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Full-time faculty distribution by rank and tenure status, Fall 2010
  Tenured
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 351 71 - - 422
Humanities 107 29 - - 136
Social Sciences 102 18 - - 120
Natural Sciences 122 19 - - 141
School of the Arts 10 1 - - 11
School of Continuing Education 0 0 - - 0
School of International and Public Affairs 10 4 - - 14
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 259 41 - - 300
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 9 5 - - 14
Graduate School of Business 66 4 - - 70
School of Engineering and Applied Science 88 22 - - 110
Graduate School of Journalism 15 3 - - 18
School of Law 66 0 - - 66
School of Social Work 15 7 - - 22
MEDICAL CENTER 213 43 - - 256
Basic Health Sciences 73 14 - - 87
Clinical Health Sciences 99 21 - - 120
School of Nursing 6 0 - - 6
School of Public Health 30 7 - - 37
College of Dental Medicine 5 1 - - 6
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 610 112 - - 722
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 213 43 - - 256
University Total 823 155 - - 978
  Tenure of title
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MEDICAL CENTER 41 9 0 - 50
Basic Health Sciences 3 0 0 - 3
Clinical Health Sciences 33 6 0 - 39
School of Nursing 0 0 0 - 0
School of Public Health 0 1 0 - 1
College of Dental Medicine 5 2 0 - 7
Subtotal, Morningside Campus - - - - -
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 41 9 0 - 50
University Total 41 9 0 - 50
  Not tenured, but eligible for tenure
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 15 41 132 - 188
Humanities 6 18 34 - 58
Social Sciences 2 11 32 - 45
Natural Sciences 0 10 56 - 66
School of the Arts 4 1 3 - 8
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 - 0
School of International and Public Affairs 3 1 7 - 4
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 12 41 93 - 146
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 0 2 9 - 11
Graduate School of Business 9 16 38 - 63
School of Engineering and Applied Science 0 11 33 - 44
Graduate School of Journalism 2 3 2 - 7
School of Law 0 7 0 - 7
School of Social Work 1 2 11 - 14
MEDICAL CENTER 12 19 210 - 241
Basic Health Sciences 0 5 33 - 38
Clinical Health Sciences 11 5 126 - 142
School of Nursing 0 0 4 - 4
School of Public Health 1 7 43 - 51
College of Dental Medicine 0 2 4 - 6
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 27 82 225 - 334
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 12 19 210 - 241
University Total 39 101 435 - 575
  Not eligible for tenure
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 39 16 10 203 268
Humanities 2 0 0 116 118
Social Sciences 4 0 0 17 21
Natural Sciences 2 0 0 21 23
School of the Arts 20 12 10 8 50
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 25 25
School of International and Public Affairs 11 4 0 16 31
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 32 5 1 23 61
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 0 0 0 0 0
Graduate School of Business 7 1 0 7 15
School of Engineering and Applied Science 1 1 0 10 12
Graduate School of Journalism 8 2 1 2 13
School of Law 12 1 0 1 14
School of Social Work 4 0 0 3 7
MEDICAL CENTER 282 314 1,074 32 1,702
Basic Health Sciences 16 19 38 0 73
Clinical Health Sciences 228 254 915 32 1,429
School of Nursing 5 0 55 0 60
School of Public Health 30 28 25 0 83
College of Dental Medicine 3 13 41 0 57
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 71 21 11 226 329
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 282 314 1,074 32 1,702
University Total 353 335 1,085 258 2,031
  All faculty
  Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor/ Instructor Special Instructional Faculty Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS and SCIENCES 405 128 142 203 878
Humanities 115 47 34 116 312
Social Sciences 108 29 32 17 186
Natural Sciences 124 29 56 21 230
School of the Arts 34 14 13 8 69
School of Continuing Education 0 0 0 25 25
School of International and Public Affairs 24 9 7 16 56
MORNINGSIDE PROFESSIONAL 303 87 94 23 507
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation 9 7 9 0 25
Graduate School of Business 82 21 38 7 148
School of Engineering and Applied Science 89 34 33 10 166
Graduate School of Journalism 25 8 3 2 38
School of Law 78 8 0 1 87
School of Social Work 20 9 11 3 43
MEDICAL CENTER 548 385 1,284 32 2,249
Basic Health Sciences 92 38 71 0 201
Clinical Health Sciences 371 286 1,041 32 1,730
School of Nursing 11 0 59 0 70
School of Public Health 61 43 68 0 172
College of Dental Medicine 13 18 45 0 76
Subtotal, Morningside Campus 708 215 236 226 1,385
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus 548 385 1,284 32 2,249
University Total 1,256 600 1,520 258 3,634
-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