With some digging on the UMD website, I was able to discover what the various faculty titles were; they are described in the Faculty Handbook. Armed with this list, I asked Kyland Howard, Senior Research & Policy Analyst the at Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment, to tabulate the number of people holding each title. The results are below.
Research Faculty Headcount
| Title | Fall 2008 | Spring 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Assoc Artist-In-Residence | 2 | 3 |
| Assoc Research Engineer | 2 | 2 |
| Assoc Research Scholar | 3 | 3 |
| Assoc Research Scientist | 43 | 40 |
| Asst Research Engineer | 1 | 2 |
| Asst Research Scholar | 3 | 3 |
| Asst Research Scientist | 105 | 113 |
| Faculty Research Assistant | 562 | 572 |
| Research Associate | 417 | 462 |
| Research Assoc Professor | 12 | 12 |
| Research Asst Professor | 24 | 26 |
| Research Professor | 25 | 28 |
| Research Professor Emeritus | 0 | 2 |
| Senior Artist-In Residence | 1 | 1 |
| Senior Research Engineer | 5 | 5 |
| Senior Research Scholar | 12 | 11 |
| Senior Research Scientist | 47 | 45 |
| Total | 1264 | 1330 |
Source: Institutional Research, Planning, and Assessment
The results were a surprise to me. My biased expectation was that the majority of NTRF were like me, Research Scientists. In fact, Research Associates (aka post-docs) and Faculty Research Assistants make up 77% of the total.
Our views of campus life are probably as wide-ranging as our titles. The best way for me to represent those views is to hear them from you.
Congratulations, Marc. Its probably the first forum for discussion among NTRF.
ReplyDeleteLooking at the numbers a stronger representation in the Senate is called for. However if even the single seat goes vacant the case is not likely to be strong.
It would be interesting to get a measure of the size of research funding of NTRF, e.g., as PIs, co-PIs, etc.