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Portland Community College reviews

3.8

74% would recommend to a friend

(293 total reviews)

Dr. Mark Mitsui

15% approve of CEO

25% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Work/Life balance

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.4

Culture & values

3.3

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

Portland Community College has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 293 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Portland Community College employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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293 reviews
4.0
May 24, 2016

Adjunct Faculty Trap

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Benefits are better relative to other institutions' treatment of part time faculty (but that really isn't saying much). Supportive learning community overall.

Cons

You essentially only get paid for the actual time you are in the classroom but if you start to become part of the community you get pulled into many different group's including the discipline-specific Subject Area Committees. Your work there is rarely compensated but becomes expected...especially if you hope to become full time (which is pretty rare). When the college creates full time positions, it conducts them as national searches without any priority/interest given to the part timers who have been giving their all to build the college up.

3.0
Jul 31, 2015

Staff

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Big organization = great opportunities.

Cons

Internal communication is chaotic. The college does not audit/cross check services as often as it should be. The culture in several departments are still reactive and lack proactiveness.

2.0
Feb 26, 2013

Former Faculty

Faculty
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Pros

Great Campus', students eager to learn.

Cons

Administration could care less about the part-time faculty (which is most of the faculty). Those in my department who are/were full-time treated the part-time people like crap, like 2nd class, unworthy. First, there are NO full-time openings so if you want to teach in Higher Ed you have to settle with part-time (adjunct). Second: most of us have 'real-world' experience where as most of the 'tenured' people are ancient and probably don't even qualify for their own jobs anymore.

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