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Faculty and Staff Academic Faculty (Instructional and Research): In comparison to Fall 2009, full-time academic faculty has increased by 0.8%, and part-time faculty increased by 5.6% (Table 6.1). Overall, the number of academic faculty has increased by 2.8%, excluding the graduate assistants (Table 6.1). Administrative Faculty and Support Staff: The number of administrative faculty and support staff increased 6.1% when compared to Fall 2009; the number of administrative faculty increased by 3.8% and the number of classified staff increased 7.2% (Table 6.1). Under Represented Faculty and Staff: Of the total 5,646 faculty and staff employed by Mason, 1,057 identify themselves as racial/ethnic minorities (18.7%) (Table 6.3). This does not include the 521 non-resident aliens and the 393 in the “Unknown” category. Women represent 40.7% of the full-time instructional faculty and 33.8% of the full-time research faculty. Age and Years of Service of Instructional Faculty: The average years of service by instructional faculty for Fall 2010 are 11.2 years (Table 6.4). The average age of instructional faculty is 50.3 years for Fall 2010 (Table 6.4). Over half (53.0%) of professors are age 60 or older and more than a quarter (25.9%) of all faculty are 60 or older, suggesting that Mason can expect considerable turnover in the near term. Faculty Salary: The average salary for Mason’s full-time instructional faculty ($89,901) increased by 1% over the Fall 2009 average. The changes are primarily due to promotions, new hires and departures (Table 6.5). Using Fall 2009 data, Mason’s appropriated faculty salary was at the 27th percentile of its peer group salaries (Table 6.8). Mason’s appropriated salary used to calculate its percentile rank does not include the 8.57% cost of living adjustment (COLA) made by the state in 1989. Tables in this section present a comprehensive report on university staffing, and detailed information on our instructional faculty.

TABLE 6.1 Total University Personnel by Job Classification Fall 2010

Academic Faculty (Instructional and Research) Full-Time Faculty Part-Time Faculty Subtotal Graduate Assistants Academic Faculty Total Administrative Faculty and Support Staff Administrative Faculty Classified Staff Manager/Professional/Technical Office/Clerical Skilled/Service Administrative Faculty and Classified Staff Total Total University Faculty and Staff

% Change ’10 from ’09

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

1,238 1,010 2,248 907 3,155

1,302 992 2,294 938 3,232

1,328 1,005 2,333 903 3,236

1,331 972 2,303 911 3,214

1,342 1,026 2,368 1,053 3,421

0.8% 5.6% 2.8% 15.6% 6.4%

568 1,277 758 306 213 1,845

599 1,352 812 318 222 1,951

657 1,393 825 338 230 2,050

666 1,431 856 327 248 2,097

691 1,534 880 324 330 2,225

3.8% 7.2% 2.8% -0.9% 33.1% 6.1%

5,000

5,183

5,286

5,311

5,646

6.3%

Note: Total faculty includes full-time faculty on leave with pay/benefits. The university president is included in administrative faculty. Information is based on fall census data.

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TABLE 6.2 University Personnel FTE and Headcount by Gender and Average Age, Fall 2010 Total FTE

Total Headcount

Female N

Female %

Male N

Male %

Average Age

Instructional and Research Full-Time Faculty Instructional Research Part-Time Faculty Graduate Assistants* Subtotal Administrators and Staff Administrative Faculty Classified Staff Manager/Professional/Technical Office/Clerical Skilled/Service Subtotal

1,342.0 1,144.0 198.0 365.9 124.6 1,832.5

1,342 1,144 198 1,026 1,053 3,421

533 466 67 537 540 1,610

39.7  40.7  33.8  52.3  51.3  47.1 

809 678 131 489 513 1,811

60.3  59.3  66.2  47.7  48.7  52.9 

49.3 50.3 43.5 48.7 29.5 43.0

680.5 1,514.7 869.0 315.9 329.8 2,195.2

691 1,534 880 324 330 2,225

419 896 548 284 64 1,315

60.6  58.4  62.3  87.7  19.4  59.1 

272 638 332 40 266 910

39.4  41.6  37.7  12.3  80.6  40.9 

45.4 42.9 42.2 42.1 45.2 43.7

Faculty and Staff Total

4,027.7

5,646

2,925

51.8 

2,721

48.2 

43.3

*Only Graduate Teaching Assistants are assigned FTE; Graduate Research Assistants are not assigned any FTE. Note: Numbers may not add up to subtotals/totals due to rounding.

