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Full-time faculty distribution by rank and tenure status, Fall 2006
  Tenured
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 315 51 - - 366
Humanities 96 16 - - 112
Social Sciences 97 16 - - 113
Natural Sciences 114 19 - - 133
School of the Arts 8 0 - - 8
School of Continuing Education 0 0 - - 0
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 216 34 - - 250
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 7 4 - - 11
Graduate School of Business 55 8 - - 63
School of Engineering and Applied Science 76 15 - - 91
Graduate School of Journalism 10 3 - - 13
School of Law 56 0 - - 56
School of Social Work 12 4 - - 16
MEDICAL CENTER 200 36 - - 236
Basic Health Sciences 66 14 - - 80
Clinical Health Sciences 104 16 - - 120
School of Nursing 3 1 - - 4
School of Public Health 23 5 - - 28
College of Dental Medicine 4 0 - - 4
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 531 85 - - 616
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 200 36 - - 236
University Total 731 121 - - 852
  Tenure of title
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MEDICAL CENTER 44 9 1 - 54
Basic Health Sciences 4 0 0 - 4
Clinical Health Sciences 35 6 0 - 41
School of Nursing 0 0 0 - 0
School of Public Health 0 0 0 - 0
College of Dental Medicine 5 3 1 - 9
Subtotal, Morningside Campus - - - - -
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 44 9 1 - 54
University Total 44 9 1 - 54
  Not tenured, but eligible for tenure
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 17 59 135 - 211
Humanities 6 24 48 - 78
Social Sciences 8 18 41 - 67
Natural Sciences 2 14 40 - 56
School of the Arts 1 3 6 - 10
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 - 0
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 17 54 89 - 160
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 0 1 10 - 11
Graduate School of Business 9 23 28 - 60
School of Engineering and Applied Science 4 16 34 - 54
Graduate School of Journalism 2 2 1 - 5
School of Law 0 8 0 - 8
School of Social Work 2 4 16 - 22
MEDICAL CENTER 10 23 288 - 321
Basic Health Sciences 0 2 30 - 32
Clinical Health Sciences 9 12 211 - 232
School of Nursing 0 0 9 - 9
School of Public Health 1 6 36 - 43
College of Dental Medicine 0 3 2 - 5
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 34 113 224 - 371
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 10 23 288 - 321
University Total 44 136 512 - 692
  Not eligible for tenure
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 36 15 10 153 214
Humanities 6 2 0 96 104
Social Sciences 14 0 2 21 37
Natural Sciences 1 0 0 13 14
School of the Arts 15 13 8 6 42
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 17 17
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 27 6 2 9 44
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 1 0 0 0 1
Graduate School of Business 5 1 0 0 6
School of Engineering and Applied Science 1 0 0 3 4
Graduate School of Journalism 5 2 2 2 11
School of Law 12 2 0 2 16
School of Social Work 3 1 0 2 6
MEDICAL CENTER 231 324 969 21 1,545
Basic Health Sciences 10 16 37 0 63
Clinical Health Sciences 188 260 814 18 1,280
School of Nursing 4 3 52 1 60
School of Public Health 26 29 28 0 83
College of Dental Medicine 3 16 38 2 59
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 63 21 12 162 258
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 231 324 969 21 1,545
University Total 294 345 981 183 1,803
  All faculty
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 368 125 145 153 791
Humanities 108 42 48 96 294
Social Sciences 119 34 43 21 217
Natural Sciences 117 33 40 13 203
School of the Arts 24 16 14 6 60
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 17 17
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 260 94 91 9 454
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 8 5 10 0 23
Graduate School of Business 69 32 28 0 129
School of Engineering and Applied Science 81 31 34 3 149
Graduate School of Journalism 17 7 3 2 29
School of Law 68 10 0 2 80
School of Social Work 17 9 16 2 44
MEDICAL CENTER 485 392 1,258 21 2,156
Basic Health Sciences 80 32 67 0 179
Clinical Health Sciences 336 294 1,025 18 1,673
School of Nursing 7 4 61 1 73
School of Public Health 50 40 64 0 154
College of Dental Medicine 12 22 41 2 77
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 628 219 236 162 1,245
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 485 392 1,258 21 2,156
University Total 1,113 611 1,494 183 3,401
-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 Dental and Oral Surgery, 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
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