Annette, Our institution is a public state university with 7500 students. We have some masters programs, but no doctoral programs. We do not have a masters program in psychology. Our university can best be described as a mixture of liberal arts and several professional programs (e.g., nursing, education, applied computer science, etc.). Our mission is to serve the citizens of west Georgia, although we do have many students from out of state. We are not considered a "research university". Teaching is the primary mission. We share a department with the Sociology program which has 120 majors and three FT faculty. The university is growing rapidly and expects to reach 10,000 students within the next 10 years.
Mark ----- Original Message ----- From: "Annette Taylor, Ph. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, August 18, 2005 9:34 pm Subject: Re: justification for new faculty position > Can you tell us more about the nature of your institution? 44:1 > would be > considered remarkably small at some instutitions and remarkably > large at > others, and just right at still others.... > > Annette > > Quoting "Mark S. Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Colleagues, Our Dept. might be allowed to add a new faculty > position to > > our psychology program next year, but we must document and > justify our > > need for it. Among other reasons, we think our primary > justification is > > the high ratio of psychology majors to FT faculty in our > program. We > > currently have 220 majors and 5 full-time faculty, a ratio of > 44:1. We > > have no part-time faculty. > > > > I'm interested in knowing what the ratio is at your intitutions. > Is 44:1 > > typical? Is it highly unusual? Just where do we stand in > comparison to > > other medium-sized institutiuons (~ 7500 students)? > > > > Do you know of any other data sets (e.g., APA) where such > information> might be obtained? > > > > I'll be glad to share the responses I get with everyone on the list. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Mark Schmidt > > Columbus State University > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph. D. > Department of Psychology > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 92110 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-tips- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