TABLE 6.3 Ethnic Distribution of University Personnel, Fall 2010

Total Instructional and Research Full-Time Faculty % of total Instructional % of total Research % of total Part-Time Faculty % of total Graduate Assistants % of total Administrators and Staff Administrative Faculty % of total Classified % of total Mang./Professional/Tech. % of total Office/Clerical % of total Skilled/Service % of total Faculty and Staff Total % of total

1,342 1,144 198 1,026 1,053

691 1,534 880 324 330 5,646

Amer. Ind./AK Native Asian

NonPac.- Two or Resident Island More White Alien

Unknown

4

129

45

36

0

1

939

81

107

0.3

9.6

3.4 

2.68 

0.0 

0.1

70.0 

6.0 

8.0 

4 0.4 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.1

103 9.0 26 13.1 64 6.2 51 4.8

42 3.7 3 1.5  60 5.9  26 2.5 

30 2.6 6 3.0  34 3.3 24 2.3

0 0.0  0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.1 

0 0.0 1 0.5 1 0.1 5 0.5

844 73.8  95 48.0  775 75.5  433 41.1 

34 3.0  47 23.7  21 2.1  377 35.8

87 7.6  20 10.1  70 6.8  135 12.8 

1 0.1 4 0.3 1 0.1 3 0.9 0 0.0 11 0.2

36 5.2 129 8.4 85 9.7 21 6.5 23 7.0 409 7.2

62 9.0  161 10.5  72 8.2  47 14.5  42 12.7 354 6.3 

16 2.3  154 10.0 40 4.6  25 7.7  89 27.0  264 4.7 

0 0.0 1 0.1  1 0.1  0 0.0  0 0.0  2 0.0 

1 0.1 9 0.6 6 0.7 1 0.3 2 0.6 17 0.3

530 76.7  998 65.1  640 72.7 213 65.7  145 43.9  3,675 65.1 

8 1.2  34 2.2 15 1.7  1 0.3 18 5.5  521 9.2 

37 5.4  44 2.9  20 2.3  13 4.0  11 3.3  393 7.0 

Note: Percentages may not add up to subtotals/totals due to rounding.

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TABLE 6.4 Full-Time Instructional Faculty Age and Years of Service by Rank, Fall 2010

Professor % of total Associate Professor % of total Assistant Professor % of total Instructor % of total

Total 338 29.6% 373 32.6% 364 31.8% 69 6.0%

Total % of Total

100.0%

1,144

Age 29 or Less 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8 0.7% 6 0.5%

Age 30-39 2 0.2% 33 2.9% 171 15.0% 12 1.1%

Age 40-49 39 3.4% 154 13.5% 123 10.8% 14 1.2%

Age 50-59 118 10.3% 106 9.3% 43 3.8% 19 1.7%

Age 60 or More 179 15.7% 80 7.0% 19 1.7% 18 1.6%

Average Age 59.7

14 1.2%

218 19.1%

330 28.9%

286 25.0%

296 25.9%

Average Years of Service 17.1

50.6

13.4

41.6

4.3

49.0

6.6

50.3

11.2

Note: Percentages may not add up to totals due to rounding.

Fig. 6.1 Fall 2010 Full-Time Instructional Faculty Average Age by Rank 60

59.7 50.6

50

49.0 41.6

40 30 20 10 0

Professor Associate Prof. Assistant Prof.

Instructor

Fig. 6.2 Fall 2010 Full-Time Instructional Faculty Average Years of GMU Service by Rank 20 15

17.1 13.4

10 5 0

4.3

Professor Associate Prof. Assistant Prof.

