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What is Happening with Anthropology?
Recent Trends Regarding Faculty,
Enrollment, Degrees Granted and
Departments
Kathleen Terry-Sharp
Director, Academic Relations and
Practicing and Applied Programs
November 19, 2011
What Do We Want to Know?
●What is happening with faculty?
●What is happening with jobs?
●What is happening with enrollments?
●What is happening with degrees granted?
●What is happening to departments in general?
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How has the current economic crisis
impacted higher education and
anthropology, specifically?
● Everyone has heard the rumors
● Faculty furloughs
● Salary freezes
● Cancelled searches
● Frozen positions
● Less graduate/teaching assistant
support
● No jobs
● Programs consolidating or closing
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WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
FACULTY?
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AAUP Data is based on data from the Integrated
Postsecondary Educational Data System (IPEDS)
● Data is collected each academic year
● Over 6,700 postsecondary institutions participate
College and University Professional Association
for Human Resources (CUPA-HR) Data
● 812 institutions participate and provide data
on 214,155 faculty members
● Data is collected each academic year
BOTH use the Classification of Instructional Programs
(CIP) published by the US Department of Education’s
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
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What can CUPA data tell us?
●Salary trends for all faculty over the past 4 years
●Social Science compared to other areas of study
●Anthropology compared to other disciplines
●However, it cannot give us information about
gender or ethnicity differences
●Fee for access to the summary reports and
data
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Percent Distribution of Survey Respondents by
Affiliation CUPA 2010-11 Survey
Private
Independent
28%
Public 39%
Private
Religious
33%
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Distribution of 2010-11 Survey Respondents by Highest
Degree Granted and Public/Private
250
Number of Respondents
200
150
100
50
0
Doctoral
Masters
Bachelors
Public
97
165
47
Private
53
198
189
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Percent Increase in Overall Average Salary
by Public/Private 2010-11
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2009
2010
2011
OVER ALL
Public
Private
3.7%
0.0%
1.1%
3.5%
0.0%
0.0%
4.0%
0.1%
2.0%
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Percent Increase in Salary by Highest
Degree Granted 2006-07 to 2010-11
CLASSIFICATION
DOCTORAL
All
Private
Public
MASTERS
All
Private
Public
BACHELORS
All
Private
Public
2006-07* 2007-08* 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
3.9
3.8
3.9
4.0
4.0
4.0
3.5
4.1
3.3
0.4
1.7
0.1
1.2
2.2
0.4
3.8
3.6
3.9
3.8
3.9
3.7
3.8
3.9
3.6
0.1
0.2
0.1
1.0
2.0
0.0
4.0
3.9
4.2
4.0
4.0
4.5
4.0
4.0
3.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.9
0.0
* the 2006-07 and 2007-08 categories are based on the 2000 Carnegie Classifications
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Percent Increase in Salary by Rank 2006-07 to 2010-11
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Rank
2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Professor
All
4.0
4.0
3.9
0.0
1.2
Private
3.7
4.0
4.0
0.0
2.0
Public
4.1
4.0
3.7
0.0
0.0
Associate Professor
All
3.9
4.00
3.8
0.0
1.1
Private
3.8
4.00
4.0
0.0
2.0
Public
3.9
4.00
3.6
0.0
0.0
Assistant Professor
All
3.8
3.9
3.6
0.2
1.1
Private
3.7
4.0
3.9
0.4
2.0
