College of Sciences Newsletter

Edition 12

May 1, 2002

 

The Way We Were…in 1976-77

It is often hard for us more recent hires (faculty and staff) and current students “to know” how far Old Dominion University and the College of Sciences have come unless information of the past is known.  One major difference is that the College of Sciences used to be the School of Sciences and Health Professions. More differences were the Department of Mathematics and Statistics used to be the Department of Mathematical and Computing Science; the Department of Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences was the Institute of Oceanography; and, the Department of Physics was the Department of Physics and Geophysical Sciences.

This look at the way we were is only taking into account items associated with the departments that make up today’s College of Sciences. For fairness in reporting, I have subtracted all numbers associated with any of the health professions that later became a part of the College of Health Sciences.

- The Editor

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This information is taken from the May 1, 1976 – May 1, 1977 Annual Report for the School of Sciences and Health Professions, assembled by the Dean’s Office under Dale W. Lick, Dean.  Comparisons to 2000-01 or
2001-02 are made in many cases.  Enjoy!
 
 

New Hires
1976-77	27 full-time faculty hired
2000-2001	8 full-time faculty hired
2001-2002	14 full-time faculty vacancies including 3 chair positions

 
 

Paid Employees	1976-77	2001-02
Full-time faculty	143	161
Part-time faculty	42	76 teaching 49 non-teaching
Research faculty	13	15
Grad. Teaching Assistants	89	105
Staff including technicians	105	54

 
 

Degrees Conferred
	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Ph.D
1976-1977	303	97	1
2001-2002	319	86	32

 

New Programs Implemented

1976-1977             Ph.D. Industrial/Organizational Psychology
                              M. S. Atmospheric and Earth Sciences

2001-2002            B.S. to MBA accelerated programs in:

Applied Mathematics
Biology
Chemistry
Computer Science
Psychology

Grants and Contracts

1976-1977         $1,460,667

          2001-2002         $7,843,055-direct costs spent (not grants in force)
                                    $   470,527  Self-supporting research positions (direct costs spent, not grants in force)
 

Concerns

Concerns noted by Dean Lick in the 1976-77 Annual Report, included:

· Not enough money;
· The budget process makes the School feel like, “why bother, nobody up there reads this stuff or really cares;”
· Computing support is a problem;
· FTE ratios to faculty allocations are unfair;
· Merit increases not proportional to schools;
· General accounting and reporting systems of the University are confusing and inaccurate;
· Space matters are handled in such a manner thus causing confusion, frustration and ineffectiveness

…and, the beat goes on…