| The number of full-time faculty members is adequate to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs. |
Judgment of Compliance
|
Narrative
Sam Houston State University (SHSU) has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support its mission to provide “high quality education, scholarship, and service to qualified students for the benefit of regional, state, national and international constituencies” [1]. Furthermore, the university has adequate faculty resources to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs. The university has sufficient faculty and faculty resources as a whole, within each academic program, by each mode of delivery, and at each academic location.
SHSU has three broad categories of instructional personnel: tenured, tenure-track, and term positions. All tenured and tenure-track faculty are full-time faculty and meet the traditional expectation of providing teaching, research, and service contributions to the university, which are instrumental in supporting the mission of the institution [2], [3]. Term faculty are hired on either a 9-month or semester basis and may be either full-time or part-time. Many term faculty contracts are renewed year after year and term faculty often assume support responsibilities beyond instructional assignments to include, among others, academic advising, student mentoring, and committee assignments [4]. Also included as term faculty are early retirees. These individuals, formerly tenured faculty members, have elected to teach on a part-time basis as they transition into retirement. They possess all attributes associated with successful tenured faculty members. Additionally, instructional staffing is supported by graduate teaching assistants, all of whom are supervised by full-time instructional personnel [5]. All graduate teaching assistants are part-time faculty.
In the higher education tradition of valuing shared governance, faculty members at SHSU are expected to support the mission of the university by offering a quality educational environment; contributing to the creation of new knowledge; and providing essential services to the students, academic administrative units, the colleges, the university, and the academy. Services and activities include, but are not limited to, advising, mentoring, student organization sponsorship, curriculum oversight, committee service, professional development, community outreach, and peer review.
To ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs, SHSU has a number of policies related to faculty resources. The Academic Instructional Staffing Policy [6] outlines the procedures for assigning and reallocating faculty positions among the various departments in the university. The Faculty Instructional Workload Policy [7] outlines the expectations for normal teaching loads and includes provisions for reductions in those teaching loads for research, service, and other considerations. In addition, the Reassigned Time for Faculty Members Pursuing Research and Artistic Endeavors Policy [8] also helps clarify the teaching-load expectations for faculty. The Instructional Overload Assignment Policy [9] discourages the use of overload assignments but does allow such assignments on a short-term basis in recognition of the need for some flexibility by department chairs in scheduling classes.
The Faculty Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion Policy [3] gives guidance regarding the university’s expectations of faculty. The Performance Evaluation of Tenured Faculty Policy [10] describes the process for evaluating tenured faculty members. The Faculty Development Leave Policy [11] provides an avenue for faculty to take development leave to perform research or other learning activities to enhance knowledge. Taken together, the above policies highlight SHSU’s awareness of, and commitment to provide, the faculty resources necessary to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs.
In the fall 2014 semester, SHSU employed 1,051 distinct individuals with instructional responsibilities. Sixty-four percent of these faculty were full-time, providing a sufficient number of full-time faculty to support the university’s mission and ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs. Table 1 provides a breakdown of instructional faculty by category.
Table 1. Profile of Fall 2014 Instructional Faculty
Category |
Full-time Headcount* |
Part-time Headcount* |
% of Total Faculty as a Headcount |
Tenured |
319 |
0 |
30.4 |
Tenure-track |
178 |
0 |
17.0 |
Term |
193 |
298 |
46.7 |
Teaching Assistants |
0 |
63 |
6.0 |
Total |
690 (65.7%) |
361 (34.3%) |
|
* As data reflect headcount, the contribution of a full-time faculty member toward educational instruction and institutional support exceeds that of a single part-time faculty member.
Although there is no uniform standard in the academy that signifies a sufficient number of full-time faculty, SHSU regularly compares itself to statewide norms. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) utilizes an accountability system to profile the Texas’s institutions of higher education. The THECB’s University Accountability Measures and Definitions [12] categorizes the accountability measures into five distinct groups: (a) participation, (b) success, (c) excellence, (d) research, and (e) institution efficiency and effectiveness. Within the category of excellence are two measures that relate to tenure/tenure-track faculty: the percentage of lower division semester credit hours (SCH) taught by tenure/tenure-track faculty and the percentage of FTE teaching faculty who are tenure/tenure-track. According to the most recent data available, the percentage reported for SHSU exceeds the State institutional norms for the percentage of lower division SCHs taught by tenured/tenure-track faculty and is similar to the State’s institutional norms for the percentage of full-time equivalent teaching faculty who are tenured/tenure-track. See Tables 2 and 3 for an overview of these percentages.