Public
3.8
3.8
3.3
0.1
0.2
New Assistant Professor
All
3.6
3.3
3.2
1.1
1.1
Private
4.2
3.4
3.4
1.4
1.0
Public
3.4
3.3
3.2
1.0
1.4
Instructor
All
3.7
3.8
3.4
0.0
0.7
Private
3.6
3.9
3.7
0.7
2.0
Public
3.8
3.8
3.0
0.0
0.0
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Faculty Salaries by Rank and Public/Private for All Disciplines 2010-11
New
Associate Assistant Assistant
Professor Professor Professor Professor
All Institutions
Average
High of Highs
Low of Lows
Faculty Mix
Instructor All Ranks
91,209
618,284
13,897
33.0%
71,215
720,000
14,000
30.8%
60,796
222,290
12,000
28.7%
60,798
200,000
18,000
3.7%
47,007
614,003
13,160
7.6%
71,570
720,000
12,000
100.0%
All Public Institutions
Average
88,704
High of Highs
364,800
Low of Lows
16,500
Faculty Mix
32.1%
70,092
720,000
14,000
32.5%
59,363
212,680
12,000
30.0%
59,457
185,000
18,000
3.9%
49,082
614,003
16,000
5.4%
70,683
720,000
12,000
100.0%
All Private Institutions
Average
93,277
High of Highs
618,284
Low of Lows
13,897
Faculty Mix
33.5%
72,195
286,300
20,400
29.8%
62,008
222,290
17,504
27.9%
61,723
2,000
22,800
3.6%
45,893
159,285
13,160
8.8%
72,291
618,284
13,160
100.0%
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Faculty Salaries by Rank and Area of Study (CIP 2-digits) 2010-11
Faculty Salaries by Rank and Area of Study for For 2-Digit CIP Codes
#
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Area of Study
Business, Management,
Marketing and Related
Health Professions
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender
Studies and Group Studies
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Biological and Biomedical
Sciences
Social Sciences
Physical Science
Psychology
Mathematics and Statistics
Education
Communications
History
Foreign Languages, Literatures
and Linguistics
Liberal Arts and Sciences,
General Studies and Humanities
English Language and
Literature/Letters
New
Associate Assistant Assistant
Professor Professor Professor Professor Instructor All Ranks
111,621
95,437
93,767
75,207
87,248
63,518
93,926
64,943
57,873
52,720
93,251
72,736
97,637
92,148
73,457
71,058
58,282
57,645
58,827
56,902
41,776
47,435
72,492
71,165
92,505
89,858
89,280
84,509
84,942
83,748
87,611
82,202
68,806
69,064
67,590
64,892
66,263
65,671
65,162
63,228
58,709
58,436
57,447
55,133
56,337
55,848
55,474
52,626
57,272
58,946
57,607
54,859
56,647
55,379
61,840
52,470
45,049
46,158
43,980
45,421
42,538
46,183
51,400
42,318
70,909
70,903
69,511
66,761
65,629
65,029
64,796
64,788
85,139
65,759
54,005
52,968
43,126
64,679
83,573
63,098
52,394
51,568
42,912
63,299
80,545
62,077
52,081
51,786
41,733
61,769
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Faculty Salaries by Rank by Discipline within Social Sciences-2010-11
#
Discipline
1 Int'l Relations
2 Economics
Urban
3 Studies/Affairs
4 Criminology
5 Anthropology
Political Science
6 and Government
7 Geography
8 Sociology
9 Archeology
10 Other
Social Sciences11 General
Sociology and
12 Anthropology
Associate
Assistant
Professor
Professor
Professor
Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median
106,352 109,254 74,252 73,938 60,735 59,969
100,581 95,502 80,914 78,341 71,387 70,516
New Assistant
Professor
Instructor
Mean Median Mean Median
59,569 60,000 55,148 55,472
74,634 71,500 52,969 50,165
99,792
97,886
90,146
97,062 72,894
87,584 67,065
86,262 68,208
68,469 61,416
63,857 56,630
65,366 56,418
59,217
54,000 56,700
54,999 55,342
54,020 41,000
55,000 42,045
40,732
39,500
86,837
85,604
85,601
85,124
83,922
82,406
82,903
82,700
88,520
69,596
66,482
66,726
64,835
64,284 55,396
65,491 56,082
62,299 54,721
53,696 54,790
54,923 56,929
53,007 55,212
53,000 45,677
54,900 42,927
