R ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuncts; Faculty evaluations; Social work teaching; Teaching effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052289006     PISSN: 08841233     EISSN: 15407349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08841233.2011.597674     Document Type: Article

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