New Member Interested In Hendrix

volunteer_mom
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:41:24 +0000

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, for the fall of 2005, 1,086 students applied to Hendrix, 82.5% were admitted and 31.3% of those who were admitted enrolled.

I compared the faculty lists in the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 catalogs and found that in 2005 Hendrix had 4 new faculty members in addition to 4 visiting assistant professors and 1 visiting instructor. Four people left: two assistant professors and two visiting professors…

Looking at the list of adjunct faculty, there were 7 added in 2005 (biology, computer science, business, kinesiology, art histiory, dance and english). 5 were added in 2004 (africana studies and french, english, dance, philosophy and religion, and kinesiology), 4 were added in 2003 (art, physics, politics, kinesiology) and 4 in 2002 (business, economics and business, dance, and dance). The trend definitely seems to be to use more adjunct faculty although there are many professors listed in the faculty section.

My son is finishing his freshman year and has had excellent teachers, most of them regular professors. He had excellent grades in high school and high SAT scores and has found the work challenging.

I haven’t looked at catalogs from other colleges or universities so I don’t know how they compare in terms of faculty turnover or adjuncts. So far, we have been very pleased with Hendrix.