Faculty & Staff
Occupational Overview
The faculty/staff data include full-time teaching faculty, research faculty, general administrators, academic administrators, public service faculty, librarians, and counselors who hold Board-approved academic rank; are tenured, on tenure track, or in positions that are not tenure track; and are employed on at least an academic year contract. Instructional faculty are a subset of the Corps of Instruction. Part-time faculty are not included.
FACULTY & STAFF |
Fall 2014 |
Fall 2015 |
Fall 2016 |
Fall 2017 |
Fall 2018 |
INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY (Full-Time) |
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Total |
87 |
90 |
102 |
107 |
109 |
Rank |
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Professor |
8 |
9 |
8 |
6 |
7 |
Associate Professor |
19 |
17 |
25 |
29 |
32 |
Assistant Professor |
54 |
56 |
48 |
49 |
48 |
Instructor |
3 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
Lecturer |
3 |
4 |
14 |
17 |
16 |
Race/Ethnicity |
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Hispanic |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Minority |
6 |
6 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
White |
76 |
78 |
89 |
94 |
91 |
Unknown |
2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
Gender |
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Female |
50 |
51 |
60 |
67 |
64 |
Male |
37 |
39 |
42 |
40 |
45 |
Highest Degree |
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Doctorate |
43 |
48 |
54 |
57 |
61 |
Professional |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Master's |
37 |
38 |
41 |
43 |
40 |
Baccalaureate |
5 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Other |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Tenure Status |
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Tenured |
21 |
23 |
24 |
24 |
29 |
Non-Tenure/On Track |
33 |
38 |
38 |
41 |
45 |
Not Tenure-Type Position |
33 |
29 |
40 |
42 |
35 |
STAFF (Full-Time) |
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Total |
157 |
157 |
159 |
165 |
168 |
Occupational Class |
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Executive/Administrative/Managerial |
26 |
28 |
24 |
28 |
30 |
Professional Non-Faculty |
49 |
52 |
21 |
24 |
23 |
Secretarial/Clerical |
31 |
34 |
37 |
37 |
39 |
Service/Maintenance |
42 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
32 |
Skilled Crafts |
7 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
Technical/Paraprofessional |
2 |
2 |
36 |
36 |
39 |
Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Employee Category Definitions
Instructional Personnel
- Faculty – persons whose primary assignments are instruction, research, or public service, who hold academic rank and are tenured, on tenure track, or in positions that are not tenure track; includes department chairpersons if their principal activity is instructional; includes faculty on nine-month and twelve month contracts.
- Other – persons whose primary assignments are instruction, research, or public service; who do not hold instructional rank, or who are not on at least an academic contract, or who hold a non-tenure type position.
- Executive/Administrative/Managerial – persons whose assignments require primary responsibility in management of the institution; includes department chairpersons if their principal activity is administrative.
- Professional Non-Faculty – persons with specialized professional training who cannot be classified in any of the other classifications (e.g., librarians, lawyers, physicians).
- Secretarial/Clerical – persons such as secretaries, bookkeepers, sales clerks, and data entry clerks.
- Technical/Paraprofessional – persons with technical skills (e.g., computer programmers).
- Skilled Crafts – persons with special manual skills (e.g., mechanics, electricians, machinists, carpenters).
- Service/Maintenance – persons with service or maintenance skills (e.g., food service and cleaning workers, drivers, laborers, and groundskeepers).
SOURCE: University System of Georgia, Academic Data Collection, Mid-Term Census