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1996-1997
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Bates Faculty, 1996/97

Faculty Tables


Faculty by Rank All Faculty % Teaching 96/97 %
Lecturer 38 20.5% 38 21.8%
Instructor 5 2.7% 5 2.7%
Asst. Professor 41 22.2% 38 21.8%
Assoc. Professor 49 26.5% 46 26.5%
Professor 52 28.1% 47 27.0%
Total 185 100.0% 174 100.0%

Faculty by Division All Faculty* % Teaching* 96/97 %
Humanities 75 39.9% 73 41.3%
Natural Sciences 41 21.8% 37 20.9%
Physical Education 11 5.8% 11 5.8%
Social Sciences 56 29.8% 51 29.8%
Interdisciplinary 5 2.7% 5 2.8%
Total 188 100.0% 177 100.0%

*Three persons have contracts for teaching in two divisions, and they have been reported here in both divisions (2 humanities/interdisciplinary and 1 social science/interdisciplinary.)

Faculty by primary teaching department Financial FTE Teaching FTE Headcount*
African Amer. Studies 1.00 1.00 (2*)
Amer. Cultural Studies 0.50 0.50 1
Anthropology 4.67 4.67 6
Art 6.67 6.17 8
Biology 9.08 8.33 12
Chemistry 6.50 6.00 7
Classical & Med. Studies 0.17 0.17 1
Classical & Romance Lang. & Literatures 9.67 9.17 11
Economics 7.83 6.83 9
Education 2.67 2.17 4
English 9.83 9.33 12
Environmental Studies Program 1.17 1.17 2
Geology 4.50 4.17 6
German, Russian, East Asian Lang. & Literatures 9.33 9.33 11
History 9.00 9.33 12
Mathematics 7.83 7.83 9
Music 4.83 5.00 7*
Philosophy & Religion 9.83 8.33 13
Phys. Ed. 10.67 10.67 11
Physics & Astronomy 7.50 7.00 8
Political Science 7.50 7.00 9
Psychology 9.50 9.00 10
Sociology 2.83 2.83 4*
Theater & Rhetoric 7.33 7.00 12*
Women's Studies 0.67 0.67 (2*)
Total 151.09 144.17 185*
*Four persons teaching in six departments are counted once in the total headcount.

Faculty by Status All Faculty %
Tenured 86 46.5%
Tenured (Admin.) 2 1.1%
Tenure Track 30 16.2%
Term/TD> 1 0.5%
Administrators 6 3.2%
Lecturer 33 17.8%
Physical Education 11 5.9%
Visiting one year 9 4.9%
Visiting two years 6 3.2%
Visiting three years 1 0.5%
Total 185 100.0%

rev. 10/30/96 JCF


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