Special Survey on Vacant Faculty Positions for Academic Year 2013-2014 (Pennsylvania) Yan Li, MA, Research Coordinator Di Fang, PhD, Director of Research and Data Services
2013-2014 Faculty Vacancy Survey - Overview Since 2000, AACN has collected data from schools of nursing to assess the current state of the nurse faculty shortage. The Faculty Vacancy survey collects data on budgeted but unfilled full-time faculty positions by rank, tenure, and level of teaching. Response Rate Overall 73.9% Member 86.1% Non-Member 30.0%
Number and Percent of Filled Full-Time Positions and Vacancies in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 Number of Schools Responding: 34 (31 or 91.2 of AACN Membership) Total Full-Time Budgeted Positions: 842 Total Number of Full-Time Vacancies: 73 (8.7%) Total Number of Filled Full-Time Positions: 769 (91.3%) Mean Number of Full-Time Vacancies: 2.1 per school Range of Number of Full-Time Vacancies: 1 to 20 Number of Schools with No Full-Time Vacancies, BUT NEED additional faculty: 4 Number of Schools with No Full-Time Vacancies, that do NOT need additional Faculty: 9 Full-Time Vacancies N = 73 8.7% Filled Full-Time Filled Positions Positions N=769 N = 13078 91.3% 92.3%
Number and Percent of Schools With and Without Vacant Full-Time Positions in Pennsylvania N=34 (Response Rate=73.9%) for Academic Year 2013-2014 No Vacancies, But Need Additional Faculty N=9 26.5% No Vacancies, Do NOT Need Additional Faculty N=4 11.8% Schools with Reported Full-Time Vacancies N=21 61.8%
Number and Percent of Full-Time Vacancies in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 Within those schools reporting fulltime vacancies, the vacancy rate was 11.2 % (73 full-time faculty positions left unfilled.) Schools Not Reporting Full-Time Vacancies N=13 38.2% Schools with Reported Full-Time Vacancies N=21 61.8%
Full-Time Vacancy Rate by Institutional Type in Schools in Pennsylvania Reporting Vacancies for Academic Year 2013-2014 16.0 15.2% 14.0 12.0 10.0 9.1% 8.0 6.0 5.1% 4.0 2.0 0.0 Public Private/Secular Private/Religious
Full-Time Vacancy Rate by Carnegie Classifications in Schools in Pennsylvania Reporting Vacancies for Academic Year 2013-2014 14.0 12.0 10.0 12.7% 10.6% 8.0 6.0 5.9% 4.0 2.0 0.0 Baccalaureate Master's Doctoral
Degree Requirements (Valid N=71 ) Master s Degree in Nursing N=1 1.4% Master s Degree in Nursing, Doctorate Preferred N=13 18.3% Selected Characteristics of Full-Time Vacant Faculty Positions in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 Other, Please Specify N=7 9.9% Earned Doctorate Required* N=50 70.4% * In nursing or related field.
Selected Characteristics of Full-Time Vacant Faculty Positions in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 Tenure Track (Valid N=71) Other, Specify N=2 2.8 % No Tenure System N=4 5.6 % Not Tenured N=24 33.8 % Tenured N=41 57.7 %
45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 Selected Characteristics of Vacant Full-Time Faculty Positions in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 Incoming Level of Appointment (Valid N=71) N=2 2.8% N=12 16.9% N=42 59.2% N=7 9.9% N=6 8.5% N=2 2.8% Only 9.9% of vacant full-time positions had 50 percent or more of one's effort devoted to administrative responsibilities. 0 Professor or Associate Professor Associate Professor or Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor or Instructor Instructor Other (please specify)
Selected Characteristics of Vacant Full-Time Faculty Positions in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 Master s and Doctoral N=10 14.1% Baccalaureate and Master s N=10 14.1% Baccalaureate, Master s, and Doctoral N=11 15.5% Baccalaureate Only N=35 49.3% Doctoral Only N=3 4.2% Level of Teaching (Valid N=71) Master s Only N=2 2.8%
Selected Characteristics of Vacant Full-Time Faculty Positions in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 Teaching Responsibilities (Valid N=71) Classroom Only N=13 18.3% Both N=45 63.4% Clinical Only N=13 18.3%
Major Reasons Precluding Schools of Nursing from Hiring Additional Full-Time Faculty in Pennsylvania for Academic Year 2013-2014 (Valid N=9 Schools with no vacant positions but need more) Insufficient funds to hire new faculty: N=3 (33.3%) Unwillingness of administration to commit to additional full-time positions: N=2 (22.2%) Inability to recruit qualified faculty because of competition for jobs with other marketplaces: N=1 (11.1%) Qualified applicants for faculty positions are unavailable in our geographic area: N=1 (11.1%)
Most Critical Issues Faced by Schools of Nursing Related to Faculty Recruitment for Academic Year 2013-2014, Pennsylvania (N=34) Limited pool of doctorally prepared faculty: N=11 (32.4 %) Noncompetitive salaries: N=9 (26.5 %) Finding faculty with the right specialty mix:n=8 (23.5%) Finding faculty willing/able to teach clinical courses: N=1 (2.9%) Finding faculty willing/able to conduct Research: N=1 (2.9%) High faculty workload: N=1 (2.9 %)