This article presents a qualitative case study that explores how faculty and administrators at one community college conceptualized and experienced academic community within their institution and how that conceptualization helped shape the part-time faculty work environment. Using a combined framework of academic community and care ethics, this study utilizes data from 55 interviews with full-time and part-time faculty and administrative leaders from a large community college. Findings from this study indicate that defining membership, a sense of belonging, and shared mission and goals are key components to their understanding of academic community. From these three components, the study found that when participants included adjunct faculty as members of their academic community, they also reported a sense of responsibility or obligation to supporting them.

本文介绍了一个定性案例研究，探讨一所社区大学的教职员工和管理人员如何在其机构内概念化和经验丰富的学术社区，以及这种概念化如何帮助塑造兼职教师的工作环境。本研究使用学术社区和护理伦理的组合框架，利用对来自大型社区学院的全职和兼职教师和行政领导者的 55 次访谈的数据。这项研究的结果表明，定义成员资格、归属感以及共同的使命和目标是他们理解学术界的关键组成部分。从这三个组成部分，该研究发现，当参与者将兼职教师作为其学术界的成员时，