6.6

Instructor

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TABLE 6.5 Average Full-Time Instructional Faculty Salaries 2009-10 2010-11 State Total State Total Salary ($) Salary ($) Salary ($) Salary ($) Professor 123,001 126,406 123,818 127,311 Associate Professor 82,404 82,404 83,149 83,149 Assistant Professor 69,579 69,579 68,538 68,538 Instructor 55,780 55,780 55,845 55,845 All Ranks $88,056 $89,025 $88,869 $89,901

% Change State Total Salary Salary 0.7 0.7 0.9 0.9 -1.5 -1.5 0.1 0.1 0.9 1.0

Note: All salaries have been converted to a 9/10 month contract equivalent and 1.0 FTE. State salary is that portion of the salary funded through Educational and General appropriations. Total salary includes eminent scholar stipends. * Because this table tracks salary by rank, it does not capture the entire salary picture due to faculty movement across ranks and due to differentials between departing faculty and new faculty.

TABLE 6.6 Trends in Average Full-Time Instructional Faculty Salaries (Total Salaries* in dollars) 2006 Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Instructor All Ranks

123,016 81,564 65,330 52,243 $85,992

2007 126,830

2008 124,525

2009 126,406

82,948 68,884 55,704 $88,775

83,432 69,422 56,738  $88,244

82,404 69,579 55,780 $ 89,025

2010 127,311 83,149 68,538 55,845 $89,901**

* Total salary includes eminent scholar stipends. ** Because this table tracks salary by rank, it does not capture the entire salary picture due to faculty movement across ranks and due to differentials between departing faculty and new faculty within a given rank.

,4 $1 26

140 Dollars (in thousands)

06 $1 27 ,31 1

Fig. 6.3 Full-Time Instructional Faculty Salaries (Total Salaries with Eminent Scholar Stipends)

120 2009

60

2010

$5 5,7 80 $5 5, 84 5

80

$6 9,5 79 $6 8, 53 8

$8 2,

40

4 $8 3,1 49

100

40 20

0

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Associate Prof.

Assistant Prof.

Instructor

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TABLE 6.7 Full-Time Faculty by Division/Department*/Rank/Tenure Status, Fall 2010 Rank Assoc. Prof. 48

Tenure Status

Asst. Prof. 38

Total 117

Prof. 28

90 27

24 4

35 13

30 8

1 2

50 11

College of Health and Human Services CHHS Academic Admin & Student Srvcs Global & Community Health Health Administration & Policy Nursing Social Work

82 2

17 2

24 0

27 0

14 0

15 16

3 4

5 5

6 5

36 13

4 4

9 5

College of Humanities and Social Sciences CHSS Academic Admin & Student Services Communication Criminology, Law & Society Program Economics English Higher Education Program History & Art History

408

93

2

College of Education and Human Development Graduate School of Education School of Recreation,Health,Tourism (SRHT)

Interdisciplinary & Associated Program Modern/Classical Languages New Century College Philosophy Psychology Public/International Affairs Religious Studies Sociology and Anthropology Women and Gender Studies College of Science COS Academic Admin & Student Svcs Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Science Bioinformatics Biology Biomedical Program Biomedical Research Lab (BRL) Center for Quantum Studies Chemistry Cntr Computational Fluid Dynamics Cntr Intelligent Spatial Comp (CISC) Cntr Spacial Info Science & System Comp Materials Science Ctr (CMaSC) Computational and Data Sciences Ctr for Earth Observation CEOSR

