Faculty Availability Estimates and Utilization Analysis

Using the Survey of Earned Doctorates' list of specialties, the disciplinary composition of the faculty in each academic department was identified by a survey conducted by the EO&D Office. Availability estimates for faculty in each academic department were determined as follows: the total number of degrees earned in the respective discipline(s) were summed for the time period and the total percentage of degrees earned by women and minorities, respectively, were calculated. In cases where the department identified a single discipline, these percentages equaled the availability estimate for women and minorities, respectively. For departments which identified more than one discipline, degrees in the relevant subdisciplines were also included. If a weighted formula for the disciplinary composition of the department was provided to the EO&D Office, this formula was used to produce the departmental availability estimate.

The EEO-6 category Faculty is divided into two primary job groups: Tenure System Faculty (tenured/tenure-track), and Other Faculty (non-tenure track). The Tenure System Faculty job group includes a separate subgroup for each department or program budgetary unit where a tenured/tenure-track faculty member is employed. Similarly, the Other Faculty job group includes departmental subgroups. It should be noted that some of the faculty subgroups are very small in size. For example there are some academic departments with as few as three or four tenure system faculty members. Achievement of diversity within these subgroups, therefore, may be restricted by their small size. Due to the smaller number of non-tenure system faculty, data for the job group Other Faculty have been summarized by school and college.

Statistics on the utilization of women and minorities among the faculty are presented in Table 6, Faculty Utilization Report. This table displays the current composition of the faculty with respect to the total number, the number and percentage female, and the number and percentage of minority group members; the availability estimate for female and minority faculty (percentage basis), the shortfall between current utilization and the availability estimate (percentage basis), and the determination of whether or not underutilization exists.

As of 3/31/13, there were 1,014 tenure system faculty members at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; 390 (38.5%) were women and 225 (22.2%) were minority group members. Using the definition of utilization as described in “Availability Estimates & Utilization Analysis,” out of the 52 academic departments of Regular Faculty of sufficient size for analysis, 22 (42.3%) were underutilized for women and 12 (23.1%) were underutilized for minorities. There was one department without any minority faculty members (Judaic & Near Eastern Studies). All 52 of these academic departments had at least one female tenure system faculty member on staff.

The following 25 departments were found to meet utilization standards for both women and minority faculty: Afro-American Studies; Anthropology; Art, Architecture & Art History; Astronomy; Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Classics; Communication Disorders; Economics; Educational Policy, Research & Administration; English; Environmental Conservation; Finance & Operations Management; History; Judaic & Near Eastern Studies; Kinesiology; Nursing; Nutrition; Philosophy; Political Science; Resource Economics; Sociology; Teacher Education & Curriculum Studies; Theater; Veterinary & Animal Sciences; and Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies.

The utilization analysis for non-tenure system faculty is displayed at the school/college level in Table 6, Faculty Utilization Report; see “Other Faculty”. Please note that only non-tenure system faculty who work half-time or greater are included in these numbers. A weighted availability estimate was calculated for each school and college, by using the departmental availability estimate weighted by the number of non-tenure track faculty in each of their departments.

There were 468 non-tenure track faculty as of 3/31/13; 245 (52.4%) were women, and 55 (11.8%) were minority group members. The representation of women among the non-tenure system faculty was found to meet utilization standards at the school/college level in all deaneries. The representation of minorities among the non-tenure system faculty was found to meet utilization standards in two deaneries: Humanities & Fine Arts and Social & Behavioral Sciences. Minorities were underrepresented among the non-tenure system faculty in seven areas: Engineering (shortfall=29.5%), Education (shortfall=16.1%), Isenberg School of Management (shortfall=16.4%), Natural Sciences (shortfall=11.9%), Nursing (shortfall=17.8%), Public Health & Health Sciences (shortfall=20.5). and Other (shortfall=11.2%).

In total, the percentage of women in the non-faculty workforce remained the same at 53.8% in 2013. Changes in the percentage representation of women within the non-faculty job groups were as follows: 14 job groups increased in female representation, 16 job groups decreased in female representation, and 7 job groups remained the same. Among the Executive/Administrative/Managerial staff; female representation decreased in two job group (EAM B and EAM C), increased in one (EAM D), and remained the same in EAM A. The EAM C job group became underutilized for women in 2013. Women held a majority of the Professional/Non-Faculty jobs in 2013 (54.0%) and continued to be fully utilized in all of these job groups. Women constitute a majority in the Secretarial/Clerical job groups with the exception of the Sales job group. Women were fully utilized in the Secretarial/Clerical job groups with the exception of the Sales job group, which remained underutilized for women in 2013. In the Technical/Paraprofessional category, the overall representation of women increased to 48.3% in 2013. Women remained underutilized in one job group (Fire & Safety Officers) and became underutilized in Science & Other Technicians. The Computer, Engineering & Related Technicians job group became utilized for women in 2013. The total number of women employed in the Skilled Crafts category remained the same at 11 in 2013. Within Skilled Crafts, three job groups (Skilled Crafts Supervisors; Construction Trades, Non-Supervisory; and Plant & System Operation) remained underutilized for women in 2013. There remained no women in the Plant & System Operation area in 2013. The overall percentage representation of women in the Service/Maintenance category decreased to 36.8% in 2013. The Food Preparation & Services, Supervisory job group saw an increase in the percentage of women from 41.8 in 2012 to 50.0 in 2013. The job group Parking Enforcement became utilized for women in 2013. Two job groups (Cleaning/Building Services, Non-Supervisory and Farming & Forestry) became underutilized for women in 2013.