What is the impact of having fewer tenured and tenure-track faculty on your campus?

It affects the amount of ownership that we take as faculty on campus. There are many committees and ways to serve and improve our campus services to students, but not many full-time faculty to serve and lead in these capacities. It is in these committees where camaraderie, friendship and partnerships are formed that build our campus communities.
Sharon Hendricks, Los Angeles Community College District

I am the only tenured instructor in my program. I am the only one who deals with curricular problems or scheduling because the others are intimidated and don't wish to deal with the chair. I hesitate to ask for help from those who make half my salary and in some cases are teaching at other institutions as well as mine.
Mary Ellen McGoey, Northeastern Illinois University

I guess this means more freeway flying and therefore more of the type of education that one might receive on a freeway, if classes were held there.
Steve Schlichtenmyer, Palomar College, California

Now that I am full-time (finally!), I have a hard time telling students to go into college teaching, since 70 percent of them will end up teaching part-time and being contingent laborers used when administrators need them. They'll be paid the minimum, receive no medical benefits (most of the time) and no retirement, etc. For the amount of education one needs to teach college, it is just not cost effective to become a college instructor.
Catherine Pavlish, Oregon Coast Community College

Having a precarious position fosters non-solidarity, as people without tenure resent those who have tenure and who do not seem to care about the ill-treated members of their departments.
Judith Wishnia, State University of New York, Stony Brook