How are teaching, research, and service “weighted”?
For those who wish quantitative guidelines, the Faculty Handbook F.1. says that the “customary weighting” of teaching and research and service is “50% to teaching [6 courses/year], 30% to scholarship, and 20% to service” – but that these “weights” can vary by agreement with the Dean and Chair. If a faculty member uses the customary weights, how might their teaching and research and service be “weighted”? Most Arts and Sciences faculty and Chairs rightly make qualitatively holistic rather than detailed quantitative judgments (e.g., “if teaching is weighted 50%, each course should be weighted 8.3%”).
