NTT Senate Representation

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NTT Senate Representation

• Questions to consider
• Data NTT faculty titles, numbers, affiliations

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Some questions

• Are NTT-teaching faculty underrepresented on the
  Senate?
• Is a Senate seat dedicated to NTT-research
  faculty necessary?
• Do titles listed in the constitution include all
  NTT who should be voting faculty?
• Do requirements for plenary session voting
  include visiting faculty and should they?

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Senate Constitution, Section 2Senate membership
and voting eligibilityOne member is to be,
and elected by, faculty holding non-tenured and
non-tenure track teaching appointments at the
ranks of instructor, lecturer, special appointee,
or professor in the practice.
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Senate Constitution, Section 5Plenary meetings
of the facultyIn plenary sessions the voting
faculty comprises all those who can vote in
Senate elections and are either...(iii)
non-tenure track faculty who teach at least three
courses per academic year and are on a two
semester annual or longer appointment or any
other faculty classified as benefits eligible.
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At least 173 NTT teaching faculty are
voting-eligible
127 Lecturer 71 benefits-eligible, 56 no 1 visiting
28 Professor in (of) the Practice 23 yes, 5 no
18 Instructor 17 yes, 1 no 1 visiting
Title not listed as voting eligible
27 Senior Lecturer 26 yes, 1 no
Total including Senior Lecturers 197
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NTT-teaching faculty by affiliation
58 Humanities
37 Jones Graduate School of Business
28 Natural Sciences
25 Engineering
10 Social Sciences
9 Architecture
6 Shepherd School of Music
26 Other
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Start dates - NTT teaching
year hired
year hired
37 2011
23 2010
27 2009
22 2008
8 2007
6 2006
7 2005
2 2004
6 2003
9 2002
8 2001
30 1991 to 2000
11 1981 to 1990
4 before 1981
Turnover or new positions?
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Senate Constitution, Section 2Senate membership
and voting eligibilityOne member is to be,
and elected by, faculty holding non-tenured and
non-tenure track research appointments at the
ranks of faculty fellow, senior faculty felow,
and distinguished faculty fellow.
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Twenty NTT research faculty are voting-eligible
11 Faculty Fellow all benefits eligible
7 Senior Faculty Fellow all benefits eligible
2 Distinguished Faculty Fellow all benefits elig.
Total 20
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Thirty-six NTT faculty hold other titles
10 Artist teacher (Music) 8 benefits eligible
7 Associate professor (Music) 3 benefits eligible
11 Visiting faculty asst professor (4) professor (4) fellow (2) writer in residence (1) 10 are benefits-eligible
Other titles writer-in residence research
professor distinguished research professor
professor of music clinical asst professor
associate dean associate conductor advisor to
executive education
not benefits-eligible
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Some questions

• Are NTT-teaching faculty underrepresented on the
  Senate?
• Is a Senate seat dedicated to NTT-research
  faculty necessary?
• Do titles listed in the constitution include all
  NTT who should be voting faculty?
• Do requirements for plenary session voting
  include visiting faculty and should they?