Tenured 61

Type Rsrch. 3

% With Terminal Degree 97.4%

Term 27

Instr. 114

20 9

20 7

87 27

3 0

98.9% 92.6%

29 2

21 0

32 0

71 1

11 1

74.4% 100.0%

1 2

7 6

4 5

4 5

11 13

4 3

86.7% 68.8%

12 4

11 0

7 7

8 4

21 2

33 13

3 0

61.1% 100.0%

141

149

25

213

86

109

386

22

90.0%

0

1

0

1

1

0

1

1

1

50.0%

33 24 33 82 4 47

11 5 18 10 1 9

6 2 10 32 1 23

5 12 5 37 2 15

11 5 0 3 0 0

15 5 26 36 1 30

3 7 4 17 3 7

15 12 3 29 0 10

31 15 32 82 4 45

2 9 1 0 0 2

66.7% 66.7% 100.0% 91.5% 100.0% 93.6%

6

2

1

3

0

3

1

2

6

0

100.0%

30 17 10

3 0 0

7 9 8

18 6 2

2 2 0

10 8 8

8 4 1

12 5 1

30 17 10

0 0 0

90.0% 88.2% 100%

46 38 8 26 2

13 13 1 7 0

11 15 4 10 1

21 10 3 9 1

1 0 0 0 0

21 27 5 16 1

13 7 3 8 0

12 4 0 2 1

39 38 8 26 2

7 0 0 0

0

91.3% 94.7% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

262 9 14 7 9 2 7 3 18 5 1 4 1 21 25

70 3 3 2 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 9 4

70 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 7 2

77 3 5 2 7 0 1 0 5 1 1 1 1 4 5

45 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 4 0 2 0 1 14

110 1 8 5 0 0 3 0 12 0 0 0 0 10 0

26 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0

126 8 4 2 9 2 3 3 4 5 1 4 1 7 25

176 3 14 5 9 2 5 0 18 0 0 0 0 13 0

86 6 0 2 0 0 2 3 0 5 1 4 1 8 25

84.0% 55.6% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 0.0% 100.0% 66.7% 100.0% 60.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100.0% 95.2% 48.0%

* Departments as listed in Banner Finance System. **Excludes University Life faculty.

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TABLE 6.7 Full-Time Faculty by Division/Department*/Rank/Tenure Status, Fall 2010 (Continued) Rank Assoc. Prof. 70 0

Tenure Status

Asst. Prof. 77 8

Total 262 12

Prof. 70 3

20 31 30 10 3 30

4 7 13 2 1 9

10 9 11 4 0 7

5 11 2 3 1 11

1 4 4 1 1 3

12 13 24 6 1 13

63 21 1 2 2 8 2 20 7

21 5 0 0 1 2 0 12 1

21 7 0 0 1 3 0 4 6

20 9 1 2 0 3 2 3 0

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

School of Law

47

22

5

9

School of Management

80

12

27

School of Public Policy SPP Academic Admin & Student Svcs SPP Centers

66 53 13

29 29 0

147

% With Terminal Rsrch. Degree 86 84.0% 10 75.0%

Instr. 176 2

3 5 1 2 1 5

5 13 5 2 1 12

19 22 30 8 2 24

1 9 0 2 1 6

95.0% 83.9% 90.0% 90.0% 100.0% 90.0%

36 12 0 0 2 5 0 11 6

9 5 1 0 0 0 0 3 0

18 4 0 2 0 3 2 6 1

63 21 1 2 2 8 2 20 7

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

79.4% 85.7% 100.0% 50.0% 100.0% 62.5% 100.0% 75.0% 85.7%

11

26

9

12

36

11

83.0%

36

5

33

26

21

80

0

91.3%

11 9 2

12 9 3

14 6 8

35 35 0

7 7 0

24 11 13

44 44 0

22 9 13

77.3% 88.7% 30.8%

50

37

39

21

70

22

55

121

26

87.8%

1 16 9 9 42 1 7 33 2 11 16

1 2 1 3 13 0 3 15 0 3 9

0 1 1 3 15 0 1 8 0 3 5

0 6 2 3 13 0 1 8 2 2 2

0 7 5 0 1 1 2 2 0 3 0

1 2 0 6 28 0 0 18 0 4 11

0 1 0 2 9 0 0 6 0 2 2

0 13 9 1 5 1 7 9 2 5 3

1 14 0 9 42 0 1 27 0 11 16

0 2 9 0 0 1 6 6 2 0 0

100.0% 62.5% 33.3% 100.0% 97.6% 0.0% 85.7% 93.9% 100.0% 90.9% 100.0%

Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution

20

9

5

6

0

11

4

5

19

1

100.0%

Krasnow Instruction and Research

24

5

1

16

2

5

5

14

9

15

87.5%

Academic Administration

13

9

1

2

1

9

0

4

12

1

84.6%

University Life English Language Institute

13

0

0

0

13

0

0

13

13

0

7.7%

1,342

365

391

431

155

638

244

460

1,144

198

86.9% **

College of Visual and Performing Arts Art and Visual Technology Arts Management Program Computer Games Design CVPA Academic Admin & Student Svcs Dance Film & Video Studies Music Theatre

The Volgenau School of Information Technology and Engineering VSIT&E Academic Admin & Student Svc Applied Information Technology C4I Center Civil Engineering & Infrastructure Computer Science Ctr for Air Trans Sys Research Ctr for Secure Information Electrical & Computer Engineering Learning Agents Center Statistics Systems Engr & Op Research

University Total

* Departments as listed in Banner Finance System. **Excludes University Life faculty.

