The number of full-time faculty members at Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) is adequate to support the mission [Ref 1] of the institution. DSCC has adequate faculty resources to ensure the quality and integrity of its instructional programs.

The Vice President for the College is primarily responsible for Core Requirement 2.8. [Ref 2]. Reporting to the Vice President for the College are the deans of the three academic divisions: the Dean of Arts and Sciences, the Dean of Business and Technology, and the Dean of Nursing and Allied Health [Ref 3]. Academic deans are assisted by coordinators or directors. All full-time and part-time faculty members are assigned to at least one of the three academic divisions [Ref 4] [Ref 5] [Ref 6].

DSCC offers the Associate of Applied Science, Associate of Science, and Associate of Arts degrees and certificate programs [Ref 7]. As of Fall 2005, DSCC had a total of 57 full-time faculty members and employed approximately 120 adjunct faculty members. Since the Fall of 2005, the number of full-time faculty members has increased to 59. Total enrollment for the Fall 2005 semester was 2,477 students with a full-time equivalent (FTE) of 1,769.5. The average class size for Fall 2005 was 21 students. The trend for class size is between 15 and 24 students with only a few classes over 30 students [Ref 8] [Ref 9] [Ref 10] Ref 11].

The percentage of credit hours taught by adjunct faculty at DSCC in Fall 2005 was 42 percent and is currently 41 percent. Adjunct faculty members are employed when necessary to minimize teaching overloads or to staff teaching areas where there is not enough enrollment to justify employment of full-time faculty (example: American government) [Ref 12] [Ref 13].

Learning Resource Center (LRC): The LRC provides services to faculty which include instructional multimedia production; college-wide delivery of video, overhead, data projectors, slide, audio recording, and playback equipment; public address and digital photographic services; PowerPoint presentation production; transparency production for overhead projection, including color and black and white; audio/video cassette duplication; lamination services; satellite downlink services; and computer-based instructional artwork. The Media Center staff also provides support for such activities as recruitment, faculty and staff development programs, and public information productions. The Media Center staff also provides faculty and staff training in the production of effective instructional materials and in the use of audio/visual equipment such as overhead projectors, data projectors, and Smart Boards [Ref 14].