The “Delaware Study” Full Name: The University of Delaware National Study of Instructional Costs and Productivity Initiated in 1992 by researchers at the University of Delaware

Purpose of the “Delaware Study” Provide a set of National Standardized Academic Benchmarks for academic management & research Focused on Instructional Outputs, not to be confused with The Delaware “Out-of-Classroom Activity” Study a separate study by the University of Delaware.

How is the Study Conducted? Invitation to U.S. public and private universities and colleges Participating institutions complete a ‘Data Collection Form’ giving course, faculty, and cost/expenditure data Data analyzed by the University of Delaware; results sent to institutions.

Who Participates? In Over 200 participating institutions from 39 states including 47 Research Institutions

What are the “National Standardized Benchmarks”? Measures of: PRODUCTIVITY: Faculty teaching workloads  credit hours / full-time equated faculty (FTEF) COST OF INSTRUCTION: $ (direct instructional cost) / credit hour SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY: $ (separately budgeted scholarly activity) by Academic Discipline

What are the “Academic Disciplines”? The U.S. Department of Education provides a “Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP),” a listing of different academic programs Wayne State utilizes approximately 80 of these Academic Disciplines in classifying its Course Subject Offerings.

What Does the “Data Collection Form” Look Like?

Breaking Down the Data Categories Faculty type Tenured/Tenure Eligible Other Regular Faculty Supplemental Faculty Teaching Assistants Section type Organized Class (OC) includes: Lab/Discussions/Recitations Individualized Instruction (II)

Faculty Type Assignments Regular Faculty Other Regular Faculty (Tenure and Tenure Track) (Not eligible for tenure) Ranked Faculty Professor Clinical Associate Professor Research Assistant Professor Visiting Distinguished Professor University Professor Instructor Unranked Faculty Senior Lecturer Department Chair Lecturer Associate Department Chair Department/Division Head Director (Academic)

Faculty Type Assignments-Cont’d Supplemental Faculty Teaching Assistants (Non-recurring appointments) All Part-time Faculty Classifications Part-time Faculty All graduate assistants EXCEPT Graduate Research Assistants Hourly Part-time Faculty Summer Assignment of 9 month Faculty Part-time Faculty-University Employee, Additional Service, with or without retirement.

Individualized Instruction Courses ANT 7994 DIR STD: MDCL ANT ANT 7995 DIRECTED STUDY ANT 7998 FIELD PROBLEM ANT 7999 MASTERS ESSAY DIR ANT 9990 PREDOC CAND RSCH ANT 9991 DOC CAND STATUS 1 ANT 9992 DOC CAND STATUS 2 ANT 9993 DOC CAND STATUS 3 ANT 9994 DOC CAND STATUS 4 ANT 9995 DOC CAND MNTCE STUS ANT 9999 DOCT DISS RSCH&DIR APA 5810 DIR PRJ: PAINTING APH 5850 DIR PRJ: PHOTOGRAPHY APH 8850 MFA STUDIO: PHOT APR 5840 DIR PRJ: PRINTMAKING ARB 3990 DIRECTED STUDY ASL 5810 SPEC TPCS IN SCULPT ASL 8820 MFA STUDIO: SCLPT ASN 3540 INTNSV JAPANESE AUD 6020 PHYS CNCPTS: CLIN APP AUD 6310 CLINCL PRCTM SERIES AUD 7990 DIR STUDY BBE 6600 INTSHP: BBE TEACHING BEP 5000 BRAZIL EXCHANGE PROGRAM BEP 7000 BRAZIL EXCHANGE PROGRAM BIO 2990 MARC SEMINAR BIO 3990 DIRECTED STUDY

3 Important Caveats in Using the Study

Caveat #1 The Relationship between Course Subject and Academic Discipline There is NOT a 1:1 relationship between Academic Department and Academic Discipline. The relationship is 1:Many. Example: Sociology Department (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences) CIP Code Sociology College of Social Work

CIP Codes by School/College School/CollegeCIP CodeCIP Description% of College% of Discipline Business52Business Management & Admin. Servs.97.9%100.0% 09Communications, Journalism Program1.6%2.3% 22Legal Professions & Studies0.5%0.9% Education13Education58.7%93.2% 31Parks,Rec.,Leisure &Fitness Studies20.9%100.0% 42Psychology18.9%37.6% 25Library Science0.7%2.5% 27Mathematics & Statistics0.5%1.6% 50Visual & Performing Arts0.2% 51Health Profs & Related Sciences (Med)0.2% Engineering14Engineering85.9%100.0% 15Engineering Technologies/Technician12.3%98.0% 11Computer & Info.Support Sciences0.7%3.0% 27Mathematics & Statistics0.5%1.0% 30Multi/interdisciplinary Studies0.5%9.1%

