The number of faculty achieving tenure at East Carolina University is increasing but the number entering the tenure track is going down, according to recently released 2011 personnel reports.

Last year 404 faculty were on the tenure track, down from 478 in 2008, according to a longitudinal profile of tenure status presented at the last Faculty Senate meeting in January. Of the approximately 1,800 faculty, 834 full-time faculty and administrators were tenured last year, up from 749 in 2008 and 595 in 2002.

The number of faculty on the tenure track has gone down each year since the recession began. The number rose from 315 in 2002 to 478 in 2008 before declining to 459 in 2009, 436 in 2010 and to last year’s 404.

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