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[Published originally in the May 2008 edition of Computing Research News, Vol. 20/No. 3]

2006-2007 Taulbee Survey

Zip file with source data for all tables

Tables 17 through 23

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Table 17. Actual and Anticipated Faculty Size by Position
	Actual	Projected
	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	Expected Two-Year Growth
Tenure-Track	4,390	4,575	4,774	384	8.7%
Researcher	633	642	660	27	4.3%
Postdoc	400	436	483	83	20.8%
Teaching Faculty	353	421	467	114	32.3%
Other/Not Listed	131	138	139	8	6.1%

Total	5,907	6,212	6,523	616	10.4%

Table 18. Actual and Anticipated Faculty Size by Department Type and Rank
	Actual	Projected
	2007-2008	2008-2009	2009-2010	Expected Two-Year Growth
US CS 1-12	730	776	802	72	9.9%
US CS 13-24	571	611	644	73	12.8%
US CS 25-36	572	614	651	79	13.8%
US CS Other	2,929	3,088	3,266	337	11.5%
Canadian	895	912	931	36	4.0%
US CE	210	211	229	19	9.0%

Total	5,907	6,212	6,523	616	10.4%

Table 18a. Actual and Anticipated CS Faculty Size by Position and Department Rank
	Actual		Projected
	2007-2008		2008-2009		2009-2010		Expect 2-Yr Growth
US CS 1-12	Total	Average	Total	Average	Total	Average	#	%
TenureTrack	486	40.5	504	42.0	518	43.2	32	6.6%
Research	56	4.7	64	5.3	66	5.5	10	17.9%
Postdoc	64	5.3	71	5.9	75	6.3	11	17.2%
Teaching	86	7.2	98	8.2	103	8.6	17	19.8%
Other	38	3.2	39	3.3	40	3.3	2	5.3%
US CS 13-24	Total	Average	Total	Average	Total	Average	#	%
TenureTrack	392	32.7	415	34.6	433	36.1	41	10.5%
Research	40	3.3	42	3.5	43	3.6	3	7.5%
Postdoc	83	6.9	90	7.5	98	8.2	15	18.1%
Teaching	53	4.4	60	5.0	66	5.5	13	24.5%
Other	3	0.3	4	0.3	4	0.3	1	33.3%
US CS 25-36	Total	Average	Total	Average	Total	Average	#	%
TenureTrack	386	32.2	409	34.1	426	35.5	40	10.4%
Research	39	3.3	39	3.3	40	3.3	1	2.6%
Postdoc	59	4.9	66	5.5	73	6.1	14	23.7%
Teaching	44	3.7	56	4.7	68	5.7	24	54.5%
Other	44	3.7	44	3.7	44	3.7	0	0.0%
US CS Other	Total	Average	Total	Average	Total	Average	#	%
TenureTrack	2,239	19.6	2,345	20.6	2,471	21.7	232	10.4%
Research	423	3.7	426	3.7	437	3.8	14	3.3%
Postdoc	138	1.2	153	1.3	174	1.5	36	26.1%
Teaching	106	0.9	138	1.2	158	1.4	52	49.1%
Other	23	0.2	26	0.2	26	0.2	3	13.0%

Table 18b. Vacant Positions 2006-2007 by Position and Department Rank and Type
	Vacant Positions 2006-2007
	Tried to fill	Filled	Unfilled	% Unfilled
US CS 1-12
TenureTrack	20	12	8	40.0%
Research	3	3	0	0.0%
Postdoc	6	6	0	0.0%
Teaching	28	28	0	0.0%
Other	0	0	0	0.0%
US CS 13-24
TenureTrack	26	15	11	42.3%
Research	1	1	0	0.0%
Postdoc	6	4	2	33.3%
Teaching	21	15	6	28.6%
Other	0	0	0	0.0%
US CS 25-36
TenureTrack	41	31	10	24.4%
Research	17	16	1	5.9%
Postdoc	14	12	2	14.3%
Teaching	22	21	1	4.5%
Other	1	1	0	0.0%
US CS Other
TenureTrack	158	118	40	25.3%
Research	76	72	4	5.3%
Postdoc	23	23	0	0.0%
Teaching	65	63	2	3.1%
Other	0	0	0	0.0%
Canadian
TenureTrack	30	15	15	50.0%
Research	5	4	1	20.0%
Postdoc	34	33	1	2.9%
Teaching	20	20	0	0.0%
Other	1	1	0	0.0%
US CE
TenureTrack	19	11	8	42.1%
Research	9	9	0	0.0%
Postdoc	24	24	0	0.0%
Teaching	20	20	0	0.0%
Other	0	0	0	0.0%
Total
TenureTrack	294	202	92	31.3%
Research	111	105	6	5.4%
Postdoc	107	102	5	4.7%
Teaching	176	167	9	5.1%
Other	2	2	0	0.0%

