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This bill requires SUNY and CUNY to report faculty and academic advisor staffing and class size data by campus from 2012 and the current year.
Why it matters
Sheds light on staffing trends and resource allocation. at SUNY and CUNY, providing a comprehensive look at how faculty and academic advisor numbers have changed since 2012 versus the current year—crucial for assessing whether these institutions are keeping pace with growing enrollment sparked by initiatives like the Excelsior Scholarship.
Highlights potential disparities in faculty composition and class sizes. by requiring breakdowns of full-time, part-time, tenured, tenure-track, and non tenure-track instructional staff, as well as mean and median class sizes—including differences between introductory and advanced courses—which can influence instructional quality and student outcomes.
Focuses attention on student advising resources. , mandating data on both full-time and part-time academic advisors (excluding those in specialized programs), and the average number of students each advisor supports. This information is key for understanding whether students are receiving adequate guidance, which is linked to on-time graduation rates.
Creates a foundation for policy or funding decisions. by delivering detailed, campus-specific data to lawmakers and state leaders, equipping them to identify campuses potentially in need of more faculty or advisors, and to make targeted investments to improve student support and educational quality.
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Report on Faculty Numbers
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.130
- Referred to higher education
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to higher education
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–2
Show 5 earlier actions
- Amended on third reading 4873a
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.478
- Referred to higher education
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Report on College Faculty Makeup
In Assembly Committee · Higher Education · Sponsor Deborah Glick
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STATE OF NEW YORK
4873--A Cal. No. 478
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 28, 2019
Introduced by Sen. STAVISKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Higher Education -reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT in relation to directing the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York to report on the current composition of faculty and academic advisors at fouryear campuses and community colleges
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Legislative intent. The Legislature hereby recognizes the importance of faculty and academic advisors employed at our public higher education institutions and the impact they have on on-time student degree completion. The recent enactment of the Excelsior Scholarship Program has the potential to increase total student enrollment at the state university of New York and the city university of New York community colleges and four-year campuses. As we prepare for students to apply for and enroll in our public higher education institutions under the Excelsior Scholarship Program, it is necessary for CUNY and SUNY to take inventory of their current faculty and academic advisors and the potential need for additional faculty and staff. The primary objective of the Excelsior Scholarship Program is to ensure that students do graduate within two years with an associate's degree, and within four years with a baccalaureate degree. As students attempt to meet the thirty credits per year threshold of such program and the requirements for their majors, it is necessary to provide adequate numbers of faculty, academic advisors and courses to meet students' needs.
§ 2. The board of trustees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York shall issue a report on or before one hundred eighty days after this act shall have become a law detailing the
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current composition of faculty and academic advisors at both four-year campuses and community colleges. Such report shall not include employees of the research foundations of the state university of New York or the city university of New York. For purposes of such report, faculty shall mean instructional staff who teach one or more courses at a four-year campus or a community college at the state university of New York or city university of New York. The report shall be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate committee of finance, chair of the assembly committee on ways and means, and the chairs of the senate and assembly committees on higher education. The report shall include, but not be limited to, the following criteria:
a. number by campus, in 2012 and in the current academic year, of each of full-time tenured faculty, full-time tenure-track faculty, full-time non tenure-track faculty, including those who may not have a faculty or academic job title but perform instructional duties and number of faculty lines and unfilled faculty positions;
b. mean and median class size by campus in 2012 and in the current academic year, for full-time tenured faculty, full-time tenure-track faculty, and full-time non tenure-track faculty and instructional staff;
c. mean and median class size by level in 2012 and in the current academic year for remedial 100 level introductory courses, and 200 level mid-level courses, and above for completion of an associate's degree and baccalaureate degree;
d. number of part-time non tenure-track faculty in 2012 and in the current academic year, including those who may not have a faculty or academic job title but perform instructional duties, by campus;
e. mean and median class size by campus for part-time non tenure-track faculty and instructional staff in 2012 and in the current academic year;
f. number of full-time academic advisors per campus, and number of part-time academic advisors, including those who may not possess the title academic advisor but are primarily employed to perform and carry out the duties typically assigned to, and function as, an academic advisor excluding those individuals working with students enrolled in special programs or student opportunity programs with enhanced academic advising including, but not limited to EOP, ASAP, SEEK, College Discovery and MacCauley Honors programs in 2012 and in the current academic year; and
g. mean and median number of student advisees per full-time academic advisor, and per part-time academic advisor per campus in 2012 and in the current academic year.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
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Title of bill
An act in relation to directing the board of trustees of the state university of New York and the city university of New York to report on the current composition of faculty and academic advisors at four-year campuses and community colleges
Purpose
To study levels of SUNY and CUNY faculty.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill provides for the legislative intent.
Section 2 of the bill directs SUNY and CUNY to issue a report on or before 180 days after date of enactment, on the composition of faculty and academic advisors at both senior colleges and community colleges. This report will be submitted to the Governor, the temporary president of the Senate, the speaker of the Assembly, the chair of the Senate Finance Committee, the chair of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, and the chairs of the Senate and Assembly Higher Education committees. This report would include:
* number of faculty by campus in 2012 and the current academic year, of full-time tenured faculty, full-time tenure-track faculty, full-time non tenure-track faculty and those who may not have a faculty or academic job title but perform instructional duties and number of faculty lines and unfilled faculty positions;
* mean and median class size by campus in 2012 and in the current academic year for full-time tenured faculty, full-time tenure-track faculty, and full-time non tenure-track faculty and instructional staff;
*mean and median class size by level in 2012 and in the current year for remedial 100 level introductory courses, and 200 mid-level courses, and above for completion of an associate's degree and bachelor's degree;
* number of part-time non tenure-track faculty in 2008 and in the current academic year, including those who do not have a faculty or academic job title but perform instruction duties, by campus;
* mean and median class size by campus for part-time non tenure-track faculty and instructional staff in 2012 and in the current academic year;
*number of full-time academic advisors per campus, and number of p&-m Amended 5/6/19 time academic advisors; and
*mean and median numbers of student advises per full-time academic advi- sor, and per part-time academic advisor per campus in 2012 and in the current academic year.
Section 3 of the bill provides this act shall take effect immediately.
Justification
With the enactment of the Excelsior scholarship, it is necessary to study the availability of faculty to teach courses so that students have enough options for on time completion. This study helps the Legislature have a better understanding of SUNY and CUNY's needs in relation to faculty hiring.
Legislative history
2018: A10995/ 56299 Referred to Higher Education
Fiscal implications
None
Effective date
Immediately.
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