1. What is Happening with Anthropology
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

2. 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?
May 20, 2011

3. 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
May 20, 2011

4. What is happening with Faculty?
May 20, 2011

5. 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)
May 20, 2011

6. 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
May 20, 2011

7. Percent Distribution of Survey Respondents by Affiliation CUPA 2010-11 Survey
Public 39%
Private
Religious
33%
Independent
28%
Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

8. Distribution of 2010-11 Survey Respondents by Highest Degree Granted and Public/Private
Doctoral
Masters
Bachelors
Public 97
165 47
Private 53
198
189 50
100
150
200
250
Number of Respondents
Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011s

9. Percent Increase in Overall Average Salary by Public/Private 2010-11
Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

10. Percent Increase in Salary by Highest Degree Granted 2006-07 to 2010-11
Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

11. Percent Increase in Salary by Rank 2006-07 to 2010-11
Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

12. Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

13. Faculty Salaries by Rank and Area of Study (CIP 2-digits) 2010-11
Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

14. Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

15. Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

16. Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

17. Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

18. Average Anthropology Faculty Salaries Public/Private for 2010-11
Source: CUPA
May 20, 2011

19. What is happening in the job market?
May 20, 2011

20. Changes in Number of Job Ads Since 2008 By Discipline0% -
20%
34%
48%
50%
57%
19%
15%
60%
40%
30%
10%
2009
2010
May 20, 2011

21. Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
May 20, 2011

22. Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
May 20, 2011

23. NUMBER OF AAA JOB ADS AND REVENUE AY 04/05 AY 10/11
100
200
300
400
500
600
700 $0
$50,000
$100,000
$150,000
$200,000
$250,000
$300,000
$350,000
2004 - 05
2005 06
2006 07
2007 08
2008 09
2009 10
2010 11
NUMBER OF AAA JOB ADS AND REVENUE
AY 04/05
AY 10/11
Revenue Generated
Number of Ads Placed
Number
Ads
Revenue
Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
May 20, 2011

24. AAA Job Ads by Subfield AY 04-05 to AY 10-11
Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April

25. Note: AY 10/11 data only thru April
May 20, 2011

26. What is happening with enrollments?
May 20, 2011

27. Undergraduate Enrollment Trends by Institution Type for 2009-11 (%)
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

28. Undergraduate Enrollment Trends by Public/Private for 2009-11 (%)
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

29. Graduate Enrollment Trends by Institution Type for 2009-11 (%)
GRADUATE ENROLLMENT TRENDS by TYPE
4 Year Research
4 Year
Total %
Increase
46.9
50.0
Decrease
9.4
10.2
No Change
31.3
0.0
30.7
No Answer
12.5
12.2
TOTAL % 98 2
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

30. Graduate Enrollment Trends by Public/Private for 2009-11 (%)
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

31. Percent Graduate Enrollment Trends by Highest Degree Granted for 2009-11
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

32. What is happening with Degrees Granted?
May 20, 2011

33. Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

34. Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

35. Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

36. Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

37. Anthropology and Archeology Graduates for All Degrees by CIP- 6-digit 2003-09
Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

38. Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

39. Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

40. Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

41. Number of Bachelors Degrees Granted Compared by Discipline 2003-09
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
45,000
50,000
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Anthropology & Archeology
Criminology
Economics
Geography and Cartography
International Relations
and Affairs
Political Science
and Government
Sociology
Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

42. Number of Masters Degrees Granted Compared by Discipline 2003-2009
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Anthropology & Archeology
Criminology
Economics
Geography and Cartography
International Relations
and Affairs
Political Science
and Government
Social Sciences, Other
Sociology
Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

43. Number of Doctoral Degrees Granted Compared by Discipline 2003 -2009
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Anthropology & Archeology
Criminology
Economics
Geography and Cartography
International Relations
and Affairs
Political Science and Government
Sociology
Source: IPEDS
May 20, 2011

44. What is happening with Departments?
May 20, 2011

45. 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
May 20, 2011

46. May 20, 2011

47. Which Programs are Threatened?
A brief 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.
May 20, 2011

48. Level of Threat by Institution Type (%)
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

49. Level of Threat by Public/Private (%)
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

50. Level of Threat by Highest Degree Granted (%)
Doctoral
Masters
Bachelors
Associates
Total %
Strong
13.2
18.8
16.8
0.0
15.5
Not
Threatened
72.7
59.4
65.5
75.0
67.1
Maybe
12.1
11.5
25.0
1.5
5.3
3.2
No Answer
3.1
0.9 1
TOTAL %
30.1
14.6
51.6
3.7
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

51. Undergraduate Enrollment Trends by Level of Threat (%)
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

52. Graduate Enrollment by Level of Threat (%)
Strong
Not Threatened
Maybe 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
30.7
No Answer
11.9
14.3
12.2
TOTAL %
100
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

53. Average Faculty Gains and Losses by Institution Type
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

54. Average Faculty Gains and Losses by Public/Private Status
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

55. Average Faculty Gains and Losses by Highest Degree Granted
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

56. Faculty Gains and Losses by Reported Level of Threat
MEAN
MIN
MAX
Strong 34
0.68 -2 4
Not
Threatened
147
0.69 -5 5
Maybe 29
-0.31 -3 2 7
-1.71
No Answer
-1.33 -1
All
219
0.46
Source: AAA Survey Spring 2011
May 20, 2011

57. 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”
May 20, 2011

58. 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.”
May 20, 2011

59. 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
May 20, 2011

60. New Programs Being Launched
University of Maine-PhD launching
University of Louisville- Masters Launching
University of North Carolina-Charlotte-Masters launching
George Washington University-Masters launching
Georgia State University –PhD being developed
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY –Masters is being developed
May 20, 2011