Transcript A Faculty Time Allocation Schema Bruce P

A Faculty Time Allocation Schema
Bruce P. Szelest
[email protected]
Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
State University of New York at Albany
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Figure 4.1: Overview of the
Student Enrollment Management System
Faculty Activity
Research
Activity
Faculty
Reputation
•Office & Other Hours
•Research
•Service
•Class Preparation
•Instruction
Competitor Institutional
Characteristics
Relative Attractiveness
•Academic Reputation
•Relative Cost
•Student Programming
•Visual Attractiveness
•Academic Program Breadth
Retention Effects of
Faculty Activities
Internal Attractiveness
•Student-Faculty Interaction
•Instructional Quality
•Academic & Social Integration
•Course Availability
prospective
students
incoming
students
Frosh
Quality
outgoing
students
Financial Resources
•Enrollment Derived Revenues
•Research Derived Revenue
•Other Revenue
Research
Revenue
External Perceptions
of non-Faculty
Resource Investments
Research
Capacity
Students
Resource Investments
•Adjuncts
•Full-time Faculty
•Physical Plant Maintenance
•Financial Aid
•Student Support Programs
•Research Infrastructure
•Administration & Other
Retention Effects
of non-Faculty
Activities
Faculty
Resource
Investments
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Model Structure of Faculty Time Allocation to Service & Program Review Hours
<net change with
research hours>
<net change with
teaching hours>
<net change with office
and other hours>
<net change with class
preparation time>
service and program
review adjustment time
Unallocated
Time
<total time
available>
net change with service
and program review hours
Service and
Program Review
Hours
ratio of actual service and
program review hours to
normal
percent of time
unallocated
service and program
review hour gap
willingness to allocate time
to service and program
review
desired service and
program review hours
service and program
review hours normal
<total hours released to
service and program review>
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Functional Form of Willingness to Allocate Time to
Service and Program Review Activities
current
willingness to alloc time to service and prog rev f
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0.94
0.75
0.5
0.25
0
0.61
0.71
0.76
0.81
-X-
0.90
Percent of Total Time Available Unallocated
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Functional Form of Willingness to
Allocate Time to Research Activities
current
willingness to alloc time to research f
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
0.61
0.71
0.76
0.81
-X-
0.90
Percent of Total Time Available Unallocated
1
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Comparative Plot of
Functional Forms of Willingness to Allocate Time
1.60
1.40
1.20
1.00
Research
Serv & Prog Review
0.80
Teaching
Class Prep
Office & Other
0.60
0.40
0.20
0.00
61 .64 .65 .66 .67 .68 .69 .70 .71 .72 .73 .74 .75 .76 .79 .83 .84 .86 .89 .93 .95 .00
0.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
Percent of Total Tim e Unallocated
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Effects of Mandated Hrs to Service & Program Review
510
300
80
300
200
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
490
200
70
200
0
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
2002
2007.8
Faculty Hours to Research : current
Teaching Hours : current
Office and Other Hours : current
Class Preparation Hours : current
Service and Program Review Hours : current
2013.5
Time (Year)
2019.3
2025
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
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Effects of 2 hr/week Course Release to Service & Program Review
510
300
80
300
200
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
490
100
70
200
0
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
2002
2007.8
Faculty Hours to Research : current
Teaching Hours : current
Office and Other Hours : current
Class Preparation Hours : current
Service and Program Review Hours : current
2013.5
Time (Year)
2019.3
2025
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
Hrs/Faculty
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Summary:
Table Lookups appear to work well as an allocation method
Pros:
Anchor endpoints and inflection points, visual clarity
Cons:
Difficult to empirically estimate?
Other options: Cobb-Douglas Production Function, others?
Q = a * Kb * Lc
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