Table 2. Percentage of Lower Division SCHs Taught by Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty, Fall 2013
Institution |
Percentage |
Texas A&M University-Texarkana |
64.60% |
Angelo State University |
60.20% |
Midwestern State University |
59.50% |
University of North Texas at Dallas |
52.80% |
Sul Ross State University |
50.90% |
Stephen F. Austin State University |
49.90% |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
49.50% |
West Texas A&M University |
46.20% |
Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
43.60% |
The University of Texas at Brownsville |
43.40% |
The University of Texas at Austin |
41.90% |
Prairie View A&M University |
41.50% |
Sam Houston State University |
40.10% |
Tarleton State University |
40.00% |
The University of Texas-Pan American |
39.60% |
Lamar University |
39.30% |
University of Houston-Downtown |
36.90% |
Texas A&M University |
36.30% |
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin |
35.60% |
Texas A&M University-Commerce |
34.30% |
Statewide Totals |
34.20% |
Texas A&M International University |
33.40% |
Texas Southern University |
32.80% |
Texas Tech University |
32.00% |
Texas A&M University at Galveston |
31.40% |
Texas Woman's University |
30.10% |
The University of Texas at Tyler |
29.40% |
The University of Texas at El Paso |
29.10% |
University of Houston-Victoria |
28.60% |
The University of Texas at Dallas |
26.90% |
University of North Texas |
26.30% |
University of Houston |
25.10% |
Texas State University |
23.80% |
The University of Texas at San Antonio |
21.40% |
The University of Texas at Arlington |
20.50% |
Note: Data from the THECB Accountability System
Table 3. Percentage of FTE Teaching Faculty that are Tenure/Tenure-Track, Fall 2013
Institution |
Percentage |
Sul Ross State University Rio Grande College |
85.50% |
The University of Texas at Brownsville |
76.00% |
Texas A&M University-Texarkana |
74.50% |
Texas Tech University |
74.30% |
Texas A&M University |
71.90% |
The University of Texas at Austin |
70.10% |
Stephen F. Austin State University |
66.50% |
University of Houston-Clear Lake |
66.30% |
Texas A&M University-Kingsville |
65.90% |
Midwestern State University |
65.40% |
Angelo State University |
64.70% |
Sul Ross State University |
64.70% |
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi |
64.10% |
University of North Texas |
63.60% |
Texas A&M University-Central Texas |
63.50% |
Texas Southern University |
62.40% |
The University of Texas at El Paso |
61.90% |
Statewide Totals |
61.80% |
University of Houston |
60.50% |
Lamar University |
60.30% |
The University of Texas-Pan American |
59.10% |
Sam Houston State University |
58.10% |
The University of Texas at Tyler |
57.70% |
The University of Texas of the Permian Basin |
57.10% |
University of Houston-Victoria |
57.00% |
University of North Texas at Dallas |
56.00% |
The University of Texas at San Antonio |
55.90% |
West Texas A&M University |
55.90% |
The University of Texas at Dallas |
55.50% |
Texas A&M International University |
55.10% |
Texas A&M University-Commerce |
54.90% |
Texas Woman's University |
53.10% |
University of Houston-Downtown |
52.10% |
The University of Texas at Arlington |
51.50% |
Tarleton State University |
50.30% |
Prairie View A&M University |
50.00% |
Texas A&M University-San Antonio |
48.40% |
Texas State University |
47.00% |
Texas A&M University at Galveston |
46.60% |
Note: Data from the THECB Accountability System
SHSU’s enrollment increased by 2,961 students between fall 2008 and fall 2014 [13]. During this same time period, the university directed sufficient funding to maintain its student-to-faculty ratio. The increased flow to faculty resources resulted in a reduction of the institution’s student-to-faculty ratio between fall 2008 and fall 2013 (the most recent year for which data is available). As reported in the THECB’s Accountability System, the institution’s student-to-faculty ratio from fall 2008 to fall 2012 was 25:1 and improved to 24:1 in fall 2012 and fall 2013 [14].
Within each academic program, the university has sufficient full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of its academic programs. As illustrated in Tables 4a – 4g, the percentage of full-time equivalent faculty in any individual program is at least 51.1%. Thus, at both the program and institutional level, SHSU has sufficient full-time faculty and faculty resources. The following tables provide the percentage of full-time faculty equivalents by: (a) academic program; (b) academic program disaggregated by program level (i.e., undergraduate, masters, and doctoral); (c) academic program disaggregated by modality (i.e., online); and (d) academic program disaggregated by off-site location. For ease of viewing, tables are presented by academic college (see Tables 4, 5, 6, 7).
The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location range from a high of 100% to a low of 51.1%. Furthermore, more than 96% of the disciplines can boast that at least 60% of their instructors are full-time faculty (see Tables 4a – 4f). With each discipline having more than half of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the university has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs (see Tables 4a – 4f):
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location within the College of Business Administration ranges from a high of 97% to a low of 90.7% (see Table 4a). With each discipline in the College having an overwhelming predominance of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location within the College of Criminal Justice ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 62.6% (see Table 4b). The College of Criminal Justice has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs, as evidenced by the large percentage of its full-time equivalents being full-time.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location within the College of Education ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 51.1% (see Table 4c). With each discipline having more than half of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location within the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication ranges from a high of 88.9% to a low of 78% (see Table 4d). The College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs as evidenced by the large percentage of its full-time equivalents being full-time.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location within the College of Health Sciences ranges from a high of 92.3% to a low of 60.4% (see Table 4e). With each discipline having more than 60% of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 82.6% (see Table 4f). With each discipline having an overwhelming majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents consolidated across program level, modality, and off-site location within the College of Sciences ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 82.8% (see Table 4g). With each discipline having a vast majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its academic programs.
