Appointed by Senate President: Joanne C. Benson; Catherine E. Pugh.
Appointed by House Speaker: Marvin E. Holmes, Jr.; Adrienne A. Jones.
Appointed by Secretary of Higher Education: Carroll James Harris, Esq.; one vacancy.
Representing administrators at historically black institutions: one vacancy
Ex officio: Danette Gerald Howard, Ph.D., Interim Secretary of Higher Education; William E. Kirwan, Ph.D., Chancellor, University System of Maryland; Mickey L. Burnim, Ph.D., President, Bowie State University; Reginald S. Avery, Ph.D., President, Coppin State University; David Wilson, Ed.D., President, Morgan State University; Mortimer H. Neufville, Ph.D., Interim President, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore.
Staff: Gareth E. Murray, Ph.D.
c/o Maryland Higher Education Commission
839 Bestgate Road, Suite 400, Annapolis, MD 21401
(410) 260-4519; fax: (410) 260-3200
e-mail: gmurray@mhec.state.md.us
The number and type of adjunct faculty and the number of tenured faculty in Maryland's higher education institutions is to be analyzed by the Task Force. Further, the Task Force will evaluate the ratio of adjunct to tenured faculty at historically black higher education institutions and compare that ratio with the State's other higher education institutions.
The Task Force is to assess the impact of the ratio on student retention and graduation rates at historically black institutions, including an assessment of the impact of different types of adjunct instructors, such as part-time, nontenure-track, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows. Finally, the Task Force will report its findings and recommendations as to any relationship between the ratio of adjunct to tenured faculty, and disparities in the retention and graduation rate of students at historically black higher education institutions in Maryland.
Authorization for the Task Force extends through September 30, 2013.
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