How To Calculate Faculty At The University Of Maine

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1 Faculty and Tenure Statistics University of Maine System Office of Human Resources March 2015

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3 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM FACULTY AND TENURE STATISTICS This report provides a statistical summary of the tenure status and demographic characteristics of full-time faculty* at the University of Maine System. Current information and trends since 1987 are provided. The information was extracted from the University's Human Resources Information file in January 2015, reflecting the academic year. For the purpose of this report, a faculty member is defined as any full-time regular professional employee with a rank of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, or lecturer. Included are teaching faculty and administrators with rank who may or may not be teaching. SUBJECT PAGE I. Tenure Statistics, A. Highlights 2-4 B. Data Tables - Tenure Status by Rank and University Percent Professors By Gender and University 8 - Tenure Status by Gender and University 9 - Tenure Status by University 10 - Ethnicity By Tenure Status 11 By University 11 - Average Age By Gender and University 12 By Gender and Rank Average Years of Service from Date of Appointment to Tenure 15 - Discipline by University 16 - Top Ten Disciplines 17 II. Faculty and Tenure Profile Trends A. Data Tables - Number of Faculty 18 - Percent Tenured by Gender 18 - Gender Composition of Faculty Tenure Status Years to Tenure by Gender 21 - Minority Faculty 21 - Average Age 21 - Academic Rank 22 B. Number of Current Regular Employees Reaching Normal Retirement Age (65) 23 Office of Human Resources March 2015

4 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM REPORT ON FACULTY AND TENURE STATISTICS HIGHLIGHTS Numbers of Faculty 1,198 faculty are included in this report. The number of faculty grew steadily throughout the 1980 s; decreased throughout the 1990 s, rose from 1997 to 2007, and has since declined. The change in the number of faculty generally follows enrollment trends. There are 74 fewer faculty than last year. The decline from the peak in 2007 is 220 (15.5%). Tenured faculty decreased to 795 from 847 last year, and the number of faculty without tenure decreased by 22 from last year to 403. Part-time adjunct faculty are not included in this report. Faculty participating in the partial retirement program or with shared appointments or similar arrangements are counted as full-time for this report. These faculty are included in the full-time faculty bargaining unit, may be eligible for tenure or be tenured, and receive full-time benefits. 37 faculty members are in the partial retirement program and 4 are in shared appointments. The demographics of UMS faculty will be affected by the retirement incentive program and reductions in force. - Faculty who have filed an intent to retire statement and have not retired as of January 10, 2015 or are teaching in the notice of retrenchment period are included in this report. - There are 103 faculty members who have submitted their intention to retire by 9/1/2015 or have received notice of retrenchment; 95 are tenured faculty members. - There are 16 faculty members who will be considered for tenure in the coming year. - If all faculty (16) being considered for tenure are granted, and with the decrease of tenured faculty (95) through retirement or reductions in force the result will be a decrease in tenured faculty to 716 or 59.8%. This estimate assumes faculty numbers remain at 1,198 and does not factor in any additional hiring or the eighteen month retrenchment period. If no new faculty are rehired after retirements and reductions there will be 1,095 faculty members. At this number 65.4% of faculty (716) will be tenured. Tenured and Non-tenured Faculty 66.4% (795) of the faculty have tenure. The percentage of tenured faculty varies from a high of 72.7% at USM to a low of 51.1% at UMPI. 55.3% of all faculty in public institutions nationally are tenured (Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2013/2014 published by the American iation of University Professors). This statistic includes institutions with academic ranks who grant iate degrees. This is the sixth year in a row to show a slight increase in tenured faculty at public institutions. The percent of tenured faculty at public institutions nationally declined from 1998 to The proportion of tenured faculty of the University of Maine System also declined during this period and was below the national average until The percent of tenured faculty at UMS has now increased to 66.4%. This is 11.1% above the national average for tenured faculty at public institutions (Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2013/2014). 2