Table 4. Full-time Faculty Equivalent Percentages by Academic College
Table 4a. College of Business Administration
Academic Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time FacultyEquivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Accounting |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
97.0% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
3.0% |
Business Analysis |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
5.9% |
Business Administration |
Full Time |
17 |
17 |
90.7% |
|
Part Time |
5 |
1.75 |
9.3% |
Economics |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
97.0% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
3.0% |
Finance |
Full Time |
11 |
11 |
95.7% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
0.5 |
4.3% |
Management Information Systems |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
5.9% |
Management |
Full Time |
17 |
17 |
94.4% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1 |
5.6% |
Marketing |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
96.6% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
3.4% |
Table 4b. College of Criminal Justice
Academic Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time FacultyEquivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Criminal Justice |
Full Time |
36 |
36 |
62.6% |
|
Part Time |
42 |
17 |
29.6% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
14 |
4.5 |
7.8% |
Forensic Science |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
85.7% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
1 |
14.3% |
Security Studies |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
Table 4c. College of Education
Academic Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time FacultyEquivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Bilingual/English as Second Language |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Curriculum and Instruction |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
89.7% |
Part Time |
5 |
1.5 |
10.3% |
|
Secondary Education |
Full Time |
10 |
10 |
51.1% |
Part Time |
29 |
9.56 |
48.9% |
|
Counselor Education |
Full Time |
15 |
15 |
71.4% |
Part Time |
14 |
6 |
28.6% |
|
Developmental Education |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Education Administration |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
78.0% |
Part Time |
9 |
2.25 |
22.0% |
|
Educational Leadership |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
100.0% |
Higher Education |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
80.0% |
|
Part Time |
4 |
1.25 |
20.0% |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
Full Time |
27 |
27 |
55.8% |
Part Time |
61 |
20.64 |
42.7% |
|
|
Teaching Assistant |
2 |
0.75 |
1.5% |
Library Science for School Librarians |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
64.5% |
|
Part Time |
7 |
2.75 |
35.5% |
Reading |
Full Time |
15 |
15 |
72.5% |
Part Time |
12 |
4.43 |
21.4% |
|
|
Teaching Assistant |
3 |
1.25 |
6.0% |
Special Education |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
0.5 |
5.9% |
Table 4d. College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Academic Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time FacultyEquivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Art |
Full Time |
21 |
21 |
88.4% |
Part Time |
6 |
2.75 |
11.6% |
|
Dance |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
78.2% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
6.5% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
5 |
1.76 |
15.3% |
|
Family and Consumer Sciences |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
78.0% |
|
Part Time |
6 |
2.25 |
22.0% |
Mass Communication |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
6 |
2 |
11.1% |
|
Music |
Full Time |
46 |
46 |
86.7% |
Part Time |
14 |
7.05 |
13.3% |
|
Theatre |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
88.9% |
|
Part Time |
4 |
1.75 |
11.1% |
Table 4e. College of Health Sciences
Academic Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time FacultyEquivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Health |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
60.4% |
|
Part Time |
11 |
5.25 |
39.6% |
Kinesiology |
Full Time |
17 |
17 |
67.0% |
|
Part Time |
20 |
7.635 |
30.1% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
2 |
0.75 |
3.0% |
Nursing |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
92.3% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
1.33 |
7.7% |
Table 4f. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Academic Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time FacultyEquivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Communication Studies |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
5.9% |
English |
Full Time |
47 |
47 |
91.3% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
1.25 |
2.4% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
9 |
3.25 |
6.3% |
Foreign Language |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
93.3% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
6.7% |
History |
Full Time |
29 |
29 |
92.1% |
Part Time |
7 |
2.5 |
7.9% |
|
Public Administration |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Philosophy |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
85.7% |
|
Part Time |
4 |
1.5 |
14.3% |
Political Science |
Full Time |
18 |
18 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
4 |
2.25 |
11.1% |
|
Psychology |
Full Time |
25 |
25 |
82.6% |
|
Part Time |
7 |
2.75 |
9.1% |
Teaching Assistant |
5 |
2.5 |
8.3% |
|
Sociology |
Full Time |
20 |
20 |
90.9% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
2 |
9.1% |
Spanish |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
92.8% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
0.75 |
4.3% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
1 |
0.5 |
2.9% |
Table 4g. College of Sciences
Academic Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Agriculture |
Full Time |
20 |
20 |
92.4% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
0.75 |
3.5% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
3 |
0.89 |
4.1% |
Biology |
Full Time |
22 |
22 |
90.0% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
1.25 |
5.1% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
5 |
1.2 |
4.9% |
Chemistry |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
91.2% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1.25 |
8.8% |
Computer Science |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
91.2% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1.25 |
8.8% |
Digital Forensics |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
82.8% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1.25 |
17.2% |
Geography |
Full Time |
11 |
11 |
100.0% |
Geology |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
Industrial Technology |
Full Time |
10 |
10 |
97.6% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
2.4% |
Mathematics |
Full Time |
37 |
37 |
84.1% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1 |
2.3% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
14 |
6 |
13.6% |
Physics |
Full Time |
10 |
10 |
100.0% |
Statistics |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
85.7% |
|
Teaching Assistant |
4 |
1.5 |
14.3% |
Undergraduate Programs
The university is committed to ensuring that all students are in programs with an adequate number of full-time faculty regardless of academic program and level (i.e., baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral), modality (i.e., online), or location (i.e., on-campus, off-campus). As demonstrated in the following data, the disaggregated view of full-time faculty reveals that in all cases the institution has an adequate number of full-time faculty (see Tables 5a – 5g):
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for undergraduate degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Business Administration ranges from a high of 97% to a low of 90.7% (see Table 5a). With each undergraduate program in the College having an overwhelming predominance of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its undergraduate programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for undergraduate degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Criminal Justice is 60% (see Table 5b). The College of Criminal Justice has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its undergraduate programs as evidenced by the large percentage of its full-time equivalents being full-time.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for undergraduate degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Education ranges from a high of 65.8% to a low of 51.1% (see Table 5c). With each undergraduate program having more than half of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its undergraduate programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for undergraduate degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication ranges from a high of 88.9% to a low of 75.7% (see Table 5d). The College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its undergraduate programs as evidenced by the large percentage of its full-time equivalents being full-time.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for undergraduate degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Health Sciences ranges from a high of 92.3% to a low of 61.5% (see Table 5e). With each undergraduate program having more than 60% of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its undergraduate programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for undergraduate degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences ranges from a high of 94.1% to a low of 72.2% (see Table 5f). With each undergraduate program having an overwhelming majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its undergraduate programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for undergraduate degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Sciences ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 84.1% (see Table 5g). With each undergraduate program having a vast majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its undergraduate programs.
