Teaching Headcount:
Includes all faculty on Dean's list who are teaching at least one course
in the academic year.
Financial FTE (full-time equivalent):
The financial full-time equivalency is a measure of the College's financial
obligations to faculty members, even if they are not currently teaching.
For example, a faculty member on paid sabbatical may count in the financial
FTE. An administrator who teaches a course without an additional stipend
would not be counted.
Teaching FTE (full-time equivalent):
Teaching full-time equivalency is calculated by the number courses
actually taught during the academic year. Six courses per year (or the
equivalent) is the typical courseload for a Bates faculty member.
AAUP/IPEDS Full-time Faculty:
Full-time Faculty as reported according to the methodology of the AAUP
and IPEDS surveys of salaries and compensation of full-time faculty. (The
count is a standard used chiefly for inter-institutional salary comparison
purposes. The methodology is complex and is determined by courseload. As
a result, it understates the number of Bates faculty actually considered
to have full-time responsibilities). For institutional reporting purposes,
full-time and part-time counts have been determined based upon teaching
and financial FTEs. Faculty with courseload FTEs of 50% or greater are
considered to be full-time; those with less than 50% are counted as part-time.
These counts take into account the fact that faculty have many other duties
in addition to their assigned courses. These unquantifiable duties include
committee work, thesis and independent advising, research, and community
service.
Tenured/Tenure Track:
A count of faculty who have tenure or on the tenure track. This is
a good measure of the long term "core" faculty. Physical education faculty
with long term contracts are not included.
On leave FTE:
Number of faculty on paid sabbatical leave from Bates. Unpaid leaves
of absence are not included in this count.
Further explanation:
The counts are determined from the faculty list approved by the Dean
of the Faculty and the President. For a variety of reasons, the reported
courseload may represent an adjustment from the number of courses actually
taught in a department. The FTE equivalent is always reported in the faculty
member's home department. A normal courseload equivalent is six courses
per year, including teaching two out of every three Short Terms. (A faculty
member teaching a five course load on an "off" Short Term year is still
considered to have an FTE of 100%.)
See notes to determine if the count represents a fall census or a year-end
final count. Most external reports use the faculty count census in the
fall of the academic year. After 1995/96, historical summary tables report
the year-end count after late hires. The above counts do not include certain
persons designated as faculty members by statute, if they do not teach:
among these are the Treasurer, certain Deans or Vice-Presidents, the Registrar,
and the Librarian and Associate Librarian. Physical Education faculty who
have instructional duties are included, but those who coach only are not.
Teaching assistants, assistants in instruction, and special music adjuncts
are not included.
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