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FACULTY PROFILE

FACULTY PROFILE. DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION. May 2007. Drew Clark, Director, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment Messina & Graham. Faculty Profile Summary.

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FACULTY PROFILE

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  1. FACULTY PROFILE DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION May 2007 Drew Clark, Director, Office of Institutional Research and Assessment Messina & Graham

  2. Faculty Profile Summary • AU has almost 1,200 faculty, with a student-faculty ratio that ranks 8th among SREB peers. Chart 1. The number of faculty is almost unchanged from 1995-96. • The Colleges of Liberal Arts, Engineering, Agriculture, and Science & Mathematics have the largest faculties, reflecting the teaching requirement of the core curriculum as well as undergraduate enrollment by college. Chart 2 • Almost71 percent of AU full-time traditional faculty had tenure in 2005, the highest fraction among SREB peers. Chart 3. AU has a smaller fraction of contingent faculty than SREB peers. Chart 4 • AU has a higher fraction of full professors now than 10 years ago (42 percent versus 34 percent). Chart 5 • 82 full professors have 30+ years of service – about 17 percent of all full professors. Chart 6. A little over 5 percent of the faculty are age 65 and over, and another 28 percent are age 55- 64. Auburn will need to recruit a significant number of faculty to replace retirees over the next decade. Chart 7 2

  3. Faculty Profile Summary (continued) • The percentage of women faculty has risen from 22 percent to almost 29 percent in the past decade. Since 43 percent of assistant professors are women, over time promotions should lead towards greater gender balance. Chart 8 • Auburn’s faculty salaries are generally lower than the average of regional public research university peers. Chart 9 • A listing of recently hired faculty shows that Auburn is attracting academics from solid, national institutions. Chart 10 • Junior faculty are more satisfied with Auburn than faculty at peer institutions, according to a 2006 survey. Chart 11 3

  4. AU has almost 1,200 faculty with a student-faculty ratio that ranks 8th among SREB peers FTE Students per Full-Time Instructional Faculty Member – Fall 2005 Chart 1 27.6 27.3 24.3 22.1 21.7 SREB Peer Group Median = 20.5 20.0 20.1 18.1 18.2 18.1 16.9 15.8 Clemson UTN UGA Auburn GA Tech USC VA Tech Texas A&M UMS UAL FL State UFL SREB Rank 2 4 7 8 9 13 15 17 18 20 22 23 Source: IPEDS Surveys of Enrollment and Employees by Assigned Position 4

  5. The Colleges with the largest faculties reflect the teaching requirement of the core curriculum as well as undergraduate enrollment by College Faculty Distribution by College/School – Fall 2005 Chart 2 100% = 1,166 24% 13% 13% 13% 9% 7% 7% 4% 4% 3% 2% 1% Liberal Arts Eng. Agric. Science & Math Vet. Ed. Bus. Arch. Human Sciences Pharm. Forest. Nurs. 5

  6. AU has the highest percentage of full-time tenured faculty among SREB peers Percentage of Full-time Traditional Faculty with Tenure at Selected SREB Universities – Fall 2005 Chart 3 70.6% 68.6% 67.9% 66.4% SREB Peer Group Median = 59.9% 60.6% 60.0% 59.8% 59.0% 56.8% 55.2% 53.8% 46.5% Auburn UGA UFL VA Tech Texas A&M UAL GA Tech Clemson USC UTN FL State UMS Source: IPEDS Survey of Employees by Assigned Position, 2005 6

  7. AU has a smaller fraction of contingent faculty than SREB peers Chart 4 Full-time Non-Tenure Track Faculty as Percentage of Total Full-Time Faculty at Selected SREB Universities – Fall 2005 28.3% 20.0% 19.1% 17.8% 16.9% 17.3% SREB Peer Group Median = 17.4% 14.9% 14.5% 10.5% 10.3% 9.6% 4.6% UFL UGA Auburn GA Tech UAL VA Tech USC Texas A&M Clemson FL State UTN UMS Source: IPEDS Survey of Employees by Assigned Position, 2005 7

  8. AU has a higher fraction of full professors now than 10 years ago Distribution of Full-Time Faculty by Rank – 1995-96 and 2005-06 Chart 5 42% 36% 34% 30% 23% 20% 6% 5% 2% 2% Professor Assoc. Professor Asst. Professor Instructor Visiting 8

  9. 82 full professors have 30+ years of service Distribution of Full-time Full Professors by Years of Service 2005-06 Chart 6 100% = 492 28% 20% 17% 14% 13% 4% 4% Years of Service 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30+ Number of Faculty 22 20 63 136 100 69 82 9

  10. With over 33 percent of the faculty age 55 and over, Auburn will need to recruit a significant number of faculty to replace retirees over the next decade Distribution of Full-time Faculty by Age 2005-06 Chart 7 100% = 1,176 33.7% 28.3% 22.6% 10.2% 5.1% 0.1% Age Below 25 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ 10

  11. The percentage of women faculty has risen from 22 percent to almost 29 percent in the past decade. Over time, promotion of junior faculty should lead towards greater gender balance Distribution of Full-Time Faculty by Rank and Gender 2005-06 Chart 8 100% = 1,176 492 355 237 43% 31% 29% 14% Total Faculty Professor Assoc. Professor Asst. Professor 11

  12. Auburn’s faculty salaries are lower than the average of regional peers Full-Time Average Faculty Salaries Compared to Regional Peers 2005-06 Chart 9 $98,770 $95,439 $69,938 $68,050 $61,394 $59,807 $41,202 $31,655 Professor Assoc. Professor Asst. Professor Instructor Source: Oklahoma State University Survey 12

  13. A listing of recently hired faculty shows that Auburn is attracting academics from solid, national institutions Illustrative Examples of Faculty Starting Between 12/1/04 and 10/31/05 Chart 10 DEPARTMENT GRADUATE DEGREE INSTITUTION Aerospace Engineering Ohio State University Texas A&M University University of Maryland Chemical Engineering Rice University Civil Engineering Duke University Computer Science and Software Engineering Princeton University Mechanical Engineering University of Tokyo Biological Sciences Northwestern University History Rice University Wayne State University Mathematics and Statistics Purdue University University of Alabama 13

  14. Auburn’s junior faculty are more satisfied than those at peer institutions AU Junior Faculty Satisfaction Compared to Five Peer Universities* Measured as a Percentage of Questions by Thematic Cluster 2006 Chart 11 Nature of Work 67% Tenure Expectations 68% Policies & Practices 73% Global Satisfaction 80% Climate, Culture, & Collegiality 92% * Clemson, Iowa State, Kansas State, North Carolina State, and Texas Tech Source: 2006 Harvard/COACHE Survey of Tenure-Track Faculty 14

  15. Strategic Implications • Build on existing strengths that have won recognition for Auburn as a great place for faculty to do academic work • Continue positive trends in building a diverse faculty • Develop and evaluate a plan for addressing imbalances in the faculty seniority profile • Determine the size and type of faculty that will best help Auburn achieve its emerging strategic goals for Instruction, Research, and Extension / Outreach • Align faculty hiring, assignments, expectations and rewards with the University’s • strategic plan 15

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