Table 5. Full-time Faculty Equivalent Percentages by College and Academic Program for Undergraduate Programs
Table 5a. College of Business Administration
Undergraduate Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Accounting, BBA |
||||
Accounting |
Full Time |
15 |
15 |
96.8% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
3.2% |
|
Banking and Financial Institutions, BBA Finance, BBA |
||||
Finance |
Full Time |
11 |
11 |
95.7% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
0.5 |
4.3% |
Economics, BBA International Business, BBA |
||||
Economics |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
97.0% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
3.0% |
General Business Administration, BBA |
||||
Accounting |
Full Time |
15 |
15 |
96.8% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
3.2% |
Business Analysis |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
5.9% |
Business Administration |
Full Time |
17 |
17 |
90.7% |
|
Part Time |
5 |
1.75 |
9.3% |
Economics |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
97.0% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
3.0% |
Finance |
Full Time |
11 |
11 |
95.7% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
0.5 |
4.3% |
Management Information Systems |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
5.9% |
Management |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1 |
5.9% |
Marketing |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
96.6% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
3.4% |
Entrepreneurship, BBA |
||||
Business Administration |
Full Time |
17 |
17 |
90.7% |
|
Part Time |
5 |
1.75 |
9.3% |
Management |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1 |
5.9% |
Human Resource Management, BBA Management, BBA |
||||
Management |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
3 |
1 |
5.9% |
International Business, BBA |
||||
Economics |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
97.0% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
3.0% |
Management Information Systems, BBA |
||||
Management Information Systems |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
94.1% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
5.9% |
Marketing, BBA |
||||
Marketing |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
96.6% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
3.4% |
Table 5b. College of Criminal Justice
Undergraduate Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Criminal Justice, BA/BS Victim Studies, BA/BS |
||||
Criminal Justice |
Full Time |
30 |
30 |
60.0% |
Part Time |
38 |
15.5 |
31.0% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
14 |
4.5 |
9.0% |
|
Table 5c. College of Education
Undergraduate Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Secondary Education |
Full Time |
10 |
10 |
51.1% |
Part Time |
29 |
9.56 |
48.9% |
|
Reading |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
65.8% |
Part Time |
10 |
3.43 |
25.1% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
3 |
1.25 |
9.1% |
|
Interdisciplinary Studies |
Full Time |
27 |
27 |
55.8% |
Part Time |
61 |
20.64 |
42.7% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
2 |
0.75 |
1.5% |
Table 5d. College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Undergraduate Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Art – Advertising and Graphic Design, BFA Art – Photography, BFA Art – Studio Art, BA, BFA Computer Animation, BFA Photography, BA, BS |
||||
Art |
Full Time |
21 |
21 |
88.4% |
Part Time |
6 |
2.75 |
11.6% |
|
Dance, BA, BFA |
||||
Dance |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
78.2% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
6.5% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
5 |
1.76 |
15.3% |
|
Family and Consumer Sciences, BA, BS Fashion Merchandising, BA, BS Food Service Management, BA, BS Food Science and Nutrition, BS Interior Design, BS, BS |
||||
Family and Consumer Sciences |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
75.7% |
Part Time |
6 |
2.25 |
24.3% |
|
Mass Communication, BA |
||||
Mass Communication |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
6 |
2 |
11.1% |
|
Music, BA, BM Music Therapy, BM Music Therapy – Correctional, BM |
||||
Music |
Full Time |
46 |
46 |
86.7% |
Part Time |
14 |
7.05 |
13.3% |
|
Musical Theatre, BFA Theatre, BFA |
||||
Theatre |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
4 |
1.75 |
11.1% |
|
Table 5e. College of Health Sciences
Undergraduate Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Bilingual Health Care Studies, BA Health, BS Health Care Administration, BS Health Sciences, BS Public Health, BS |
||||
Health |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
61.5% |
Part Time |
10 |
5 |
38.5% |
|
Athletic Training, BS Kinesiology, BA, BS Wellness Management, BS |
||||
Kinesiology |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
65.6% |
Part Time |
20 |
7.635 |
31.3% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
2 |
0.75 |
3.1% |
|
Nursing, BSN |
||||
Nursing |
Full Time |
16 |
16 |
92.3% |
Part Time |
2 |
1.33 |
7.7% |
|
Table 5f. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Undergraduate Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Communication Studies, BA, BS |
||||
Communication Studies |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
94.1% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
5.9% |
|
English, BA |
||||
English |
Full Time |
46 |
46 |
91.1% |
Part Time |
2 |
1.25 |
2.5% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
9 |
3.25 |
6.4% |
|
Language Support Programs/Minors (Arabic, French, German, Sign Language) |
||||
Foreign Language |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
93.3% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
6.7% |
|
History, BA, BS |
||||
History |
Full Time |
28 |
28 |
91.8% |
Part Time |
7 |
2.5 |
8.2% |
|
Philosophy, BA |
||||
Philosophy |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
85.7% |
Part Time |
4 |
1.5 |
14.3% |
|
Political Science, BA, BS |
||||
Political Science |
Full Time |
18 |
18 |
88.9% |
|
Part Time |
4 |
2.25 |
11.1% |
Psychology, BS |
||||
Psychology |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
72.2% |
Part Time |
6 |
2.5 |