5 Nationally 22.4% of faculty at public institutions are in pre-tenure status, and 24.7% are not eligible for tenure. This compares to 13.6% in pre-tenure status, and 20.0% not eligible for tenure at the University of Maine System. While UMS is close to the national average for full-time faculty not eligible for tenure, we have a higher than average ratio of tenured to pre-tenured within tenure eligible faculty. One factor contributing to this difference is several years of very limited hiring in the University of Maine System. 33.6% (403) of UMS faculty do not have tenure. Of this number, 40.4% are eligible for tenure, and 59.6% are not eligible for tenure. On average, a faculty member serves 5.6 years in the University of Maine System before being awarded tenure. The average years of service from date of appointment to tenure has remained constant since There are 27 pre-tenured faculty who have 5 or more years of service that are eligible for tenure in the next academic year. Women and Minority Faculty 42.3% (507) are women and 57.7% (691) of the faculty are men. The proportion of women faculty ranges from a high of 59.8% at UMA to a low of 34.0% at UM. The variation in the proportion of women is related in part to the mix of programs and disciplines at each university. The percentage of faculty who are women has increased from 21.9% in 1981 to 42.3% in This is a slight decline from last year when the highest percentage of women faculty ever was reported at the University of Maine System. 72.4% of men faculty have tenure, and 58.2% of women faculty have tenure. At the two graduate centers, the proportion of women with tenure is 56.9% at UM and 62.7% at USM. The percentage of women faculty with tenure has grown over the last 25 years, from 37.4% in 1981 to 58.2% this year. However, the percentage of women with tenure continues to be substantially lower than the percentage of men with tenure (72.4%). Women are under-represented at the rank of full professor; 25.4% of women are professors while 43.7% of men are professors. This is the highest percentage of women professors reported at the University of Maine System. In 1984 only 6.3% of women were professors. Women faculty have an average of 6.1 years of service when awarded tenure; men faculty serve 5.4 years on average before being awarded tenure. Over time the data have shown a consistent difference between men and women in the number of years of employment prior to the granting of tenure. Minority faculty members have decreased slightly to 81 or 6.8%. In 1993, 2.6% of faculty were minority. Age Distribution The average age of all faculty has increased steadily for more than twenty years. The average has increased from to 43.9 in 1981 to 53.8 this year. Tenured faculty average 57.4 years of age and non-tenured faculty average 46.8 years of age. The average age varies from 50.4 years at UMPI to 56.8 years at UMA. The average age of faculty by rank is: professors, 60.4; associate professors, 53.7; assistant professors, 42.3; instructors, 54.4; and lecturers,

6 96.1% of tenured faculty are over the age of 40 while 66.3% of non-tenured faculty are over the age of 40. The percentage of tenured faculty who are over age 40 had risen from approximately 80% in 1981 to 96.8% in tenured faculty (394 total faculty) are over the age of 60 and 149 tenured faculty (166 total faculty) are over the age of 65. Projections based on the current workforce indicate a large number of faculty reaching normal retirement age. From fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2020, 277 faculty members will attain age 65. Twenty six of these have submitted an intent to retire. Disciplines Education is the discipline area with the largest number of faculty (153), followed by Social Sciences (105), Biological and Life Sciences (100), Physical Sciences (98), and Health Sciences (90). Note: In all Tables a - indicates zero. UMS Office of Human Resources March

7 TENURE STATUS BY RANK AND UNIVERSITY UMAINE Tenured 362 Non Tenured 191 Total 553 Prof Tenured Prof Asst Non Tenured Instr Lect Men Women UMA Tenured 58 Non Tenured 34 Total 92 Prof Tenured Asst Instr Non Tenured Lect Men Women UMF Tenured 79 Non Tenured 41 Total 120 Prof Tenured Asst Instr Non Tenured Lect Men Women 5

8 TENURE STATUS BY RANK AND UNIVERSITY UMFK Tenured 18 Non Tenured 14 Total Prof Asst Instr Lect Tenured Non Tenured Men Women 75 UMM Tenured 21 Non Tenured 13 Total 34 Prof Tenured Asst Instr Non Tenured Lect Men Women UMPI Tenured 23 Non Tenured 22 Total 45 Prof Tenured Asst Instr Non Tenured Lect Men Women 6