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Tenured 110 2

Type Term 126 10

College of Science (Continued) Ctr for Proteomics & Mol Med (CAPMM) Environmental Science & Policy Geography & Geoinformation Sciences Mathematical Sciences Molecular & Microbiology Natl Ctr Biod & Inf Dis (NCBID) Physics & Astronomy

Instr. 45 1

Tenure Track 26 0

Faculty and Staff

TABLE 6.8 George Mason University Peer Average Faculty Salaries in 2008-09

Mason’s peer institutions are used as a benchmark for establishing faculty salaries by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). The state “Conventional Goal” is to reach the 60th percentile of the salaries of our peer institutions. In 2009, Mason’s average faculty salary was at the 27th percentile within its peer group. The salary used for Mason is its appropriated salary without the 8.57% cost of living adjustment (COLA) made by the state in 1989. Peer Institutions George Mason University George Washington University University of Maryland-College Park Boston University University of Connecticut University at Buffalo Northeastern University SUNY at Albany Indiana University-Bloomington University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Nevada-Reno Syracuse University University of Houston University of Kansas University of Nebraska-Lincoln Arizona State University Wayne State University University of New Mexico-Main Campus University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus University of Cincinnati-Main Campus University of Arkansas Georgia State University University of Louisville University of Missouri-Columbia University of Memphis Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis Average (does not include George Mason University) Standard Deviation Conventional Goal (60th percentile)

Fall 2008 Salary ($) 80,531 104,281 102,048 96,910 99,894 94,720 95,753 89,135 89,437 90,165 88,342 87,538 85,690 85,672 83,151 83,107 82,592 79,134 78,689 76,794 77,277 73,699 77,505 75,266 70,885

Fall 2009 Salary ($) 80,531 108,648 103,616 101,111 99,384 97,450 96,439 94,621 90,757 90,339 89,417 88,147 87,091 86,957 84,734 84,493 83,435 79,104 78,821 78,520 76,751 75,988 75,576 75,454 70,883

70,343 $85,521 $9,614 $88,117

69,844 $86,703 $10,514 $89,542

Percent Change 0.0% 4.2% 1.5% 4.3% -0.5% 2.9% 0.7% 6.2% 1.5% 0.2% 1.2% 0.7% 1.6% 1.5% 1.9% 1.7% 1.0% 0.0% 0.2% 2.2% -0.7% 3.1% -2.5% 0.2% 0.0% -0.7% 1.3%

Source: IPEDS 2008-09 and 2009-10 (excluding George Mason University). Note: GMU’s appropriated faculty salary does not include the 8.57% cost of living adjustment.

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SCHEV APPROVED PEER INSTITUTIONS FACULTY DATA This list of 25 peer institutions is approved and maintained as a benchmark for targeting comparative data by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). The Fall 2009 faculty headcount figures are from the staffing reports submitted to the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Not all institutions split their faculty out into the Instructional and Research categories. The total numbers also exclude any Medical College faculty. TABLE 6.9 SCHEV-Approved Peer Group Comparative Data Fall 2009 Full-Time Instructional Peer Institutions Faculty George Mason University 1,138

Fall 2009 Full-Time Instructional & Research Faculty 1,331

Arizona State University

2,371

2,510

Boston University

1,549

1,608

939

1,012

Georgia State University

1,052

1,131

Indiana University-Bloomington

1,721

2,250

Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis

789

876

Northeastern University

986

986

SUNY at Albany

630

634

Syracuse University

955

1,016

1,066

1,101

908

931

University of Cincinnati-Main Campus

1,236

1,259

University of Connecticut

1,296

1,331

University of Houston

1,166

1,254

University of Kansas

1,152

1,680

867

867

1,618

2,986

861

901

University of Missouri-Columbia

1,297

1,679

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

1,199

1,435

University of Nevada-Las Vegas

897

897

University of Nevada-Reno

645

700

University of New Mexico-Main Campus

958

1,129

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus

1,142

1,367

Wayne State University

1,055

1,055

Average

1,134

1,304

George Washington University

University at Buffalo University of Arkansas

University of Louisville University of Maryland-College Park University of Memphis

Note: George Mason University’s figures are excluded in the average.

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