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Publication Date: 2003-Jul
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Physics in the Two-Year Colleges: 2001-02. AIP Report.
McFarling, Mark; Neuschatz, Michael
This document addresses physics programs in community college in 2001-2002. The data was gathered from a list of 1,785 community colleges. A survey was mailed to the various campuses as well as sent via email yielding to a 78% response rate. Physics programs in community colleges were often so small that 43% of departments that offered physics had only one physics faculty member. Furthermore, the number of physics sections that were offered by departments were limited because half of the campuses offered only three or fewer sections in physics. It should be mentioned that during the 2001-2001 academic years, the physics departments had at least one faculty retirements while only 5% of departments were recruiting new faculty. Some more specific findings about physics faculty are as follows: (1) 64% held full time appointments, mostly in tenured or permanent positions; (2) 39% of full time faculty and 36% of part time faculty has their PhD; and (3) the main difference between men and women faculty is the median number of years they had spent teaching at their current campus (8% for men and 5% for women) and the percentage with a PhD (41% for men and 26% for women). (MZ)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Physical Sciences, Physics, Science and Society, Science Curriculum, Science Experiments, Science Instruction, Science Programs, Science Teachers, Two Year Colleges
For full text: http://www.aip.org/statistics/trends/reports/tycreport.pdf.
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: American Inst. of Physics, College Park, MD. Statistical Research Center.
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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