9 TENURE STATUS BY RANK AND UNIVERSITY USM Tenured 234 Non Tenured 88 Total 322 Prof Tenured Asst Prof Asst Instr Non Tenured Lect Men Women TOTAL Prof Tenured 795 Non Tenured 403 Total 1,198 Tenured Asst Prof Asst Instr Non Tenured Lect Men Women 7

10 PERCENT OF PROFESSORS BY GENDER AND UNIVERSITY 50.0 PERCENT % Women Who Are Professors % Men Who Are Professors 8

11 TENURE STATUS BY GENDER AND UNIVERSITY TENURED TENURED WOMEN TENURED MEN FACULTY % OF % OF TOTAL TOTAL % OF WOMEN MEN TOTAL UNIVERSITY NO. FACULTY NO. FACULTY NO. FACULTY UMAINE AUGUSTA FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL TENURE STATUS BY UNIVERSITY UMAINE AUGUSTA FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL % 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% TENURED (%) ELIGIBLE (%) NOT ELIGIBLE(%) 9

12 TENURE STATUS BY UNIVERSITY NUMBER OF NON-TENURED FACULTY TOTAL NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE TOTAL TENURED OR TENURED FOR NOT ELIGIBLE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TOTAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY TENURE FOR TENURE TENURED TENURE FACULTY UMAINE AUGUSTA FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL ,198 TENURED FACULTY AS % OF FACULTY WHO ARE % OF TOTAL FACULTY % OF TOTAL % OF NON-TENURED TENURED OR ARE % OF TOTAL WHO ARE TENURED FACULTY WHO ARE FACULTY WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FACULTY WHO OR ARE ELIGIBLE FOR NOT ELIGIBLE FOR ELIGIBLE FOR UNIVERSITY TENURE ARE TENURED TENURE TENURE TENURE UMAINE AUGUSTA FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL

13 ETHNICITY BY TENURE STATUS ELIGIBLE FOR NOT ELIGIBLE FOR TENURE TENURE TENURE TOTAL ETHNICITY NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT NUMBER PERCENT WHITE , MINORITY TOTAL , ETHNICITY BY UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY MINORITY NUMBER MINORITY PERCENT UMAINE AUGUSTA 0.0 FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL

14 AVERAGE AGE BY GENDER AND UNIVERSITY TENURED NON-TENURED UNIVERSITY WOMEN MEN TOTAL WOMEN MEN TOTAL TOTAL UMAINE AUGUSTA FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL UMAINE AUGUSTA FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL AVERAGE AGE Non-Tenured Men Non-Tenured Women Tenured Men Tenured Women 12

15 AVERAGE AGE BY GENDER AND RANK TENURED NON-TENURED UNIVERSITY RANK WOMEN MEN TOTAL WOMEN MEN TOTAL TOTAL UMAINE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL AUGUSTA PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL FARMINGTON PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL FORT KENT PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL

16 AVERAGE AGE BY GENDER AND RANK TENURED NON-TENURED UNIVERSITY RANK WOMEN MEN TOTAL WOMEN MEN TOTAL TOTAL MACHIAS PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL PRESQUE ISLE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL SOUTHERN MAINE PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL TOTAL PROFESSOR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR INSTRUCTOR LECTURER TOTAL

17 AVERAGE YEARS OF SERVICE FROM DATE OF APPOINTMENT TO DATE OF TENURE UNIVERSITY WOMEN MEN TOTAL UMAINE AUGUSTA FARMINGTON FORT KENT MACHIAS PRESQUE ISLE SOUTHERN MAINE TOTAL

