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Full-time faculty distribution by rank and tenure status, Fall 2008
  Tenured
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 346 61 - - 407
Humanities 105 28 - - 133
Social Sciences 112 16 - - 128
Natural Sciences 120 16 - - 136
School of the Arts 9 1 - - 10
School of Continuing Education 0 0 - - 0
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 248 36 - - 284
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 9 4 - - 13
Graduate School of Business 66 3 - - 69
School of Engineering and Applied Science 79 21 - - 100
Graduate School of Journalism 13 3 - - 16
School of Law 65 0 - - 65
School of Social Work 16 5 - - 21
MEDICAL CENTER 207 41 - - 248
Basic Health Sciences 63 11 - - 74
Clinical Health Sciences 108 19 - - 127
School of Nursing 4 1 - - 5
School of Public Health 27 9 - - 36
College of Dental Medicine 5 1 - - 6
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 594 97 - - 691
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 207 41 - - 248
University Total 801 138 - - 939
  Tenure of title
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MEDICAL CENTER 42 13 0 - 55
Basic Health Sciences 4 0 0 - 4
Clinical Health Sciences 33 8 0 - 41
School of Nursing 0 0 0 - 0
School of Public Health 0 1 0 - 1
College of Dental Medicine 5 4 0 - 9
Subtotal, Morningside Campus - - - - -
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 42 13 0 - 55
University Total 42 13 0 - 55
  Not tenured, but eligible for tenure
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 20 46 150 - 216
Humanities 10 20 49 - 79
Social Sciences 7 14 44 - 65
Natural Sciences 1 11 52 - 64
School of the Arts 2 1 5 - 8
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 - 0
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 16 53 92 - 161
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 0 2 9 - 11
Graduate School of Business 10 22 31 - 63
School of Engineering and Applied Science 3 14 38 - 55
Graduate School of Journalism 2 4 2 - 8
School of Law 0 6 0 - 6
School of Social Work 1 5 12 - 18
MEDICAL CENTER 15 19 238 - 272
Basic Health Sciences 0 4 22 - 26
Clinical Health Sciences 12 7 179 - 198
School of Nursing 0 0 7 - 7
School of Public Health 2 7 27 - 36
College of Dental Medicine 1 1 3 - 5
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 36 99 242 - 377
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 15 19 238 - 272
University Total 51 118 480 - 649
  Not eligible for tenure
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 37 19 8 193 257
Humanities 6 2 1 116 125
Social Sciences 13 2 1 25 41
Natural Sciences 2 0 0 17 19
School of the Arts 16 15 6 11 48
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 24 24
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 29 4 2 17 52
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 0 0 0 0 0
Graduate School of Business 6 0 1 6 13
School of Engineering and Applied Science 0 0 0 4 4
Graduate School of Journalism 7 2 1 2 12
School of Law 13 1 0 4 18
School of Social Work 3 1 0 1 5
MEDICAL CENTER 249 334 1,010 21 1,614
Basic Health Sciences 13 14 36 0 63
Clinical Health Sciences 198 270 850 21 1,339
School of Nursing 4 2 57 0 63
School of Public Health 31 32 29 0 92
College of Dental Medicine 3 16 38 0 57
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 66 23 10 210 309
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 249 334 1,010 21 1,614
University Total 315 357 1,020 231 1,923
  All faculty
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 403 126 158 193 880
Humanities 121 50 50 116 337
Social Sciences 132 32 45 25 234
Natural Sciences 123 27 52 17 219
School of the Arts 27 17 11 11 66
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 24 24
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 293 93 94 17 497
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 9 6 9 0 24
Graduate School of Business 82 25 32 6 145
School of Engineering and Applied Science 82 35 38 4 159
Graduate School of Journalism 22 9 3 2 36
School of Law 78 7 0 4 89
School of Social Work 20 11 12 1 44
MEDICAL CENTER 513 407 1,248 21 2,189
Basic Health Sciences 80 29 58 0 167
Clinical Health Sciences 351 304 1,029 21 1,705
School of Nursing 8 3 64 0 75
School of Public Health 60 49 56 0 165
College of Dental Medicine 14 22 41 0 77
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 696 219 252 210 1,377
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 513 407 1,248 21 2,189
University Total 1,209 626 1,500 231 3,566
-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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