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1999-2000
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Bates Faculty, 1999/2000


Demographics

Headcount

Number

Percent

Full-time Equivalent (FTE)

Total faculty

191

Financial FTE

163.16

Male

110

57.6%

Teaching FTE

153.33

Female

81

42.4%

Sabbatical/pre-tenure leave FTE

11.00

Ethnic Minority

26

13.5%

Highest Degrees of Faculty

Percent of tenured or tenure-track faculty with doctorate or terminal degree in their field

99.2%

Percent of tenured or tenure-track faculty with an earned Ph.D.

96.7%

Percent of AAUP full-time faculty with doctorate or terminal degree

97.8%

Percent of AAUP full-time faculty with an earned Ph.D.

91.8%

Age of Faculty

Mean (average ) age of faculty

46.2 years

Median age of faculty

45.9 years


Headcount of Faculty by Rank

All Faculty

Currently Teaching Faculty

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Professor

55

28.8%

50

27.6%

Assoc. Professor

55

29.8%

51

28.2%

Asst. Professor

40

20.9%

39

21.5%

Instructor

4

2.1%

4

2.2%

Lecturer

37

19.4%

37

20.4%

Total

191

100.0%

181

100.0%

Full-time

165

91.2%

Part-time

16

8.8%


Headcount of Faculty by Division

All Faculty

Currently Teaching Faculty

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Humanities

82

42.9%

78

43.1%

Natural Sciences

39

20.4%

37

20.4%

Physical Education

9

4.7%

9

5.0%

Social Sciences

55

28.8%

51

28.2%

Interdisciplinary

6

3.1%

3

1.7%

Total

191

100.0%

181

100.0%


Faculty by Primary Teaching Department, Fall 1999

Full-time Equivalent

Financial

Teaching

Headcount

African American Studies

1.50

1.50

2

American Cultural Studies

0.50

0.50

1

Anthropology

5.00

4.50

6

Art

8.50

8.00

11

Biology

10.17

10.17

12

Chemistry

6.50

6.00

7

Classical and Medieval Studies

2.67

2.67

5

Classical and Romance Languages and Literatures

12.50

12.50

17

Economics

7.83

7.33

9

Education

3.00

2.50

3

English

11.33

9.83

13

Environmental Studies Program

2.00

2.00

2

Geology

5.08

5.08

6

German, Russian and East Asian Languages and Literatures

9.50

9.00

11

History

10.00

10.17

14

Mathematics

8.50

7.00

9

Music

5.83

4.50

6

Philosophy and Religion

10.50

9.17

12

Physical Education

9.00

9.00

9

Physics and Astronomy

6.25

6.25

6

Political Science

8.50

7.50

8

Psychology

9.17

8.67

11

Sociology

3.00

3.00

3

Theater and Rhetoric

8.00

8.17

12

Women's Studies

1.00

1.00

1

Total

163.16

153.33

191


Headcount of Faculty by Status

Number

Percent

Tenured

95

49.7%

Tenured (Admin.)

2

1.0%

Tenure Track

26

13.6%

Term

2

1.0%

Medical disability

1

0.5%

Physical Education

9

4.7%

Lecturer

35

18.3%

Administrative

4

2.1%

Visiting one year

12

6.3%

Visiting two years

2

1.0%

Visiting two years

2

1.0%

Visiting two years

1

0.5%

Total

191

100.0%


Notes:
1. Headcount includes teaching faculty and those on leave as defined by the Dean of the Faculty.
2. Sabbatical/pre-tenure leave FTE does not include leave without pay or special leaves.
3. Several faculty have contracts for teaching in more than one department but total shows unduplicated headcount.  Their FTE's have been split between their respective departments or programs.
4. Faculty with Administrative status includes two lecturers, one associate professor and the President.
Source: Dean of the Faculty

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