The following terms will be used throughout the remainder of the study.
1. Adjunct faculty – Bring specialized and real life experiences to the classroom, provide economic benefits to the college, and bring contributions to the college through their connection to business and industry. Part-timers bring skills, abilities, and talents not found in a college’s permanent, full-time faculty. These individuals are distinguished by their impressive experience as well as their highly valued skills (Jacobs, 1998).
2. Business/Industry Partnership – The development of educational or technical programs that a business needs based upon input and collaboration between the community college and the local community (Friedel, 2008).