MiraCosta College announces plans to hire 14 full-time faculty this year

North Coast Current

MiraCosta College seeks 14 tenure-track faculty members this year as it works to support a growing student population, the college announced in a Feb. 5 news release.

MiraCosta reported its largest credit enrollment ever at more than 15,000 students this spring, according to the announcement. With 30 percent enrollment growth over the past decade, the college district has hired 61 new permanent faculty, staff and administrators over the past year.

The college, with campuses in Oceanside, Cardiff-by-the-Sea and Carlsbad, aims to fill the 14 new positions in time for this fall, according to the announcement. English, physics, nursing, anthropology, chemistry, sociology, biomanufacturing, French and math are among the subjects covered by the new positions.

Several of the positions have been posted on the college’s website in addition to employment sites such as HigherEdJobs, the college stated. Positions and additional details can be found online at www.miracosta.edu/jobs.

The college district also anticipates hiring additional classified staff and administrators in the fall, according to the announcement.