Tenure status, academic rank, and new appointments in U.S. graduate departments of psychology

Presents data on 6,245 full-time faculty in US graduate departments of psychology. Full-time faculty for 1980-1981 are examined in terms of tenure status, academic rank, and new appointments; and data are presented separately for various categories of graduate departments of psychology. The relationship between tenure status and academic rank is also examined, and the distribution of new appointments in terms of tenure status and academic rank is considered. A comparison of tenure status, academic rank, and new appointments in 1978-1979, 1979-1980, and 1980-1981 is presented. Results are compared with data from other sources that describe science and engineering faculty. (13 ref)