13.9% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
5 |
2.5 |
13.9% |
|
Sociology, BA, BS |
||||
Sociology |
Full Time |
19 |
19 |
90.5% |
Part Time |
3 |
2 |
9.5% |
|
Spanish, BA |
||||
Spanish |
Full Time |
15 |
15 |
92.3% |
Part Time |
2 |
0.75 |
4.6% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
1 |
0.5 |
3.1% |
|
Table 5g. College of Sciences
Undergraduate Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
General Studies, BGS* |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Composite Science, BS** |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Applied Arts and Sciences, BAAS*** |
NA |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Interdisciplinary Agriculture, BS Agricultural Business, BS Agricultural Engineering Technology, BS Agricultural Communication, BS Animal Science, BS Plant and Soil Science, BS |
||||
Agriculture |
Full Time |
20 |
20 |
92.4% |
Part Time |
2 |
0.75 |
3.5% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
3 |
0.89 |
4.1% |
|
Biology, BA, BS Biomedical Sciences, BS |
||||
Biology |
Full Time |
22 |
22 |
90.0% |
Part Time |
2 |
1.25 |
5.1% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
5 |
1.2 |
4.9% |
|
Chemistry, BS Forensic Chemistry, BS |
||||
Chemistry |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
91.2% |
Part Time |
3 |
1.25 |
8.8% |
|
Computer Science, BS Computer Software Engineering Technology, BS |
||||
Computer Science |
Full Time |
11 |
11 |
91.7% |
Part Time |
2 |
1 |
8.3% |
|
Digital Forensics |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Geography, BA, BS |
||||
Geography |
Full Time |
11 |
11 |
100.0% |
Geology, BS |
||||
Geology |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
Engineering Technology, BS Construction Management, BS Electronics and Computer Engineering Technology, BS Design and Development, BS |
||||
Industrial Technology |
Full Time |
10 |
10 |
97.6% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
2.4% |
|
Mathematics, BA, BS |
||||
Mathematics |
Full Time |
37 |
37 |
84.1% |
Part Time |
3 |
1 |
2.3% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
14 |
6 |
13.6% |
|
Physics, BS |
||||
Physics |
Full Time |
10 |
10 |
100.0% |
* The Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree is an interdisciplinary degree that allows students to design a curriculum that meets individual goals by connecting three SHSU minors, a capstone General Studies course, the Texas Core Curriculum, and appropriate supporting elective courses. Adequate faculty resources are not specific to a cluster of specified courses; rather, faculty resources are demonstrated within each of the departments in which minors are offered at SHSU.
** The Composite Science BS degree is comprised primarily of geography, history, and political sciences coursework. Adequate faculty resources are demonstrated within each of those respective degree programs.
*** The Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences (BAAS) degree is comprised of a major (in-block transfer of an AAS degree), a minor, and the Texas Core Curriculum. As a result, documentation of adequate faculty resources would be determined by viewing the resources documented for each of the other majors at SHSU that contribute to the minor coursework.
Master’s Programs
In the following data, the disaggregated view of full-time faculty reveals that in all master’s level programs the institution has an adequate number of full-time faculty (see tables 6a – 6g):
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for master’s degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Business Administration ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 92.3% (see Table 6a). With each master’s program in the College having an overwhelming predominance of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its master’s programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for master’s degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Criminal Justice ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 88.9% (see Table 6b). With each master’s program in the College having more than 88.9% of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College of Criminal Justice has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its master’s programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for master’s degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Education ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 64.5% (see Table 6c). With each master’s program having 64.5% or more of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its master’s programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for master’s degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication is 100% (see Table 6d). The College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its master’s programs, as evidenced by the overwhelming majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for master’s degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Health Sciences ranges from a high of 88.9% to a low of 87% (see Table 6e). With each master’s program having more than 87% of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its master’s programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for master’s degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 98.1% (see Table 6f). With all but one degree program having 100% of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its master’s programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for master’s degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Sciences ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 76.2% (see Table 6g). With each master’s program having a vast majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its master’s programs.
Table 6. Full-time Faculty Equivalent Percentages by College and Academic Program for Master’s Programs
NOTE: Some programs are multi-disciplinary in nature (i.e., General Business Administration, Interdisciplinary Agriculture, Public Administration). For these programs, the data in the tables represent the faculty from all disciplines that contribute to the major-specific courses within that degree. Hence, certain discipline percentages may be repeated for more than one academic program.
