The four areas of literature reviewed for this study were community college and workforce development structure and function (mission), faculty roles and responsibilities (functions), faculty recruitment and selection, and faculty professional development. These four areas represent the key issues in the literature that will be investigated throughout this study. Considering that the WFD faculty are not represented in the majority of literature concerning higher education faculty linking the various concepts found in the above literature review provides baseline information to aid in the development of a WFD faculty profile. The key issues in the literature reviewed above encompass the concepts surrounding who the faculty are and how they are recruited, selected, and subsequently developed within the community college.