1972-1973 academic year survey data replicates part of a 1968-1969 study by the American Council of Education and the Carnegie Commission. It includes teaching faculty from 78 universities, 181 four-year colleges, and 42 junior or community colleges, with faculty size ranging from fewer than 20 to approximately 4,500. The data collection includes work history, academic degrees, current position details, work roles, teaching goals, opinions on academia, and demographic information.
Use Cases
- Analyzing faculty workload and tenure status based on hours per week spent teaching and tenure status data
- Studying academic productivity and professional activities based on works published, consulting work, and memberships in professional associations
- Investigating demographic disparities in academia based on age, gender, race, and income variables
- Modeling faculty opinions on institutional policies based on attitudes about federal aid, minority hiring, and working conditions
- Tracking career trajectories and accomplishments based on work history and single most outstanding professional achievement
Strengths
- Survey covers 301 institutions (78 universities, 181 four-year colleges, 42 junior colleges)
- Includes detailed professional activity data such as works published and consulting work
- Contains demographic variables including age, education, gender, income, race, and marital status
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- American Council Of Education
- Collection Method
- Survey replication of a 1968-1969 study conducted during the 1972-1973 academic year.
- Time Range
- 1972-1973
- Geography
- United States