Merritt College: Request for New Faculty Position
Social Sciences and Ethnic Studies
To:
Linda Berry, VP
Stacy Thompson, Dean
From: Siri Brown, Chair
Re:
Request for Hire-Sociology
Date: October 31, 2010
Request for New Faculty Position:
Sociology
Criteria 1: Percent of Full-Time Faculty
Criteria 1 – For the past 10 years to the present F10 term, the teaching ratio has been 0%
contract faculty. 100% taught by adjunct.
Criteria 2: Semester End Enrollment Patterns
Retention
S10 – 84.5%
F09 – 90.4%
S09 – 82.4%
F08 - 90%
S08 – 72.7%
Criteria 3: Class Size
Semester
Sec Census
F10
2
114
S10
3
129
F09
2
114
S09
3
119
F08
3
110
S08
3
111
Prod Ave Class
28.50
55
22.13
43
31.00
55
20.83
40
18.82
37
20.48
37
Criteria 4: Comparative Campus Analysis
F10
Berkeley - .6 FT
1.4 Adj
COA 1 FT
0 Adj
Laney
0 FT
2.0 Adj
Merritt
0 FT
.4 Adj
Contract
0
0
0
0
0
0
Adj
.40
.60
.38
.60
.60
.60
Merritt College: Request for New Faculty Position
Criteria 5: Position Authorization
FT positions have been authorized in the budget for Merritt College. During the last two
years FT positions for the Social Sciences have been voted as number one priorities
(Political Science 2008 then Sociology 2009) by the CDCPD but were frozen due to the
state wide and district budget crises.
Criteria 6: Enhancing Existing Programs
With the loss of our FT Sociology, Political Science, Psychology, and Anthropology
instructors the Humanities area has been severely impacted in these core areas of study.
Part of our college mission is to prepare students with an empowered sense of community
connection, human development and citizenship rights; however, dedicated FT faculty no
longer exist in most of these areas. Funding a FT Sociology position would guarantee a
revitalization of an important area of study that concentrates on the functioning of the
society we live in.