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Overview of Faculty Workload Practices In Civil Engineering Departments

Overview of Faculty Workload Practices In Civil Engineering Departments. Nadim M. Aziz Associate Provost Chair, Glenn Department University of Civil Engineering Clemson University. National Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference June 4, 2012. Background.

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Overview of Faculty Workload Practices In Civil Engineering Departments

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  1. Overview of Faculty Workload Practices In Civil Engineering Departments Nadim M. Aziz Associate Provost Chair, Glenn Department University of Civil Engineering Clemson University National Civil Engineering Department Heads Conference June 4, 2012

  2. Background • Transparency and Fairness • Department’s Goals and Vision • Department’s Needs • Economic and Political Climate • Additional Resources for Department

  3. Faculty Assignment Components • Teaching • Undergraduate, Graduate • Research • Refereed publications, research graduate, funded research, other scholarship activities • Service • Institution, profession, community

  4. Time Buy-out • Release from teaching • What percentage of salary? • How many courses? • Timeliness of request! • Overload other faculty?

  5. Service and Other Workload • Service to the University, College, Department • Special assignments: • Undergraduate program coordinator • Graduate program coordinator • Major editorial assignment • Leading major proposal • Major conference chair • Advising student chapters • etc.

  6. Survey Responses – General • Responded: 84 (used 78 only) • Average Number of T/TT Faculty: 17.67 • Average Non Tenure-Track Faculty: 1.91 • Have written workload policies: 69.5% • Teaching a course is 25% of semester load: 50%

  7. Survey - Highest Degree

  8. Allowed Percentage of time for Research

  9. Allowed Percentage of time for Service

  10. The Four-Block Model

  11. The Four-Block Model

  12. Teaching workload Model based on Class Size The load represented by a regularly-scheduled course is calculated by the following formula: (# of lecture hours + lab credit) x (weighting factor) (From the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, UC Berkeley - revised 2006, 2004, 1990, 1982)

  13. Undergraduate Classes N = enrollment in a class W = weighting factor if N <= 5 W = 0.0 if 5 < N <= 10 W = 0.1*N if 10 < N <= 30 W = 1.0 if N > 30 W = 1 + 0.005*(N-30)

  14. Special Cases • Teaching multiple sections of the same course • Team teaching • Teaching a new course • etc A Faculty member may end up with a deficit or surplus of credits in one year

  15. Case Study A department of 23 faculty members offers 46 sections of classes 28 - Undergraduate classes 9 - Senior/graduate classes 9 - Graduate classes Total actual credit-hours = 132 Not Including L/H/CI/891, 991, etc.

  16. Case Study Normal/standard class size used in formula Undergraduate 20 - 30 Graduate 5 - 15 Using the formula, total credit hours taught Per semester = 142.7 Per academic year = 285.4

  17. Work Assignment • Transparency and Fairness • Department’s Goals and Vision • Department’s Needs • Economic and Political Climate • Additional Resources for Department Simple -allow flexibility!

  18. Thank You!

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