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Faculty

FACULTY DISTINCTIONS

PAID FULL-TIME FACULTY* (filled positions, Fall 2007): 611    Tenure/Tenure Track: 500
School
Prof.
Assoc. Prof
Asst. Prof.
Instr. & Lect.**
Artists & Teachers
Visiting
Other Faculty
Total
Total Tenure
Total Tenure Track

Architecture
5
3
6
2
0
0
0
16
8
6

Engineering
66
15
28
15
0
2
5
131
80
29

Humanities
52
34
27
35
1
6
0
155
86
26

Management
15
13
17
8
0
0
1
54
28
17

Music
25
5
4
0
5
0
0
39
27
7

Natural Sciences
62
21
29
12
0
2
10
136
83
29

Social Sciences
36
16
22
1
0
1
1
77
52
22

Other
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
3
0
0

Total
261
107
133
76
6
11
17
611
364
136
*The full-time faculty figure does not include deans and administrative appointments, but does include administrative faculty whose appointment is primarily instructional.
**The number of full-time lecturers includes professors in the practice and senior lecturers. (Professor in the Practice is a non-tenure-track, non-tenure-eligible faculty appointment established to fill specific and important pragmatic instructional needs of the university.)

PAID PART-TIME FACULTY (filled positions, Fall 2007): 146      Tenure/Tenure Track: 5
School
Prof.
Assoc. Prof
Asst. Prof.
Instr. & Lect.
Artists & Teachers
Visiting
Other Faculty
Total
Total Tenure
Total Tenure Track

Architecture
0
0
0
7
0
9
0
16
0
0

Engineering
0
0
0
14
0
0
3
17
0
0

Humanities
2
0
0
28
0
3
1
34
2
0

Management
0
0
0
17
0
0
0
17
0
0

Music
3
5
0
7
6
0
0
21
2
0

Natural Sciences
1
0
0
15
0
0
7
23
1
0

Social Sciences
0
0
0
6
0
0
1
7
0
0

Other*
0
0
0
10
0
0
1
11
0
0

Total
6
5
0
104
6
12
13
146
5
0

ADJUNCT FACULTY (filled positions, Fall 2007): 250
School
Teaching
Non-Teaching
Total
Architecture
1
0
1
Engineering
11
110
121
Humanities
7
6
13
Management
17
4
21
Music
0
5
5
Natural Sciences
2
56
58
Social Sciences
3
27
30
Other**
1
0
1
Total
42
208
250
*"Other" includes Naval Science, Center for the Study of Languages,and
college-designated faculty.
**"Other" includes appointments reporting to the Dean of Undergraduates.

 Last Updated: May 20, 2008

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