2.8 The number of full-time faculty members is adequate to support the mission of the institution. The institution has adequate faculty resources to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs. In addition, upon application for candidacy, an applicant institution demonstrates that it meets the comprehensive standard for faculty qualifications.
JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE
Compliance.
NARRATIVE/JUSTIFICATION FOR JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The number of full-time faculty members
is adequate to support the mission of the institution. The institution
has adequate faculty
resources to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs.
Texas A&M International University has
adequate full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and
to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs. The
expansion to 4-year status in 1995 resulted in a significant increase
in
full-time faculty. The table below shows a comparison from Fall 1994 to
Fall 1995 (Faculty
Course Load):
Fall 1994 |
Fall 1995 |
|
| Full-Time | 79 |
112 |
| Adjunct (Part-Time) | 13 |
16 |
| Professor | 18 |
18 |
| Associate Professor | 22 |
29 |
| Assistant Professor | 28 |
60 |
| Instructor | 2 |
|
| Visiting | 12 |
4 |
| Adjunct | 12 |
15 |
| Tenured | 25 |
26 |
| Tenure Track | 43 |
83 |
| Not eligible | 24 |
19 |
To support the academic programs, the University is committed to hiring
the best-qualified full-time faculty.
The significant growth in student enrollment and academic programs has necessitated
the hiring of additional appropriately qualified adjunct (part-time) faculty
to deliver instruction.(Faculty
Rosters) It should be noted that the student faculty ratio is
15:1.
For Fall 2003, instructional faculty numbered 263 with the break down as follows:
| Total Faculty | 263 |
| Total Full-Time Equivalent Faculty | 212 |
| Tenured Faculty | 68 |
| Tenure Track Faculty | 77 |
| Non-Tenured Faculty | 118 |
| Professors | 27 |
| Associate Professors | 53 |
| Assistant Professors | 54 |
| Instructors* | 24 |
| Other Faculty** | 6 |
| Adjunct (Part-Time) | 99 |
| Male | 153 |
| Female | 116 |
| Terminally Degreed Professors | 100 % |
| Terminally Degreed Associate Professors | 98% |
| Terminally Degreed Assistant Professors | 78 % |
| Terminally Degreed Instructors | 18 % |
| Lower Division Courses Taught by Tenured or Tenure Track Faculty | 53 % |
* Includes Librarians with Instructor rank
** Visiting Faculty
The faculty rosters show evidence that the faculty hold appropriate credentials in relation to their teaching assignments. In addition, faculty development is supported through travel and mini-grant funds. In many instances, part-time faculty bring important expertise in disciplines in which it is very difficult to recruit full-time faculty.
SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION
| SOURCE |
LOCATION/Special Instructions |
| Faculty Course Load |
|
| Faculty Rosters | http://www.tamiu.edu/adminis/ie/rosters/ |
