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Inside Iowa State
June 11, 1999

The "composite" tenured faculty member at Iowa State

As part of a recent report on faculty activities, interim provost Richard Seagrave offered a portrait of the "composite" ISU tenured faculty member. The composite, based on the results of various information-gathering reports and surveys conducted throughout the year, was part of a May report to the Board of Regents, State of Iowa.

The composite ISU tenured faculty member:

• Is 52 years old and has been at Iowa State for 19 years if male, or is 50 years old and been at the university for 16 years if female.

• Has a Ph.D. from a Big 10 or Big 12 university.

• Is paid $68,000 a year.

• Works 57 hours a week.

• Sends or receives 6,000 e-mails a year, or 30 per day.

• Spends 26 hours a week on teaching activities.

• Has a typical "teaching load" that would include:
  • A three-hour lecture course with 60 students.

  • 2 two-hour laboratory courses with 20 students.

  • 1 seminar with 15 students.

  • 6 hours per week grading papers and tests and preparing to teach.

  • 12 hours per week advising or working with students outside of class.

  • Supervising two doctoral students taking a total of 8 dissertation credits.

• Spends 19 hours a week involved in research and scholarly activities.

• Spends 4 hours per week involved in university service activities such as committees and workshops.

• Spends 8 hours a week involved in public and professional service, which includes:
  • 97 in-state contacts and 10 group events in the state per year.

  • 38 out-of-state contacts and three group events per year.

  • 7 professional service events per year.

• Is asked to fill out four forms a year to get the data used to compile this list -- and actually does fill out the forms!

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