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Full-time faculty distribution by gender and tenure status, Fall 2010
  Tenured
  Women Men Total % Women
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 114 308 422 27.0%
Humanities 53 83 136 39.0%
Social Sciences 32 88 120 26.7%
Natural Sciences 21 120 141 14.9%
School of the Arts 5 6 11 45.5%
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 -
School of International and Public Affairs 3 11 14 21.4%
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 57 243 300 19.0%
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 3 11 14 21.4%
Graduate School of Business 8 62 70 11.4%
School of Engineering and Applied Science 10 100 110 9.1%
Graduate School of Journalism 5 13 18 27.8%
School of Law 15 51 66 22.7%
School of Social Work 16 6 22 72.7%
MEDICAL CENTER 60 196 256 23.4%
Basic Health Sciences 16 71 87 18.4%
Clinical Health Sciences 21 99 120 17.5%
School of Nursing 6 0 6 100.0%
School of Public Health 15 22 37 40.5%
College of Dental Medicine 2 4 6 33.3%
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 171 551 722 23.7%
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 60 196 256 23.4%
University Total 231 747 978 23.6%
  Tenure of title
  Women Men Total % Women
MEDICAL CENTER 8 42 50 16.0%
Basic Health Sciences 2 1 3 66.7%
Clinical Health Sciences 6 33 39 15.4%
School of Nursing 0 0 0 -
School of Public Health 0 1 1 0.0%
College of Dental Medicine 0 7 7 0.0%
Subtotal, Morningside Campus - - - -
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 8 42 50 16.0%
University Total 8 42 50 16.0%
  Not tenured, but eligible for tenure
  Women Men Total % Women
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 75 113 188 39.9%
Humanities 28 30 58 48.3%
Social Sciences 25 20 45 55.6%
Natural Sciences 19 47 66 28.8%
School of the Arts 2 6 8 25.0%
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 -
School of International and Public Affairs 1 10 11 9.1%
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 43 103 146 29.5%
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 8 3 11 72.7%
Graduate School of Business 15 48 63 23.8%
School of Engineering and Applied Science 9 35 44 20.5%
Graduate School of Journalism 3 4 7 42.9%
School of Law 3 4 7 42.9%
School of Social Work 5 9 14 35.7%
MEDICAL CENTER 97 144 241 40.2%
Basic Health Sciences 11 27 38 28.9%
Clinical Health Sciences 50 92 142 35.2%
School of Nursing 3 1 4 75.0%
School of Public Health 30 21 51 58.8%
College of Dental Medicine 3 3 6 50.0%
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 118 216 334 35.3%
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 97 144 241 40.2%
University Total 215 360 575 37.4%
  Not eligible for tenure
  Women Men Total % Women
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 146 122 268 54.5%
Humanities 77 41 118 65.3%
Social Sciences 10 11 21 47.6%
Natural Sciences 12 11 23 52.2%
School of the Arts 18 32 50 36.0%
School of Continuing Education 18 7 25 72.0%
School of International and Public Affairs 11 20 31 35.5%
 MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL  23 38 61 37.7%
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 0 0 0 -
Graduate School of Business 2 13 15 13.3%
School of Engineering and Applied Science 0 12 12 0.0%
Graduate School of Journalism 7 6 13 53.8%
School of Law 8 6 14 57.1%
School of Social Work 6 1 7 85.7%
MEDICAL CENTER 807 895 1,702 47.4%
Basic Health Sciences 33 40 73 45.2%
Clinical Health Sciences 648 781 1,429 45.3%
School of Nursing 56 4 60 93.3%
School of Public Health 47 36 83 56.6%
College of Dental Medicine 23 34 57 40.4%
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 169 160 329 51.4%
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 807 895 1,702 47.4%
University Total 976 1,055 2,031 48.1%
  All faculty
  Women Men Total % Women
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 335 543 878 38.2%
Humanities 158 154 312 50.6%
Social Sciences 67 119 186 36.0%
Natural Sciences 52 178 230 22.6%
School of the Arts 25 44 69 36.2%
School of Continuing Education 18 7 25 72.0%
School of International and Public Affairs 15 41 56 26.8%
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 123 384 507 24.3%
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 11 14 25 44.0%
Graduate School of Business 25 123 148 16.9%
School of Engineering and Applied Science 19 147 166 11.4%
Graduate School of Journalism 15 23 38 39.5%
School of Law 26 61 87 29.9%
School of Social Work 27 16 43 62.8%
MEDICAL CENTER 972 1,277 2,249 43.2%
Basic Health Sciences 62 139 201 30.8%
Clinical Health Sciences 725 1,005 1,730 41.9%
School of Nursing 65 5 70 92.9%
School of Public Health 92 80 172 53.5%
College of Dental Medicine 28 48 76 36.8%
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 458 927 1,385 33.1%
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 972 1,277 2,249 43.2%
University Total 1,430 2,204 3,634 39.4%
-Source: Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Administration
-Tenured: Professors and Associate Professors with Tenure
-Tenure of title: "Certain officers of instruction in the Faculties of College of Dental Medicine, Medicine, Nursing, and Public Health who are not eligible for tenure may nonetheless receive tenure of title. While those appointments are without stated term, they do not provide a guarantee of salary from the University" (from the faculty handbook).
-Not tenured, but eligible for tenure: professorial rank faculty who are not tenured but are eligible for tenure
-Not eligible for tenure: includes all special instructional faculty, and professorial faculty with "visiting", "clinical," or "professional practice" modifiers in their titles
-Prior to 2010 the School of International and Public Affairs was reported in Social Sciences
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Last Updated: 04-13-2011