Table 6a. College of Business Administration
Master’s Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Business Administration, MBA Business Administration – Banking and Financial Institutions, MBA |
||||
Accounting |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
100.0% |
Business Analysis |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Business Administration |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Economics |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Finance |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
Management |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
92.3% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
7.7% |
|
Management Information Systems |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Marketing |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Accounting, MS |
||||
Accounting |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Project Management, MS |
||||
Management |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
92.3% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
7.7% |
|
Table 6b. College of Criminal Justice
Master’s Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Criminal Justice, MS Criminal Justice and Criminology, MA Criminal Justice Leadership and Management, MS Victim Services Management, MS |
||||
Criminal Justice |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
4 |
1.75 |
11.1% |
|
Forensic Science, MS |
||||
Forensic Science |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
Homeland Security Studies, MS |
||||
Security Studies |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
Table 6c. College of Education
Master’s Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Curriculum and Instruction, MA, MED Instructional Technology, MED |
||||
Curriculum and Instruction |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
89.7% |
Part Time |
5 |
1.5 |
10.3% |
|
School Counseling, MED Clinical Mental Health Counseling, MA |
||||
Counselor Education |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
70.0% |
Part Time |
14 |
6 |
30.0% |
|
Administration, MED Instructional Leadership, MA, MED |
||||
Education Administration |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
78.0% |
Part Time |
9 |
2.25 |
22.0% |
|
Higher Education Administration, MA |
||||
Higher Education |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
80.0% |
Part Time |
4 |
1.25 |
20.0% |
|
International Literacy, MED |
||||
Bilingual/English as Second Language |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Reading |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
83.3% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
1 |
16.7% |
Library Science, MLS |
||||
Library Science for School Librarians |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
64.5% |
Part Time |
7 |
2.75 |
35.5% |
|
Reading, MA Reading/Language Arts, MED |
||||
Reading |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
83.3% |
|
|
2 |
1 |
16.7% |
Special Education, MA, MED |
||||
Special Education |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
94.1% |
Part Time |
2 |
0.5 |
5.9% |
|
Table 6d. College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Master’s Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Dance, MFA |
||||
Dance |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Family and Consumer Sciences, MS Dietetics, MS |
||||
Family and Consumer Sciences |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Digital Media, MA |
||||
Mass Communication |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Music, MM Band Conducting, MA |
||||
Music |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
100.0% |
Table 6e. College of Health Sciences
Master’s Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Health, MA, MS |
||||
Health |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
11.1% |
|
Kinesiology, MA, MA |
||||
Kinesiology |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
87.0% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
13.0% |
|
Table 6f. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Master’s Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Communication Studies, MA |
||||
Communication Studies |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
English, MA Creative Writing, Publishing, and Editing, MFA |
||||
English |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
100.0% |
History, MA |
||||
History |
Full Time |
17 |
17 |
100.0% |
Public Administration, MPA |
||||
Public Administration |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Political Science, MA |
||||
Political Science |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
100.0% |
Psychology, MA Psychology – Clinical Psychology, MA School Psychology, SSP |
||||
Psychology |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
98.1% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
1.9% |
|
Sociology, MA |
||||
Sociology |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
100.0% |
Spanish, MA |
||||
Spanish |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
Table 6g. College of Sciences
Master’s Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Agriculture, MS |
||||
Agriculture |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
93.3% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
6.7% |
|
Biology, MA, MS |
||||
Biology |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
100.0% |
Chemistry, MS |
||||
Chemistry |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
Computing and Information Science, MS |
||||
Computer Science |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
2 |
0.75 |
11.1% |
|
Digital Forensics, MS Information Assurance and Security, MS |
||||
Digital Forensics |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
76.2% |
Part Time |
3 |
1.25 |
23.8% |
|
Geographic Information Systems, MS |
||||
Geography |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
Mathematics, MA, MS |
||||
Mathematics |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
100.0% |
Statistics, MS |
||||
Statistics |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
Doctoral Programs
In the following data, the disaggregated view of full-time faculty reveals that in all doctoral level programs the institution has an adequate number of full-time faculty (see Tables 7a – 7c):
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for the doctoral degree program consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Criminal Justice is 97% (see Table 7a). The College of Criminal Justice has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of its doctoral program.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for doctoral degree programs consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Education ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 87% (see Table 7b). With each doctoral program having 87% or more of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its doctoral programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for the doctoral degree program consolidated across modality and off-site location within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences is 100% (see Table 7c). The College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of its doctoral program.