53,000 43,623
44,155
42,893
42,057
63,445
64,294 53,192
54,357
81,412
80,177 65,198
62,911 52,906
51,947 50,375
49,360 45,660
42,000
74,802
72,153 61,300
57,600 48,905
48,457 74,329
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Faculty Salaries by Rank by Discipline within Social Sciences-Public 2010-11
#
Discipline
1 Int'l Relations
2 Economics
3 Criminology
Urban
4 Studies/Affairs
5 Anthropology
Political Science and
6 Government
7 Sociology
8 Geography
Social Sciences9 General
Sociology and
10 Anthropology
Professor
Mean Median
105,181 106,677
102,670 98,013
98,415 89,878
Associate
Professor
Mean Median
73,744 71,528
82,691 79,842
68,108 64,418
Assistant
New Assistant
Professor
Professor
Instructor
Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median
59,977 59,995
74,228 72,983 79,835 79,500 47,911 46,000
58,531 56,919
90,876
88,074
94,462 68,202 67,253 61,416
85,601 65,960 64,089 55,037
41,947
54,061 55,290 55,000 40,316 38,564
86,837
85,775
85,301
81,847 66,482
82,430 63,681
82,078 66,326
63,258 55,396
62,142 54,232
65,394 55,514
53,000 54,790
52,407 55,575
54,794 55,465
52,500 45,677
53,750 42,625
54,150 41,222
42,739
40,082
42,537
82,514
81,720 66,553
63,600 53,602
53,084 54,167
54,500 44,396
41,034
48,905 47,329
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Faculty Salaries by Rank and by Discipline within Social Sciences-Private 2010-11
Discipline
#
Urban
1 Studies/Affairs
2 Int'l Relations
3 Economics
4 Anthropology
Political Science
5 and Government
6 Geography
7 Sociology
Social Sciences8 General
9 Criminology
Professor
Associate
Assistant New Assistant Instructor
Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median Mean Median
115,840
107,214
98,651
93,120
122,769
122,300 74,611 75,860 61,173 59,942 59,613 56,750
93,419 79,238 76,115 68,636 65,734 68,799 65,000 61,985
92,253 71,705 70,688 58,903 57,423 55,472 53,750 49,457
87,772 84,537 67,251 65,396 56,211 54,598 55,665 53,750 50,450
87,278 87,574 68,647 66,759 58,682 56,178 64,250 67,250
85,414 83,330 66,093 62,883 55,258 53,567 54,687 53,000 51,189
80,601
64,021
52,447
47,428
64,831 57,397 54,412 52,262
60,500
48,500
50,150
50,848
48,397
Source: CUPA 2010-11
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Anthropology Faculty Salaries 2010-2011
Low of
Mean Median Lows
Source: CUPA 2010-11
May 20, 2011
All
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
New Assistant Professor
Instructor
Public
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
New Assistant Professor
Instructor
Private
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
New Assistant Professor
Instructor
High of
Highs
$ 90,146
$ 68,208
$ 56,418
$ 55,342
$ 42,045
$ 86,262
$ 65,366
$ 54,999
$ 55,000
$ 39,500
$ 54,400
$ 26,740
$ 42,500
$ 42,000
$ 30,000
$ 157,740
$ 109,608
$ 84,072
$ 70,000
$ 63,000
$ 88,074
$ 65,960
$ 55,037
$ 55,290
$ 40,316
$ 85,601
$ 64,089
$ 54,061
$ 55,000
$ 38,564
$ 57,000
$ 44,046
$ 42,500
$ 42,000
$ 30,000
$ 157,740
$ 109,608
$ 84,072
$ 70,000
$ 63,000
$ 93,120
$ 71,705
$ 58,903
$ 55,472
$ 49,457
$ 92,253
$ 70,688
$ 57,423
$ 53,750
$ 48,500
$ 54,400
$ 26,740
$ 43,000
$ 43,000
$ 43,500
$ 141,892
$ 107,585
$ 79,866
$ 70,000
$ 61,416
17
Average Anthropology Faculty Salaries
Public/Private for 2010-11
$100,000
$90,000
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
ALL
$50,000
Public
$40,000
Private
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$Professor
Associate
Professor
Assistant
Professor
New Assistant
Professor
Instructor
Source: CUPA 2010-11
May 20, 2011
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WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE
JOB MARKET?
