What Faculty Do All Day

Interesting article in today's Inside Higher Ed: What You Do All Day, which reports on a new study released by the U.S. Department of Education, 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04): Background Characteristics, Work Activities, and Compensation of Instructional Faculty and Staff: Fall 2003 (Dec. 21, 2005).  Among the 29 interesting tables are these:

Table 18 reports that the average number of hours worked by full-time faculty in Fall 2003 ranged from 50 - 55 hours.  Table 19 reports on the breakdown of these hours:

Table 19: Use of Time by Full-Time Faculty, by Sector
Institution	Teaching	Research	Other
Public Doctoral	50.8%	28.2%	21.1%
Private Doctoral	49.3%	28.5%	22.3%
Public Master’s	66.4%	14.3%	19.4%
Private Master’s	68.7%	10.9%	20.4%
Private Baccalaurate	67.7%	12.0%	20.3%
Public Community College	79.8%	3.5%	16.8%

Table 19: Use of Time by Full-Time Faculty, by Discipline
Discipline	Teaching	Research	Other
Agriculture/Home Economics	52.6%	24.0%	23.4%
Business	61.6%	20.9%	17.6%
Education	60.0%	15.0%	25.1%
Engineering	56.2%	26.2%	17.6%
Fine Arts	67.1%	13.7%	19.2%
Health Sciences	49.1%	19.1%	31.8%
Humanities	64.6%	17.5%	17.9%
Natural Sciences	54.5%	29.7%	15.8%
Social Sciences	55.4%	25.8%	18.8%

Table 21: Average Weekly Hours Spent Teaching by Full-Time Faculty, by Sector
Institution	Classroom Time	Contact Hours
Public Doctoral	8.1	287
Private Doctoral	7.8	273
Public Master’s	10.9	294
Private Master’s	11.6	274
Private Baccalaurate	10.6	223
Public Community College	18.1	431

Table 21: Average Weekly Hours Spent Teaching by Full-Time Faculty, by Discipline
Discipline	Classroom Time	Contact Hours
Agriculture/Home Economics	8.8	268
Business	10.0	318
Education	10.0	230
Engineering	7.9	197
Fine Arts	11.0	244
Health Sciences	10.5	344
Humanities	9.3	240
Natural Sciences	9.1	323
Social Sciences	8.2	279

[Contact Hours = Classroom Time x Number of Students] 

Table 23: Average Number of Publications & Presentations Last 2 Years, by Sector
Institution	Articles	Reviews	Books	Presentations
Public Doctoral	5.1	1.0	0.6	6.8
Private Doctoral	5.1	1.3	0.5	6.5
Public Master’s	2.6	0.7	0.5	4.8
Private Master’s	1.9	0.5	0.3	4.1
Private Baccalaurate	1.7	0.6	0.4	4.1
Public Community College	0.7	0.3	0.3	2.9

Table 23: Average Number of Publications & Presentations Last 2 Years, by Discipline
Discipline	Articles	Reviews	Books	Presentations
Agriculture/Home Economics	7.4	0.8	0.9	8.7
Business	2.9	0.5	0.4	3.6
Education	2.6	0.6	0.6	6.4
Engineering	6.9	0.7	0.9	5.9
Fine Arts	2.1	0.8	0.4	14.7
Health Sciences	4.3	1.0	0.5	6.6
Humanities	2.7	1.6	0.5	4.2
Natural Sciences	5.1	0.7	0.4	5.0
Social Sciences	3.4	1.1	0.7	5.1

Articles = Articles or Creative Works Published in Refereed and Non-refereed Jurnals & Media

Reviews = Reviews of Books, Articles, or Creative Works Chapters

Books = Textbooks, Other Books, Monographs, and Client Reports