Sixty-one of the 67 faculty members (91.0%) responded to this question. Figure 9 presents the distribution of these responses. The mean year of hire for these respondents was 2007, while the median was 2007. The modal year of hire was 2017, during which 9 faculty respondents reported that they joined Kentucky State University. Seven faculty members declined to respond to this question.
Faculty Date of Most Recent Hire
FIGURE 9. Year of hire ranged from 1976 to 2018, with a relatively large number of reported hires occurring in 2017 (9 faculty), 2007 (8 faculty), and 2015 (6 faculty).
QUESTION 29: For how many years have you been a faculty member at KSU?
Sixty-four of the 67 faculty members (96.0%) responded to this question. Figure 10 presents the distribution of these data. The mean number of years of service was 9.3 years, with a median of 10 years of service, and a mode of 1 year.
Faculty Date of Most Recent Hire
FIGURE 10. Ten faculty members served at Kentucky for a year or less at the time of this survey. The cluster of new hires from 2014 to 2018 largely represents replacements for faculty who either quit, retired, or were released from the university, although many areas are still understaffed.
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