AN INDEX OF FACULTY EFFORT

A rough index of instructional resources is provided by dividing credit hour enrollment by the number of full-time academic appointments. The data used for this calculation are found on pages 24 and 29 for 1992-93 through 1996-97. The results of dividing credit hour enrollment by number of faculty on each campus for those years are found below (Fort Wayne is excluded because only the IU faculty paid by Indiana University are included in the data on page 29 - Number of Faculty page).
For all campuses of Indiana University, credit hour enrollment per full-time faculty in Fall semester, 1996-97, is 240. That average is distorted, however, because it includes the Health Division at Indianapolis where credit hour enrollment is a poor indicator of the intensity of teaching effort. Excluding the Health Division, average student credit hour enrollment per full-time faculty member is 311. That average is equivalent to three 3-credit-hour courses of about 35 students each for the semester.

FALL SEMESTER STUDENT CREDIT HOURS PER FULL-TIME ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT
Campus1992-931993-941994-951995-961996-97
Bloomington301299299294285
Indianapolis
Health Division6055505048
General Academic Division344327324344359
East343310326309290
Kokomo348315300268299
Northwest332325302293295
South Bend315304292284283
Southeast398383372360353
Total University253245243242240
Total University
(Excluding Health)321313313312311
SOURCE: University Budget Office

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Last Updated: 25 November 1996
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