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Changes in Number of Job Ads Since 2008 By Discipline
0%
0% 0%
0%
0%
-10%
-20%
-15%
-20%
-19%
-20%
-30%
-34%
-40%
-50%
-48%
-57%
-60%
2009
May 20, 2011
-50%
2010
20
Number of AAA Job Ads Placed for
AY 04/05 - AY 10/11
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
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Revenue Generated by Job Ads For
AY 04/05 to AY 10/11
$327,206
$278,411
$260,105
$245,400
$202,275
$196,744
$173,969
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
2010-11
Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
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NUMBER OF AAA JOB ADS AND REVENUE
AY 04/05 - AY 10/11
R
e
v
e
n
u
e
$350,000
700
$300,000
600
$250,000
500
$200,000
400
$150,000
300
$100,000
200
$50,000
100
$0
N
u
m
b
e
r
A
d
s
0
2004 -05
2005 -06
2006 -07
Revenue Generated
2007 -08
2008 -09
2009 -10
2010 -11
Number of Ads Placed
Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
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AAA Job Ads by Subfield AY 04-05 to AY 10-11
460
440
420
400
380
360
340
320
300
280
260
240
220
200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
Applied/
Archeology
Linguistics
Medical
Practicing
AY 04-05
AY 05-06
AY 06-07
AY 07-08
AY 08-09
Physical/
Biological
AY 09-10
Social/
Cultural
AY 10-11
Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
24
Job Ads by Subfield for AY 04/05 - AY 10/11
500
450
400
350
Applied/ Practicing
300
Archeology
250
Linguistics
200
Medical
Physical/ Biological
150
Social/ Cultural
100
50
0
AY 04-05
AY 05-06
AY 06-07
AY 07-08
AY 08-09
AY 09-10
AY 10-11
Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
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WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
ENROLLMENTS?
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Undergraduate Enrollment Trends
by Institution Type for 2009-11 (%)
Increase Decrease
4 Year Research
72.9
1.5
4 Year
73.9
6.9
2 Year
55.6
0
TOTAL %
72.6
3.2
No
No
Change Answer Total %
23.4
2.2
100
19.2
0
100
22.2
22.2
100
21.9
2.3
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Undergraduate Enrollment Trends by
Public/Private for 2009-11 (%)
Public Private Total %
Increase
72.1
73.5
72.6
Decrease
1.5
6.0
3.2
No Change
22.8
20.5
21.9
No Answer
3.7
0.0
2.2
TOTAL %
37.9
62.1
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Graduate Enrollment Trends
by Institution Type for 2009-11 (%)
GRADUATE ENROLLMENT TRENDS by TYPE
Increase
Decrease
No Change
No Answer
TOTAL %
4 Year Research
46.9
9.4
31.3
12.5
98
4 Year
50.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
2
Total %
46.9
10.2
30.7
12.2
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Graduate Enrollment Trends by
Public/Private for 2009-11 (%)
Increase
Decrease
No Change
No Answer
TOTAL %
Public
45.1
12.7
32.4
9.8
100
Total %
Private
46.9
51.9
10.2
3.7
30.7
25.9
12.2
18.5
100
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011
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Percent Graduate Enrollment Trends by
Highest Degree Granted for 2009-11
Increase
Decrease
No Change
No Answer
TOTAL %
Doctoral Masters Total %
43.9
53.1
46.9
12.1
6.3
10.2
34.9
21.8
30.7
9.1
18.8
12.2
100
100
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011
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WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
DEGREES GRANTED?
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Graduates Classification of Instructional Program (CIP-2 Digits)
Absolute Growth of ALL DEGREES, 2003 to 2009
Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011
Absolute
Growth
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Graduates
Area of Study
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Education.
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Social sciences.
Psychology.
Visual and performing arts.
Security and protective services.
Engineering.
Public administration and social service professions.
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
History
Legal professions and studies.
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Physical sciences.
Mathematics and statistics.
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities.
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
English language and literature/letters.
Theology and religious vocations.
Communications technologies/technicians and support services.
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
Philosophy and religious studies.