Table 7. Full-time Faculty Equivalent Percentages by College and Academic Program for Doctoral Programs
Table 7a. College of Criminal Justice
Doctoral Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Criminal Justice, PhD |
||||
Criminal Justice |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
97.0% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
3.0% |
Table 7b. College of Education
Doctoral Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Counselor Education, PhD |
||||
Counselor Education |
Full Time |
10 |
10 |
100.0% |
Developmental Education Administration, EdD |
||||
Developmental Education |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Educational Leadership |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
100.0% |
Educational Leadership, EdD |
||||
Educational Leadership |
Full Time |
14 |
14 |
100.0% |
Higher Education |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Literacy, EdD |
||||
Reading |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
87.0% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
13.0% |
|
Table 7c. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Doctoral Program |
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Clinical Psychology, PhD |
||||
Psychology |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
100.0% |
Distance Education
The university does not employ a separate faculty for its online programs. The faculty who are responsible for ensuring the quality and integrity of the academic programs offered via an online modality are the same faculty who ensure the quality and integrity of face-to-face academic programs. Within each academic discipline, the full-time faculty, regardless of instructional modality, are responsible for a wide variety of activities such as advising, mentoring, student organization sponsorship, curriculum oversight, committee service, professional development, community outreach, and peer review. While all full-time faculty are responsible for the shared governance and service aspects of the academy, not all faculty teach an online course in any given semester. The following tables provide evidence of an adequate number of full-time faculty with online instructional responsibilities for the most recently completed semester (see Tables 8 and 9). Institution-wide, an overwhelming majority (83.9%) of the full-time faculty equivalents teaching online courses in the fall 2014 were full-time.
The disaggregated data by level and program reveal the full-time percentages for faculty with online instructional responsibilities range from a high of 100% to a low of 50.5%. More than 83% of the online programs have more than 80% full-time faculty (see tables 9a – 9g).
Table 8 – Full-time Faculty Equivalent Percentages for Online Course Offerings
Program
|
Status |
Unique Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Online Courses |
Full Time |
242 |
242 |
83.9% |
|
Part Time |
105 |
44.36 |
15.4% |
|
Teaching Assistants |
5 |
1.99 |
0.7% |
The above data demonstrate that SHSU has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of its online programs. Similarly, adequate numbers of full-time faculty teach online courses at SHSU. The Distance Education & Learning Technologies for Academics (DELTA) Center, commonly referred to as SHSU Online, provides ample resources to support faculty teaching online courses [15]. As part of its mission, the DELTA Center offers high quality course development services for faculty, provides a technical support desk year round, and contributes to the continuous improvement of online instruction through rigorous assessment and professional development opportunities for faculty.
In the following data, the disaggregated view of full-time faculty reveals that in all online programs the institution has an adequate number of full-time faculty (see Tables 9a – 9g):
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for online programs within the College of Business Administration ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 80% (see Table 9a). With each online program in the College having an overwhelming predominance of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its online programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for online programs within the College of Criminal Justice ranges from a high of 100% for its online master’s program to a low of 50.5% for its online undergraduate program (see Table 9b). With each online program in the College having more than 50% of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College of Criminal Justice has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its online programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for online programs within the College of Education ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 64.5% (see Table 9c). With all online programs having 64.5% or more of their full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its online programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for the online program within the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication range is 100% (see Table 9d). The College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its online programs, as evidenced by the majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for online degree programs within the College of Health Sciences is 100% (see Table 9e). With all online programs having 100% of their full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its online programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for online programs within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 70.6% (see Table 9f). With an overwhelming majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its online programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for online programs within the College of Sciences ranges from a high of 92.3% to a low of 80% (see Table 9g). With each online program having a vast majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its online programs.
Table 9. Full-time Faculty Equivalent Percentages for Online Program Offerings by College, Academic Program, and Level
Table 9a. College of Business Administration – Online Modality
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Accounting |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
|
Business Analysis |
Master's |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
|
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Business Administration |
Master's |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
100.0% |
|
Economics |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
88.9% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
11.1% |
||
Finance |
Master's |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
|
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Management Information Systems |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Management |
Master's |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
88.9% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
11.1% |
||
|
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
80% |
Part Time |
2 |
0.75 |
20% |
||
Marketing |
Master's |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
80% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
20% |
Table 9b. College of Criminal Justice
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Criminal Justice |
Master's |
Full Time |
9 |
9 |
85.7% |
|
|
Part Time |
3 |
1.5 |
14.3% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
13 |
13 |
50.5% |
|
|
|
Part Time |
29 |
11.5 |
44.7% |
|
|
Teaching Assistant |
3 |
1.25 |
4.9% |
Homeland Security Studies |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Table 9c. College of Education
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Curriculum and Instruction |
Master's |
Full Time |
11 |
11 |
88% |
Part Time |
5 |
1.5 |
12% |
||
Developmental Education |
Doctoral |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Education Administration |
Master's |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
66.7% |
Part Time |
8 |
2 |
33.3% |
||
Higher Education |
Master's |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
76.2% |
|
|
Part Time |
4 |
1.25 |
23.8% |
Library Science for School Librarians |
Master's |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
64.5% |
|
|
Part Time |
7 |
2.75 |
35.5% |
Master's |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
80% |
|
|
|
Part Time |
2 |
1 |
20% |
Table 9d. College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Family and Consumer Sciences |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Table 9e. College of Health Sciences
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Kinesiology |
Master's |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Nursing |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Table 9f. College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Communication Studies |
Master's |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
History |
Master's |
Full Time |
15 |
15 |
100.0% |
Public Administration |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Psychology |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
70.6% |
Part Time |
2 |
1.25 |
29.4% |
||
Sociology |
Master's |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
100.0% |
Table 9g. College of Sciences
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Computer Science |
Master's |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
92.3% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
7.7% |
||
Digital Forensics |
Master's |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
80% |
Part Time |
2 |
1 |
20% |
Off-Site Locations
In the following data, the disaggregated view of full-time faculty reveals that in all off-site location offerings (i.e., The Woodlands Center, University Park, K-12 Educational Centers) the institution has an adequate number of full-time faculty (see Tables 10a – 10i).