18 DISCIPLINE UM UMA UMF UMFK UMM UMPI USM TOTAL TOTAL ,198 FACULTY BY DISCIPLINE BY UNIVERSITY TENURED AND NON-TENURED 16 AGRICICULTURE BUSINESS & PRODUCTION ARCHITECTURE & RELATED PROGRAMS AREA ETHNIC & CULTURAL STUDIES BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES/LIFE SCIENCES BUSNS MNGMT & ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES COMMUNICATIONS COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES CONSERVATION & RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES EDUCATION ENGINEERING ENGINEERING OR RELATED TECHNOLOGIES ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE FORIEGN LANGUAGES & LITERATURE HEALTH SCIENCES HISTORY HOME ECONOMICS FAMILY AND CONSUMER LIFE LAW AND LEGAL STUDIES LIBRARY SCIENCE MATHEMATICS MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES PARKS,RECREATION,LEISURE & FITNESS STUDIES PHILOSOPHY & RELIGION PHYSICAL SCIENCES PROTECTIVE SERVICES - SECURITY PSYCHOLOGY SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES SOCIAL SCIENCES SOCIAL SERVICES VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS

19 DISCIPLINES WITH GREATEST NUMBERS OF FACULTY TENURED AND NON-TENURED

20 FACULTY AND TENURE PROFILE TRENDS FROM 1987 THROUGH 2014 TOTAL NUMBER OF ALL FACULTY YEAR FACULTY MEN % WOMEN % , , , , , , , , , , PERCENT TENURED FACULTY BY GENDER YEAR NUMBER PERCENT TENURED FACULTY MEN % WOMEN %

21 GENDER COMPOSITION FACULTY Untenured Men 25.4% 1987 Tenured Women 10.0% 74.1% Men Untenured Women 15.8% Tenured Men 48.8% 25.9% Women 1997 Tenured Women 17.7% Untenured Men 16.8% 65.0% Men Untenured Women 15.9% Tenured Men 49.6% 33.5% Women Untenured Men, 15.9% 2014 Tenured Women, 24.6% Untenured Women, 17.7% 57.7% Men 42.3% Women 19 Tenured Men, 41.8%

22 TENURE STATUS % 90% % 70% % PERCENT 50% 40% Not Eligible (%) Eligible (%) Tenured (%) 30% % 10% 0%

23 FACULTY AND TENURE PROFILE TRENDS FROM 1987 THROUGH 2014 YEARS TO TENURE BY GENDER YEAR AVG MEN WOMEN MINORITY FACULTY YEAR NUMBER PERCENT AVERAGE AGE TENURED PCT OVER 40 YEAR AVG AGE TENURED NON-TENURED * * *There was a revision to the method for determining age in 2002 that resulted in rounding differences. Average age information has been revised to correct errors in the March 2011 report. 21

24 FACULTY AND TENURE PROFILE TRENDS FROM 1987 THROUGH 2014 ACADEMIC RANK YEAR PROFESSOR ASSOC PROF ASST PROF INSTRUCTOR LECTURER % 33.2% 15.7% 2.1% 13.0% % 34.5% 15.8% 2.4% 12.6% % 34.8% 18.0% 3.6% 9.9% % 22.0% 3.8% 8.4% % 32.7% 25.2% 3.2% 7.6% % 35.0% 24.7% 3.0% 6.5% % 39.8% 19.3% 3.3% 5.2% % 37.6% 22.1% 4.2% 4.2% % 33.1% 29.5% 4.0% 4.2% % 32.7% 26.6% 6.0% 4.2% YEAR PROFESSOR ASSOC PROF ASST PROF INSTRUCTOR LECTURER

25 100 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE SYSTEM NUMBER OF CURRENT FACULTY REACHING NORMAL RETIREMENT AGE (65) 23 NUMBER OF FACULTY REACHING RETIREMENT AGE (65) - INCREMENTAL FY16 57 FY18 61 FY22 39 FY28 39 UMS has 166 faculty members over age 65 in FY15 0 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29 FY30 FISCAL YEAR OF 65TH BIRTHDAY Note: Analysis includes regular, full and part-time faculty using January 2015 employee snapshot and assumes NO new faculty are hired.

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