Faculty Senate

Nontenure Eligible Teaching Percentage Task Force

Task Force to Examine Limits on Percentage of Non-Tenure-Eligible Faculty

Introduction:
The Faculty Handbook states: ISU subscribes to AAUP guidelines and standards for part-time and non-tenure-eligible faculty, in effect as of 10/09/01, including the AAUP recommendation that part-time and non-tenure-eligible faculty appointments be limited to no more than 15 percent of the total instruction within the university, and no more than 25 percent of the total instruction within any given department.
In contrast to this official policy, Provost Hoffman reported to the Faculty Senate in April 2008 that for the past 6 years, the percentage of non-tenure-eligible faculty at ISU based on student credit hours has remained constant at about 25% across the university. She also reported that 40% of the departments employ between 26%- 49% non-tenure-eligible faculty. Due to the apparent disconnect between official policy and practice, a Task Force to examine this situation is needed.

Charge:
The charge of the Task Force will be to examine current policy based on AAUP guidelines concerning limits on percentage of non-tenure-eligible faculty at ISU to determine if those limits are desirable and justifiable based on academic needs, budgetary limitations, and competitiveness with our peer 11 institutions. If the current limits are found desirable and justifiable, the Task Force will make recommendations for policy changes to facilitate adherence to the current limits (including sanctions if necessary), and suggest a timetable for reaching these limits. If the current limits are not found to be desirable and justifiable, the Task Force will recommend and justify new limits. They will also make recommendations for policy changes to facilitate adherence to the new limits (including sanctions if necessary), and suggest a timetable for reaching those limits.

Nontenure Eligible Teaching Percentage Task Force Report

NTE Task Froce
Chair	Mac Shelley	Statistics 1424 Wilson	4-8346	mshelley
AGR	Mike Owen	Agronomy 2104L Agronomy	4-5936	mdowen
BUS	Tom Chacko	Management 2353 Gerdin	4-8115	tichacko
DES	Steve Herrnstadt	Art and Design 162 Design	4-3928	zoe
ENG	Max Porter	CCE E 416A Town	4-7456	mporter
HSC	Seadlia Crase	HDFS 4380 Palmer	4-6135	sedahlia
HSC	Jean Anderson	FSHN 220 MacKay	4-7316	janderso
LAS	John Mayfield	GDCB 2106 Molecular BIology	4-6847	jemayf
LAS	Charlie Kostelnick	English 227 Ross	4-4455	chkostel
LAS	Beth Martin	World Langues & Cultures 2102 Pearson	4-0182	bxmartin
VET	Claudia Baldwin	Veterinary Mecicine 1825C Vet Med	4-4900	cbaldwin
VET	Joan Howard	Vet Med 1832 Vet Med	4-1500	jmhoward
Provost Office	Susan Carlson	Provost Office 1550 Beardshear	4-9591	susanc
CELT	Steve Mickelson	CELT 3017 Morrill	4-2404	estaben