Activities of Science and Engineering Faculty in Universities and 4-Year Colleges: 1978/79

摘要

The nature and extent of the academic science and engineering (S/E) enterprise is largely determined by the amount of time spent by S/E faculty in teaching, research, and related activities. This report provides the first national data on time spent by full-time faculty over an entire year in terms of time per week in: (1) Instruction, by classroom and other time; (2) research by source of support (Federal, non-Federal, and nonsponsored; (3) public service; (4) administration; (5) miscellaneous professional; (6) outside income producing activities, by consulting, publication, and other; and, (7) continuing education and professional enrichment. Activity data are reported by departmental field, by academic rank, by control and type of institution (doctorate-granting and nondoctorate-granting), and for doctorate and nondoctorate faculty. Data were collected from statistically represented samples of faculty in 20 fields of science and engineering during the 52 week period beginning November 1, 1978. A subsample of faculty was asked to report their time in each activity during a specified seven day period. The responses were weighted to represent all full-time S/E faculty in S/E degree-granting institutions.