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Appointments and Positions

 

Full-time Faculty Fall 2011

Full-time Faculty1 (filled positions, fall 2011): 670          
School   Professor  Associate   Assistant   Instructor    Lecturer    Artist   Visiting  Professor in the Practice   Research Faculty2   Total Faculty 
Architecture 6 5 3 0 2 0 2 4 0  22 
Engineering 67 18 27 3 10 0 1 9 4 139  
Humanities 52 38 28 0 43 0 1 5 0 167  
Business 22 14 8 0 8 0 2 1 1 56  
Music 27 7 1 0 7 8 0 0 0 50  
Natural Sciences 68 16 28 15 11 0 1 0 10 149  
Social Sciences 38 16 15 0 3 0 1 1 0 74  
Dean of Undergraduates3  0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 13  
Total    280   114  110  18  91   8  8   22   19   670 
Full-time Tenured and Tenure-track Faculty: 504  
       Percent Full-time Faculty who are Tenured or Tenure-track: 75% 
School  Tenured   Tenure-Track  % Tenured of T/TT 
Architecture 11 3 79% 
Engineering 85 27  76% 
Humanities 90 28 76% 
Business 36 8 82%  
Music 33 2 94% 
Natural Sciences 84 28 75% 
Social Sciences 54 15 78% 
Total   393   111   78% 

Part-time Faculty Fall 2011

Part-time Faculty (filled positions, fall 2011): 108          
School   Professor  Associate   Assistant   Instructor    Lecturer    Artist   Visiting  Professor in the Practice   Research Faculty2   Total Faculty 
Architecture 0 0 0 0 12 0 1 0 0  13  
Engineering 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 2 2 11 
Humanities 2 0 0 1 18 0 2 1 0 24 
Business 1 0 0 0 28 0 0 2 0 31 
Music 2 4 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 11 
Natural Sciences 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 4 11 
Social Sciences 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 5 
Office of the Provost3  0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 
Total    8  4  1  2   74  3   3    6  7  108  

Adjunct Faculty Fall 2011

School  Total 
Architecture  0 
Engineering 159 
Humanities 20  
Business  32   
Music 2  
Natural Sciences 80  
Social Sciences 41 
Total  334 

1The full-time faculty excludes all administrative appointments with faculty status (President, Provost, Dean of Undergraduates, 8 Deans, 3 Vice Provosts and 8 Associate Deans).

2Research faculty include Research Professors, Research Scientists, Faculty Fellows, Senior Faculty Fellows and Distinguished Faculty Fellows who also have teaching responsibilities. 

3The Dean of Undergraduates and the Office of the Provost includes faculty in the program for Communication Excellence and the Baker Institute.  

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