Thanks Tim, I appreciate it.

Mark

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From: "Shearon, Tim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, August 22, 2005 6:30 pm
Subject: RE: justification for new faculty position

> Mark- Sorry- I thought I did. Our major to faculty ration is 29:1. 
> Albertson College of Idaho (It is SUPPOSED to be 15 to one or 
> LESS!). In spite of that and that we are three times the next 
> largest science ratio some of our faculty wanted to say that it 
> wasn't really that bad. WE are also supposed to have 14 advisees 
> (on the average). We have 34, 62, and 22 for the three 
> respectively (the one with 22 advisees has a half-time appointment 
> to faculty and half to administration). Hope that helps. :) Tim 
> Shearon, ACI
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Mon 8/22/2005 4:21 PM
> To:   Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> Cc:   
> Subject:      Re: justification for new faculty position
> Colleagues, As promised, here is the data I received regarding my 
> inquiry about student:faculty ratios in Psycholgy departments. I 
> do 
> appreaciate the other advice I received, but only one list member 
> actually provided a ratio.
> 
> Emory University    15:1
> 
> Mark
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:       Mark S. Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent:       Thu 8/18/2005 7:27 PM
> > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
> > Cc: 
> > Subject:    justification for new faculty position
> 
> 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
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