1 A Faculty Time Allocation Schema Bruce P. Szelest Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy State University of New York at Albany

2 Students incoming students outgoing students prospective students Relative Attractiveness Academic Reputation Relative Cost Student Programming Visual Attractiveness Academic Program Breadth Internal Attractiveness Student-Faculty Interaction Instructional Quality Academic & Social Integration Course Availability Resource Investments Adjuncts Full-time Faculty Physical Plant Maintenance Financial Aid Student Support Programs Research Infrastructure Administration & Other Financial Resources Enrollment Derived Revenues Research Derived Revenue Other Revenue Faculty Activity Office & Other Hours Research Service Class Preparation Instruction Figure 4.1: Overview of the Student Enrollment Management System Competitor Institutional Characteristics Research Activity Faculty Reputation Research Revenue Research Capacity Frosh Quality External Perceptions of non-Faculty Resource Investments Retention Effects of Faculty Activities Retention Effects of non-Faculty Activities Faculty Resource Investments

3 Model Structure of Faculty Time Allocation to Service & Program Review Hours

Percent of Total Time Available Unallocated Functional Form of Willingness to Allocate Time to Service and Program Review Activities

5 Functional Form of Willingness to Allocate Time to Research Activities Percent of Total Time Available Unallocated 0.76

6 Comparative Plot of Functional Forms of Willingness to Allocate Time

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9 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 * K b * L c