School/CollegeCIP CodeCIP Description% of College% of Discipline Fine, Performing and Comm Arts50Visual & Performing Arts78.9%99.8% 09Communications, Journalism Program19.6%92.5% 23English Language & Literature/Lette1.1%2.7% 05Area,Ethnic,Cultural&Gender Studies0.2%1.9% 13Education0.2%0.3% 22Legal Professions & Studies0.2%0.9% Graduate School25Library Science72.9%22.2% 13Education22.9%2.9% 45Social Sciences2.1%0.2% 54History2.1%0.8% Law22Legal Professions & Studies100.0%94.5% Liberal Arts and Science40Physical Sciences24.2%99.9% 45Social Sciences13.0%90.6% 26Biological & Biomedical Sciences11.2%72.7% 23English Language & Literature/Lette8.9%96.2% 16Foreign Languages, Lit. & Linguisti7.8%99.5% 42Psychology6.7%62.0% 27Mathematics & Statistics6.7%96.9% 54History4.6%97.7% 38Philosophy & Religious Studies3.5%100.0% 11Computer & Info.,Support Sciences3.4%95.0% 44Public Admin.&Social Service Profs.3.4%100.0%

School/CollegeCIP CodeCIP Description% of College% of Discipline Liberal Arts and Sciences, Cont'd.05Area,Ethnic,Cultural&Gender Studies1.6%86.5% 51Health Profs&Related Sciences(Med)1.4%7.4% 19Family & Consumer, Human Sciences1.0%100.0% 24Liberal Arts & Sci.,Gen Studies&Hum0.8%100.0% 43Criminal Justice Administration0.8%95.7% 30Multi/interdisciplinary Studies0.4%50.0% 13Education0.2%1.6% 25Library Science0.2%3.2% 09Communications, Journalism Program0.1%3.0% 22Legal Professions & Studies0.1%3.7% 15Engineering Technologies/Technician0.0%2.0% Medicine26Biological & Biomedical Sciences77.2%26.6% 51Health Profs&Related Sciences(Med)20.1%5.7% 13Education2.0%0.8% 42Psychology0.7%0.3% Nursing51Health Profs&Related Sciences(Med)100.0%37.8%

School/CollegeCIP CodeCIP Description% of College% of Discipline Pharmacy and Health Sciences51Health Profs&Related Sciences(Med)84.4%37.1% 12Mortuary Science10.8%100.0% 25Library Science3.9%5.7% 13Education0.4%0.3% 43Criminal Justice Administration0.4%4.3% University Libraries25Library Science55.8%60.8% 51Health Profs&Related Sciences(Med)36.0%11.8% 13Education2.3%1.1% 45Social Sciences2.3%1.0% 23English Language & Literature/Lette1.7%1.1% 09Communications, Journalism Program0.6%0.8% 16Foreign Languages, Lit. & Linguisti0.6%0.5% 40Physical Sciences0.6%0.1% Urban, Labor and Metro Affairs45Social Sciences49.3%8.2% 25Library Science13.4%5.7% 30Multi/interdisciplinary Studies13.4%40.9% 05Area,Ethnic,Cultural&Gender Studies9.0%11.5% 26Biological & Biomedical Sciences4.5%0.7% 09Communications, Journalism Program3.0%1.5% 11Computer & Info.,Support Sciences3.0%2.0% 54History3.0%1.5% 27Mathematics & Statistics1.5%0.5%

Caveats #2 Course Subject Classification Given that the Delaware Study is intended as a cost study, classification of a course is by the instructional account paying for the instructor. In some instances, this is not the same as the department offering the course. A detailed breakdown is given in Appendix D of the Report.

Caveat #3 Cost/Expense Measures We participated in the cost/expense portion of the Study; but the results have not yet been evaluated. Consequently, we may have ‘faculty teaching load’ data only. We may have (a) cost per credit hour or (b) expenditures on scholarly activity

An Additional Caveat 2 nd year of Wayne State’s Participation, fewer data issues required resolution. Data deemed usable, with appropriate caution for possible outlying anomalies

Content of the Study Summary Tables & Charts Table A- Faculty Teaching Workloads (SCH/FTEF) Table B- % Distribution of SCH by Faculty Category Table C- % Distribution of SCH by Course Level For Table A-C above: -Summary -Detail -Charts Quartiles for Table A - SCH and Class Sections Appendices

Table A, Summary Totals

Table A, “Student Credit Hours Per FTE”

Chart A, “Student Credit Hours per FTE Faculty”

Table B, “Normative Percent of Student Credit Hours across Faculty Category”

Chart B, “Distribution of Student Credit Hours Across Faculty Category”

Table C, “Normative Percent of Student Credit Hours within Faculty Category”

Chart C, “Percent of Student Credit Hours within Faculty Category”

“Quartiles” A Quartile Ranking in Comparison to Peers is provided for: SCH / FTEF FTES/FTEF Organized Class Sections / FTEF

Table A, “Quartiles”

Closing Considerations

Why Participate in the Delaware Study? Comparisons are made at the academic discipline level of analysis. Teaching workloads are analyzed by faculty type, i.e., tenured and tenure track; other permanent faculty; supplemental faculty; and graduate teaching assistants. Participants can define their own peer groups. The data definitions, methodology and data collection tools are regularly reviewed by representatives from participating institutions. The Delaware Study is longitudinal, and enables you to track trend data over extended periods of time. The measures enjoy widespread national acceptance and use.

Contact Information Paul N. Moniodis Executive Director, Institutional Research 1309 Faculty/Administration Building (313)