Indicator 9.1Instructional workforce composition by employee type and discipline, Universitywide, 2009-10
Many groups including faculty, postdoctoral researchers and students contribute to instruction in proportions that vary by academic discipline.
Senate faculty participate in the "shared governance" of the University. They have multiple roles, including instruction, research and public service. In most disciplines, Senate faculty contribute more than half of the instructional workforce. There are two exceptions. Medicine relies more heavily for instruction on non-Senate faculty, who also have other clinical roles. Non-Senate faculty are also found in greater proportion in disciplines such as math, writing and languages, which have heavy "service teaching" loads owing to campus general education requirements.
"Other faculty" include clinical faculty, most lecturers, adjuncts, faculty in residence, and visiting faculty. "Other academics" include researchers, librarians, and administrators.
"Student instructional assistants" include students acting in supporting roles, such as teaching assistants, readers, and tutors. They are most numerous in disciplines catering to undergraduates.