Instructor Pool - Economics

Special Instructions

Applications will be considered throughout the  Academic Year.

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Cover Letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

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Department: Acad Prog / Student Aff (LCB)

Position Title: Instructor (Instructor Pool – 2025/2026: Economics)

Job Title: Instructor Pool - 2025/2026:
Economics

Appointment Type: Academic Faculty

Job Location: Bend, Oregon

Job Summary: The Business Program at OSU – Cascades invites applications for one or more fixed-term, non-tenure-track full/part-time Instructor positions to teach on a term-by-term basis for the  academic year. Instructors may be needed to teach undergraduate courses in Economics. Anticipated start dates are September 16, 2025, December 16, 2025, or March 16, 2026. The primary mission of the Business Program at OSU – Cascades is to provide undergraduate level education and the curriculum encompasses most standard fields of the discipline.

This position is designed to foster critical thinking, advance students’ knowledge and skills through the teaching of various discipline/courses. The incumbent(s) are expected to provide an intellectual foundation for students concerning the discipline.

Founded in 2001, Oregon State University – Cascades brings higher education to Central Oregon while leveraging the excellence of a land grant and top-tier research university in one of the most dynamic cities in the Pacific Northwest. Located near downtown Bend and surrounded by mountains, forest and high desert, OSU – Cascades offers small classes that accelerate faculty–student mentoring and experiential learning in an innovative environment that accelerates opportunities for student, faculty and staff development and advancement.

With a 128‑acre campus under development and a goal to grow to 3,000 to 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students, OSU – Cascades is delivering on a 40‑year grassroots community effort to bring the benefits of a comprehensive university to the region.

Student and alumni data is as of fall 2024.

• 1,370 undergraduate and graduate students
• 78% from Oregon
• 42% Central Oregonians
• 24% first generation students
• 23% students of color
• 19 students on average per class
• 95% of 2023 graduates employed or in graduate school within 6 months of graduation
• 5,625 degrees awarded since founding

A growing portfolio of degree programs at OSU – Cascades is designed to meet regional and state industry workforce and economic needs.

Research underway at OSU – Cascades focuses on challenges in energy, the environment, human wellness, social justice and society. Labs at OSU – Cascades include the FORCE biomechanics lab, the Laboratory for the American Conversation and the Sustainable Tourism Laboratory.

OSU – Cascades’ campus development is driven by an award‑winning long‑range development plan and engineering efforts that are transforming brownfields into a thriving university campus. Sustainability plans include net zero energy, waste and water goals. Initial sustainability efforts are seen in geothermal sourced energy to heat and cool buildings, and native plant landscaping requiring little or no irrigation. In addition to an academic core, campus plans includes a 24‑acre innovation district, mid‑market affordable housing, and 10‑miles of walking/biking trails.

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