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At a Glance

Faculty and Staff

 

Full-time Faculty Fall 2008

Filled positions; 628   
Tenure/Tenure Track: 507
School
Prof.
Assoc. Prof.
Asst. Prof.
Instr. and Lect.**
Artists and Teachers
Visiting
Other Faculty
Total Faculty
Total Tenure
Total Tenure- Track

Architecture

5
3
4
3
0
2
0
17
8
4

Engineering

66
15
26
16
0
1
6
131
81
26

Humanities

55
37
26
37
0
2
0
157
92
26

Management

17
15
15
8
0
1
1
57
32
15

Music

25
5
4
1
6
0
0
41
28
6

Natural Sciences

63
20
32
20
0
0
8
143
83
32

Social Sciences

36
17
21
3
0
2
0
79
53
21
Other**
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
4
-
-

Total

267
112
128
92
6
8
15
628
377
130
*The full-time faculty figure does not include deans and administrative appointments but does include administrative faculty whose appointments are primarily instructional.
**The number of full-time lecturers includes professors in the practice and senior lecturers. (Professor in the Practice is a nontenure-track, nontenure eligible faculty appointment established to fill specific and important pragmatic instructional needs of the university.)

 

2008 Staff

Full-time

1,822

Part-time

219

Total

2,041

 


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