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Full-time faculty distribution by rank and tenure status, Fall 2012
	Tenured
	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor/ Instructor	Special Instructional Faculty	Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS & SCIENCES	356	68	-	-	424
Arts	10	2	-	-	12
Continuing Education	0	0	-	-	0
Humanities	110	33	-	-	143
Natural Sciences	126	22	-	-	148
Social Sciences	110	11	-	-	121
MORNINGSIDE GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS	284	52	-	-	336
Architecture, Planning & Preservation	9	8	-	-	17
Business	72	1	-	-	73
Engineering	96	30	-	-	126
International & Public Affairs	12	3	-	-	15
Journalism	14	3	-	-	17
Law	70	0	-	-	70
Social Work	11	7	-	-	18
MEDICAL CENTER GRADUATE  SCHOOLS	225	53	-	-	278
College of Physicians & Surgeons - Basic Health Sciences	75	19	-	-	94
College of Physicians & Surgeons - Clinical Health Sciences	105	21	-	-	126
Dental Medicine	5	0	-	-	5
Nursing	5	0	-	-	5
Public Health	35	13	-	-	48
Subtotal, Morningside Campus	640	120	-	-	760
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus	225	53	-	-	278
UNIVERSITY TOTAL	865	173	-	-	1,038
	Tenure of title
	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor/ Instructor	Special Instructional Faculty	Total
MEDICAL CENTER GRADUATE  SCHOOLS	33	7	0	-	40
College of Physicians & Surgeons  - Basic Health Sciences	2	0	0	-	2
College of Physicians & Surgeons - Clinical Health Sciences	26	5	0	-	31
Dental Medicine	4	2	0	-	6
Nursing	0	0	0	-	0
Public Health	1	0	0	-	1
Subtotal, Morningside Campus	-	-	-	-	-
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus	33	7	0	-	40
UNIVERSITY TOTAL	33	7	0	-	40
	Not tenured, but eligible for tenure
	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor/ Instructor	Special Instructional Faculty	Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS & SCIENCES	16	49	115	-	180
Arts	3	3	2	-	8
Continuing Education	0	0	0	-	0
Humanities	9	17	28	-	54
Natural Sciences	2	15	52	-	69
Social Sciences	2	14	33	-	49
MORNINGSIDE GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS	16	51	91	-	158
Architecture, Planning & Preservation	1	6	8	-	15
Business	8	24	29	-	61
Engineering	0	5	33	-	38
International & Public Affairs	2	2	7	-	11
Journalism	2	4	3	-	9
Law	2	5	0	-	7
Social Work	1	5	11	-	17
MEDICAL CENTER GRADUATE  SCHOOLS	12	18	214	-	244
College of Physicians & Surgeons  - Basic Health Sciences	0	3	34	-	37
College of Physicians & Surgeons - Clinical Health Sciences	11	9	126	-	146
Dental Medicine	0	2	3	-	5
Nursing	0	0	7	-	7
Public Health	1	4	44	-	49
Subtotal, Morningside Campus	32	100	206	-	338
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus	12	18	214	-	244
UNIVERSITY TOTAL	44	118	420	-	582
	Not eligible for tenure
	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor/ Instructor	Special Instructional Faculty	Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS & SCIENCES	29	18	10	209	266
Arts	21	17	8	5	51
Continuing Education	0	0	0	23	23
Humanities	5	0	0	131	136
Natural Sciences	2	1	0	34	37
Social Sciences	1	0	2	16	19
MORNINGSIDE GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS	49	6	2	42	99
Architecture, Planning & Preservation	0	0	0	0	0
Business	7	1	1	8	17
Engineering	2	1	0	11	14
International & Public Affairs	14	2	0	16	32
Journalism	8	1	1	1	11
Law	14	1	0	0	15
Social Work	4	0	0	6	10
MEDICAL CENTER GRADUATE  SCHOOLS	267	318	1,007	45	1,637
College of Physicians & Surgeons  - Basic Health Sciences	15	18	41	0	74
College of Physicians & Surgeons - Clinical Health Sciences	216	251	852	44	1,363
Dental Medicine	4	15	37	0	56
Nursing	5	6	52	0	63
Public Health	27	28	25	1	81
Subtotal, Morningside Campus	78	24	12	251	365
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus	267	318	1,007	45	1,637
UNIVERSITY TOTAL	345	342	1,019	296	2,002
	All faculty
	Professor	Associate Professor	Assistant Professor/ Instructor	Special Instructional Faculty	Total
MORNINGSIDE ARTS & SCIENCES	401	135	125	209	870
Arts	34	22	10	5	71
Continuing Education	0	0	0	23	23
Humanities	124	50	28	131	333
Natural Sciences	130	38	52	34	254
Social Sciences	113	25	35	16	189
MORNINGSIDE GRADUATE & PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS	349	109	93	42	593
Architecture, Planning & Preservation	10	14	8	0	32
Business	87	26	30	8	151
Engineering	98	36	33	11	178
International & Public Affairs	28	7	7	16	58
Journalism	24	8	4	1	37
Law	86	6	0	0	92
Social Work	16	12	11	6	45
MEDICAL CENTER GRADUATE  SCHOOLS	537	396	1,221	45	2,199
College of Physicians & Surgeons  - Basic Health Sciences	92	40	75	0	207
College of Physicians & Surgeons - Clinical Health Sciences	358	286	978	44	1,666
Dental Medicine	13	19	40	0	72
Nursing	10	6	59	0	75
Public Health	64	45	69	1	179
Subtotal, Morningside Campus	750	244	218	251	1,463
Subtotal, Medical Center Campus	537	396	1,221	45	2,199
UNIVERSITY TOTAL	1,287	640	1,439	296	3,662
-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
-Source: Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Administration
-Prepared by: Office of Planning and Institutional Research
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Date: 02-26-2013