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Department Duties

In relating the present growth trends to
faculty increases, Dean Shannon points out
that, unlike the Housing situation, the faculty
can only be enlarged to correspond to increased
enrollment. The problem, therefore, is the result
of the duties assigned to faculty members by
departments. Some departments, Dean Shannon
indicates, are attracting so few students that
they are in danger of not being capable of
maintaining their present faculty.

Dean Shannon reports that the University
will receive fewer new faculty positions this
year than last, but that the combined increase
of the two years is greater than for the
preceding two years. The 489 present faculty
members represents an increase of 150 since
1967. Of this 489, there are 114 full professors,
120 Associate Professors, 198 Assistant Professors,
41 Instructors and 16 Lecturers.