2003
444,637
155,007
266,783
74,866
141,732
105,087
87,624
30,641
98,484
47,361
24,933
76,953
34,140
33,618
46,403
26,898
28,202
18,712
46,535
19,981
65,426
22,661
2,504
10,124
14,785
Absolute
2009
Growth
546,519
101,882
241,392
86,385
299,884
33,101
100,891
26,025
167,420
25,688
129,629
24,542
109,608
21,984
49,812
19,171
114,833
16,349
60,097
12,736
37,346
12,413
89,149
12,196
46,226
12,086
42,831
9,213
54,175
7,772
33,774
6,876
34,790
6,588
24,458
5,746
51,902
5,367
25,145
5,164
69,689
4,263
26,255
3,594
5,745
3,241
13,190
3,066
17,814
3,029
33
Graduates by Two-Digit Classification of Instructional Program (CIP)
Share Growth of ALL DEGREES, 2003 to 2009
Share
Growth
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011
Graduates Share
Area of Study
2003
2009
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
7.46%
9.52%
Security and protective services.
1.48%
1.96%
Biological and biomedical sciences.
3.60%
3.98%
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
1.20%
1.47%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
1.64%
1.82%
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
21.41%
21.55%
Communications technologies/technicians and support services.
0.12%
0.23%
Visual and performing arts.
4.22%
4.32%
Public administration and social service professions.
2.28%
2.37%
History
1.62%
1.69%
Mathematics and statistics.
0.90%
0.96%
Psychology.
5.06%
5.11%
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
1.30%
1.33%
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
0.49%
0.52%
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
0.96%
0.99%
Library science.
0.26%
0.29%
Military technologies.
0.00%
0.02%
Personal and culinary services.
0.03%
0.04%
Physical sciences.
1.36%
1.37%
Mechanic and repair technologies/technicians.
0.01%
0.01%
Science technologies/technicians.
0.01%
0.01%
Precision production.
0.00%
0.00%
Construction trades.
0.01%
0.01%
Philosophy and religious studies.
0.71%
0.70%
Architecture and related services.
0.68%
0.67%
Transportation and materials moving.
0.26%
0.25%
Natural resources and conservation.
0.59%
0.54%
Theology and religious vocations.
1.09%
1.04%
Engineering technologies/technicians.
0.82%
0.76%
Legal professions and studies.
2.23%
2.14%
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences.
0.84%
0.73%
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
3.71%
3.51%
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities.
2.24%
2.05%
Engineering.
4.74%
4.53%
Social sciences.
6.82%
6.60%
English language and literature/letters.
3.15%
2.75%
Education.
12.85%
11.82%
Computer and information sciences and support services.
3.83%
2.33%
Grand Total
100.00%
100.00%
Share
Growth
2.05%
0.49%
0.37%
0.27%
0.18%
0.14%
0.11%
0.10%
0.09%
0.07%
0.06%
0.05%
0.04%
0.03%
0.03%
0.02%
0.02%
0.01%
0.01%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
-0.01%
-0.01%
-0.01%
-0.05%
-0.06%
-0.07%
-0.10%
-0.11%
-0.19%
-0.19%
-0.21%
-0.22%
-0.40%
-1.02%
-1.50%
0.00%
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Social Sciences Graduates by Four-Digit CIP
Absolute Growth for ALL DEGREES, 2003 to 2009
Absolute
Growth
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Discipline
Political Science and Government
Economics
International Relations and Affairs
Sociology
Anthropology and Archeology
Criminology
Geography and Cartography
Social Sciences, General
Urban Studies/Affairs
Demography and Population Studies
Social Sciences, Other
Social Sciences Total
Graduates
Absolute
2003
2009
Growth
39,067
46,716
7,649
29,071
33,987
4,916
9,681
14,023
4,342
31,101
33,899
2,798
9,595
11,821
2,226
4,452
6,348
1,896
5,345
6,291
946
9,002
9,636
634
1,058
1,393
335
39
26
-13
3,321
3,280
-41
141,732
167,420
25,688
Source: IPEDS
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Social Sciences Graduates by Four-Digit CIP
Share Growth for ALL DEGREES, 2003 to 2009
Share
Growth
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
Graduates
Discipline
International Relations and Affairs
Criminology
Political Science and Government
Anthropology and Archeology
Urban Studies/Affairs
Demography and Population Studies
Geography and Cartography
Economics
Social Sciences, Other
Social Sciences, General
Sociology
Social Sciences Total
2009
14,023
6,348
46,716
11,821
1,393
26
6,291
33,987
3,280
9,636
33,899
167,420
Graduates Share
2003
6.83%
3.14%
27.56%
6.77%
0.75%
0.03%
3.77%
20.51%
2.34%
6.35%
21.94%
100.00%
2009
8.38%
3.79%
27.90%
7.06%
0.83%
0.02%
3.76%
20.30%
1.96%
5.76%
20.25%
100.00%
Share
Growth
1.55%
0.65%
0.34%
0.29%
0.09%
-0.01%
-0.01%
-0.21%
-0.38%
-0.60%
-1.70%
25,688
Source: IPEDS
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Anthropology and Archeology Graduates for All Degrees by CIP- 6-digit 2003-09
12,000
400
350
10,000
300
Anthropology
250
6,000
200
Archeology
8,000
150
4,000
100
2,000
50
0
0
2003
2004
2005
Anthropology
2006
2007
2008
2009
Archeology
/Source: Table 3a.
