Information Digest 1998-1999: Faculty By Tenure Status

FACULTY BY TENURE STATUS

December 1998

Tenure resides at the institutional level. Only assistant professors, associate professors, and professors who are normally employed full-time by an institution are eligible for tenure. Tenure is awarded upon recommendation of the president and approval by the Board of Regents. Tenure may be awarded at the end of a five-year period, and the maximum time that may be served at the rank of assistant professor or above without the award of tenure is seven years. Administrators do not hold tenure in their administrative positions but may be awarded rank and tenure within a department. The Board has also established a non-tenure track policy for persons with faculty rank. There is no limit for years of service in this category, but persons cannot be considered for award of tenure or receive probationary credit toward tenure for years of service in this track.

The data that follow include full-time teaching faculty, general administrators, academic administrators, public service faculty, librarians, and counselors who hold Board approved academic rank and are employed on at least an academic year contract. Part-time faculty are not included.

	TENURE STATUS
Institution	Total Faculty	Tenured		Non-Tenure On Track		Non-Tenure/ Track
		#	%	#	%	#	%
Georgia Institute of Technology	814	554	68.1	229	28.1	31	3.8
Georgia State University	961	510	53.1	263	27.4	188	19.6
Medical College of Georgia	713	225	31.6	102	14.3	386	54.1
University of Georgia	1,763	1,273	72.2	471	26.7	19	1.1
Research University Total	4,251	2,562	60.3	1,065	25.1	624	14.7

Georgia Southern University	693	331	47.8	311	44.9	51	7.4
Valdosta State University	473	218	46.1	179	37.8	76	16.1
Regional University Total	1,166	549	47.1	490	42.0	127	10.9

Albany State University	184	91	49.5	86	46.7	7	3.8
Armstrong Atlantic State Univ.	216	123	56.9	56	25.9	37	17.1
Augusta State University	183	117	63.9	55	30.1	11	6.0
Clayton College & State Univ.	130	54	41.5	31	23.9	45	34.6
Columbus State University	203	124	61.1	67	33.0	12	5.9
Fort Valley State University	182	99	54.4	66	36.3	17	9.3
Georgia College & State Univ.	241	114	47.3	114	47.3	13	5.4
Georgia Southwestern State Univ.	119	60	50.4	41	34.5	18	15.1
Kennesaw State University	371	233	62.8	118	31.8	20	5.4
North Ga. College & State Univ.	166	82	49.4	53	31.9	31	18.7
Savannah State University	165	104	63.0	58	35.2	3	1.8
Southern Polytechnic State Univ.	165	106	64.2	41	24.9	18	10.9
State Univ. of West Georgia	369	174	47.2	152	41.2	43	11.7
State University Total	2,694	1,481	55.0	938	34.8	275	10.2

Dalton State College	108	44	40.7	47	43.5	17	15.7
Macon State College	116	79	68.1	37	31.9
State College Total	224	123	54.9	84	37.5	17	7.6

Abraham Baldwin Agric. College	104	63	60.6	37	35.6	4	3.9
Atlanta Metropolitan College	50	32	64.0	8	16.0	10	20.0
Bainbridge College	41	29	70.7	10	24.4	2	4.9
Coastal Ga. Community College	67	16	23.9	17	25.4	34	50.8
Darton College	79	45	57.0	32	40.5	2	2.5
East Georgia College	28	13	46.4	15	53.6
Floyd College	89	35	39.3	44	49.4	10	11.2
Gainesville College	92	56	60.9	29	31.5	7	7.6
Georgia Perimeter College	328	211	64.3	76	23.2	41	12.5
Gordon College	66	17	25.8	36	54.6	13	19.7
Middle Georgia College	82	39	47.6	42	51.2	1	1.2
South Georgia College	43	19	44.2	19	44.2	5	11.6
Waycross College	22	8	36.4	14	63.6
Two-Year College Total	1,091	583	53.4	379	34.7	129	11.8

SYSTEM TOTAL	9,426	5,298	56.2	2,956	31.4	1,172	12.4

Source: Faculty Information System