Understanding Faculty Productivity: Standards and Benchmarks for Colleges and Universities

Preface xv

The Author xxi

1 Defining Faculty Productivity 1

2 Responding to Public Pressure for Systematic Accountability 25

3 A Quantitative Perspective on Productivity and Accountability 53

4 Measuring Productivity: What About Quality? 80

5 Laying the Groundwork for Dependable Productivity Benchmarks 91

6 Using Quantitative Benchmarking Data 124

7 Establishing Qualitative Benchmarks in Individual Departments 149

8 Looking to the Future 157

Appendix A: Delaware Study Definitions and Conventions 165

Appendix B: Delaware Study Benchmarks for Typical Academic Departments 175

Appendix C: Participants in the Delaware Study 216

References 225

Supplementary Readings 227

Index 229