Number of Adjunct Profs Negatively Impacting Rank? Forum

[S-IV]

Hey guys,

In the past I've been told that a school's number of adjunct professors can negatively affect the school's rank. I tried to do some research on this to see if the idea is true, but pretty much found nothing. Thoughts?

[MrPapagiorgio]

Don't know, but fortunately the number of chairs in the library can more than make up for it.

[S-IV]

Don't know, but fortunately the number of chairs in the library can more than make up for it.

LOL!

[Samara]

Hey guys,

In the past I've been told that a school's number of adjunct professors can negatively affect the school's rank. I tried to do some research on this to see if the idea is true, but pretty much found nothing. Thoughts?

Here's the ranking methodology: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-gr ... ology-2012

Unless the number of adjunct professors affect the student/faculty ratio or the peer assessment, they don't have any impact on rankings.

[Opie]

Some top schools have a lot of adjuncts because those people have careers that are considered more important that teaching.