Source: IPEDS
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Bachelors Degrees Granted
2003 to 2009
11,000
Number of Degrees
10,500
10,000
9,500
9,000
8,500
8,000
7,500
7,000
6,500
6,000
5,500
5,000
2003
2004
2005
2006
Year
2007
2008
2009
Bachelors Degrees
Source: IPEDS
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Number of Degrees
Masters Degrees Granted 2003-09
1,300
1,250
1,200
1,150
1,100
1,050
1,000
950
900
2003
2004
2005
2006
Year
2007
2008
2009
Masters Degrees
Source: IPEDS
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Number of Degrees Granted
Doctoral Degrees Granted from
2003-09
560
540
520
500
480
460
440
420
2003
2004
2005
2006
Year
2007
2008
2009
Doctoral Degrees
Source: IPEDS
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Number of Bachelors Degrees Granted Compared by
Discipline 2003-09
50,000
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
0
2003
Source: IPEDS
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2004
2005
Anthropology & Archeology
Geography and Cartography
Sociology
2006
2007
Criminology
International Relations
and Affairs
2008
2009
Economics
Political Science
and Government
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Number of Masters Degrees Granted Compared by
Discipline 2003-2009
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
2003
Source: IPEDS
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2004
2005
Anthropology & Archeology
Geography and Cartography
Social Sciences, Other
2006
2007
Criminology
International Relations
and Affairs
Sociology
2008
2009
Economics
Political Science
and Government
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Number of Doctoral Degrees Granted Compared by Discipline
2003 -2009
1,200
1,000
800
600
400
200
0
2003
2004
2005
Anthropology & Archeology
Geography and Cartography
Sociology
2006
2007
Criminology
International Relations
and Affairs
2008
2009
Economics
Political Science and Government
Source: IPEDS
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WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH
DEPARTMENTS?
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State Budget Cuts in 2011
● At least 43 states have implemented cuts to
public colleges and universities and/or made
large increases in college tuition to make up for
insufficient state funding.
● Tuition hikes ranging from 8% to 32%
● Furloughs
● Layoffs
● Academic reorganization
● Position eliminations
● Hiring fewer tenure-eligible faculty
● Higher teaching loads
Source: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities http://www.cbpp.org
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Number of Institutions Listing in the
AnthroGuide 2001-2010
564
528
525
538
540
541
553
531
535
493
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Year
# of Listers
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Which Programs are Threatened?
● A brief email survey was sent to approximately 512 departments in
●
●
Spring 2011
219 departments responded (43% response rate)
We asked the following questions:
— Has your department/program lost or gained faculty in the past 2 years? If
so, by how many?
— Has your department/program experienced an increase or decrease in
undergraduate and/or graduate enrollment? If yes, please indicate the
trend(s) you are experiencing.
— Has your department/program been notified by your administration that it is
in danger of being terminated, downsized or combined with another
department? If so, please tell us what you expect to happen.
— Are you aware of any other anthropology programs at other institutions that
are being threatened or endangered? If so, please identify them for us.