The Woodlands Center
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at The Woodlands Center within the College of Business Administration ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 87.5% (see Table 10a). With each program offered at The Woodlands Center in the College having a majority of its full-time equivalents being full time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at The Woodlands Center within the College of Criminal Justice is 57.1% (see Table 10b). The off-site program in the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at The Woodlands Center within the College of Education ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 67.2% (see Table 10c). With all off-site programs at The Woodlands Center having 67% or more of their full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at The Woodlands Center within the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication is 100% (see Table 10d). With all off-site programs having 100% of their full-time faculty equivalents being full-time, the College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at The Woodlands Center within the College of Health Sciences for the Master’s in Kinesiology is 72.7% (see Table 10e). In addition, a single part-time faculty member delivers an undergraduate course in health at this facility, resulting in a 100% part-time statistic for the undergraduate health major. This undergraduate health course offering is intended to supplement the undergraduate health program offered primarily on the main campus and thus is not indicative of faculty resources for programs offered at The Woodlands Center for the College of Health Sciences. The College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at The Woodlands Center within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 53.3% (see Table 10f). With an overwhelming majority of its full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at The Woodlands Center within the College of Sciences is 100% (see Table 10g). With all off-site programs having all of their full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
University Park
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at University Park within the College of Education ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 85.5% (see Table 10h). With all off-site programs at University Park having 85% or more of their full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
K-12 Educational Centers
- The percentage of full-time faculty equivalents for offerings at off-site K-12 Educational Centers within the College of Education ranges from a high of 100% to a low of 74.1% (see Table 10i). With all off-site programs at K-12 Educational Centers having 74% or more of their full-time equivalents being full-time, the College has an adequate number of full-time faculty to support the mission of the institution and to ensure the quality and integrity of each of its off-site programs.
Table 10. Full-time Faculty Equivalent Percentages for Off-site Location by College, Academic Program, and Level
Table 10a. College of Business Administration – The Woodlands Center
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Accounting |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
100.0% |
Business Analysis |
Master's |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
|
Business Administration |
Master's |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
|
Economics |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Finance |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
85.7% |
|
Part Time |
2 |
0.5 |
14.3% |
||
Management Information Systems |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Management |
Master's |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
96.6% |
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
3.4% |
||
Marketing |
Master's |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Table 10b. College of Criminal Justice – The Woodlands Center
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Criminal Justice |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
57.1% |
Part Time |
4 |
1.5 |
42.9% |
Table 10c. College of Education – The Woodlands Center
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Curriculum and Instruction |
Master's |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Secondary Education |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Counseling |
Doctoral |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Counselor Education |
Master's |
Full Time |
8 |
8 |
82.1% |
Part Time |
5 |
1.75 |
17.9% |
||
Education Administration |
Master's |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
94.1% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
5.9% |
||
Educational Leadership |
Doctoral |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
100.0% |
Higher Education |
Doctoral |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
7 |
7 |
67.2% |
Part Time |
11 |
3.42 |
32.8% |
||
Reading |
Doctoral |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
72.7% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
27.3% |
||
Reading |
Baccalaureate |
Part Time |
2 |
0.59 |
100.0% |
Special Education |
Master's |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
95.2% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
4.8% |
Table 10d. College of Fine Arts and Mass Communication – The Woodlands Center
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Mass Communication |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Table 10e. College of Health Sciences – The Woodlands Center
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Health |
Baccalaureate |
Part Time |
1 |
0.5 |
100.0% |
Kinesiology |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
72.7% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
27.3% |
Table 10f. College of Humanities and Social Sciences – The Woodlands Center
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
English |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
|
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
57.1% |
|
|
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
42.9% |
History |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
|
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Philosophy |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Political Science |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
|
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Psychology |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
53.3% |
|
|
Part Time |
4 |
1.75 |
46.7% |
Sociology |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Spanish |
Master's |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
English |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Table 10g. College of Sciences – The Woodlands Center
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Geography |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Mathematics |
Master's |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
|
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
2 |
2 |
100.0% |
Statistics |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Table 10h. College of Education – University Park
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Secondary Education |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Counselor Education |
Master's |
Part Time |
1 |
0.25 |
100.0% |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
Baccalaureate |
Part Time |
6 |
2.75 |
100.0% |
Reading |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
85.5% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.17 |
14.5% |
||
Special Education |
Master's |
Full Time |
1 |
1 |
100.0% |
Table 10i. College of Education – Off-Site K-12 Educational Centers
Academic Program |
Level |
Status |
Headcount |
Full-Time Faculty Equivalent (FTFE) |
Percentage of FTFE |
Secondary Education |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
4 |
4 |
84.2% |
Part Time |
1 |
0.75 |
15.8% |
||
Education Administration |
Master's |
Full Time |
3 |
3 |
100.0% |
Interdisciplinary Studies |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
6 |
6 |
100.0% |
Reading |
Baccalaureate |
Full Time |
5 |
5 |
74.1% |
|
|
Part Time |
2 |
1.25 |
18.5% |
|
|
Teaching Assistant |
1 |
0.5 |
7.4% |
Supporting Documentation