Table 19. Gender of Newly Hired Faculty
	Tenure-track		Researcher		Postdoc		Teaching Faculty		Total
Male	137	72.9%	42	85.7%	84	78.5%	31	73.8%	294	76.2%
Female	45	23.9%	7	14.3%	21	19.6%	11	26.2%	84	21.8%
	6		0		2		0		8
Total	188		49		107		42		386

Table 20. Ethnicity of Newly Hired Faculty
	Tenure-Track		Researcher		Postdoc		Teaching Faculty		Total
Nonresident Alien	30	17.4%	13	31.7%	32	37.2%	2	4.8%	77
African-American, Non-Hispanic	1	0.6%	1	2.4%	0	0.0%	2	4.8%	4
Native American/Alaskan Native	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2
Asian/Pacific Islander	47	27.3%	7	17.1%	21	24.4%	5	11.9%	80
Hispanic	2	1.2%	0	0.0%	2	2.3%	1	2.4%	5
White, Non-Hispanic	83	48.3%	20	48.8%	31	36.0%	32	76.2%	166
Other/Not Listed	7	4.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7

Total have Ethnicity Data for	172		41		86		42		341

Ethnicity/Residency Unknown	16		8		21		0		45

Total	188		49		107		42		386

Table 21. Gender of Current Faculty
	Full		Associate		Assistant		Teaching Faculty		Research Faculty		Postdocs		Total
Male	1,738	89.1%	1,172	86.6%	904	80.4%	537	73.7%	340	83.7%	277	82.0%	4,968	84.2%
Female	212	10.9%	181	13.4%	221	19.6%	192	26.3%	66	16.3%	61	18.0%	933	15.8%

Total gender known	1,950		1,353		1,125		729		406		338		5,901
Gender unknown	0		0		0		0		0		8		8
Total	1,950		1,353		1,125		729		406		346		5,909

Table 22. Ethnicity of Current Faculty
	Full		Associate		Assistant		Teaching Faculty		Research Faculty		Postdocs		Total
Nonresident Alien	11	0.6%	24	2.0%	167	16.6%	13	2.3%	47	12.8%	130	43.8%	392	7.6%
African-American, Non-Hispanic	8	0.5%	11	0.9%	21	2.1%	15	2.6%	5	1.4%	2	0.7%	62	1.2%
Native American/ Alaskan Native	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.1%
Asian/Pacific Islander	383	22.0%	265	22.4%	290	28.8%	46	8.1%	65	17.8%	54	18.2%	1,103	21.4%
Hispanic	28	1.6%	31	2.6%	19	1.9%	9	1.6%	1	0.3%	6	2.0%	94	1.8%
White, Non-Hispanic	1298	74.4%	838	71.0%	494	49.0%	481	84.4%	246	67.2%	103	34.7%	3,460	67.0%
Other/Not Listed	16	0.9%	11	0.9%	15	1.5%	6	1.1%	2	0.5%	2	0.67%	52	1.0%
Total Have Ethnicity Data For	1,744		1,181		1,008		570		366		297		5,166
Ethnicity/Residency Unknown	206		172		117		159		40		49		743
Total	1,950		1,353		1,125		729		406		346		5,909

Table 23. Faculty Losses
	Total
Died	7
Retired	60
Took Academic Position Elsewhere	103
Took Nonacademic Position	42
Remained, but Changed to Part-Time	17
Other	25
Unknown	5

Total	259