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Level of Threat by Institution Type (%)
Strong
Not
Threatened
Maybe
Threatened
Threatened
No Answer
TOTAL %
4 Year
Research
4 Year 2 Year
13.1
21.9
0.0
Total %
15.5
67.2
65.8
77.8
67.1
15.3
2.9
1.5
62.6
8.2
4.1
0.0
33.3
22.2
0.0
0.0
4.1
13.2
3.2
1
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Level of Threat by Public/Private (%)
Strong
Not
Threatened
Maybe
Threatened
Threatened
No Answer
TOTAL %
Public
Private Total %
14.0
18.1
15.5
64.0
72.3
67.1
16.8
3.7
1.5
100
7.2
2.4
0.0
100
13.2
3.2
1.0
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Level of Threat by
Highest Degree Granted (%)
Strong
Not
Threatened
Maybe
Threatened
Threatened
No Answer
TOTAL %
Doctoral Masters Bachelors Associates Total %
13.2
18.8
16.8
0.0
15.5
72.7
59.4
65.5
75.0
67.1
12.1
1.5
0
30.1
18.8
0.0
3.1
14.6
11.5
5.3
0.9
51.6
25.0
0.0
13.2
3.2
1
100
3.7
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Undergraduate Enrollment Trends
by Level of Threat (%)
Strong
Increase
94.1
Decrease
0
No Change
5.9
No Answer
0
TOTAL %
100
Not
Maybe
Threatened Threatened Threatened Total %
69.4
72.4
28.6
72.6
2.7
6.9
14.2
3.2
26.5
17.2
28.6
21.9
1.4
3.5
28.6
2.3
100
100
100
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Graduate Enrollment by Level of Threat (%)
Not
Maybe
Strong Threatened Threatened Threatened Total %
Increase
66.7
41.8
57.1
0.0
46.9
Decrease
6.7
10.5
7.2
100.0
10.2
No Change
19.9
35.8
21.4
0.0
30.7
No Answer
6.7
11.9
14.3
0.0
12.2
TOTAL %
100
100
100
100
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Average Faculty Gains and Losses by
Institution Type
Type of
Institution
4 Year
Research
4 Year
2 Year
All
N
137
73
9
219
MEAN
0.51
0.42
-0.02
0.46
MIN
-5
-1
-1
-5
MAX
5
2
1
5
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Average Faculty Gains and Losses by
Public/Private Status
Public/Private
Status
Public
Private
All
N MEAN MIN MAX
136
0.42
-5
5
83
0.52
-3
5
219
0.46
-5
5
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Average Faculty Gains and Losses by
Highest Degree Granted
Highest
Degree
Granted
Doctoral
Masters
Bachelors
Associates
All
N MEAN MIN MAX
5
-5
0.89
66
5
-3
0.35
32
2
-3
0.27
113
1
-1
8 -0.02
5
-5
0.46
219
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Faculty Gains and Losses by Reported
Level of Threat
Level of Threat N MEAN MIN MAX
Strong
34
0.68
-2
4
Not
Threatened
147
0.69
-5
5
Maybe
Threatened
29 -0.31
-3
2
Threatened
No Answer
All
7
2
219
-1.71
-1.33
0.46
-5
-2
-5
0
-1
5
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
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Which Programs Do We KNOW Have
Been Impacted?
● Howard University-terminated
● Florida State University-terminated
● Radford University-terminated
● South East Missouri State -combined with
languages but still a major
● St. John Fisher College- becoming a minor
● St. Mary’s Notre Dame- becoming a minor
● Virginia Commonwealth- slowly dying with
one faculty member remaining
● Peace College- now a minor
● American University- PhD “on notice”
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Concerns Raised in Verbatim
Responses
● Cuts in graduate assistantship funding is
limiting enrollments
● Stimulus money drying up
● Majors being converted to minors
● Concern about what will happen with
upcoming retirements
● “Nothing explicit, but it’s always in the air
due to the small size of the dept.”
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What Makes a Strong Program?
● Highly Visible
— Publication, Grants, Service,
Faculty in Leadership Positions
● Working Across Disciplines
● Entrepreneurial
● Open to Trying New Things
● Attracting, Retaining and Graduating
Students
● Applied Programs = Jobs for
Students
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New Programs Being Launched
● University of Maine-PhD launching
● University of Louisville- Masters Launching
● University of North Carolina-CharlotteMasters launching
● George Washington University-Masters
launching
● Georgia State University –PhD being
developed
● John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
CUNY –Masters is being developed
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