POTENTIAL RETIREMENTS BY COLLEGE
FULL-TIME TENURED & TENURE-TRACK FACULTY
| Percent of College Faculty* | ||||||||||||
| 1998- 1999 | 1999- 2000 | 2000- 2001 | 2001- 2002 | 2002- 2003 | 2003- 2004 | 2004- 2005 | 2005- 2006 | 2006- 2007 | 2007- 2008 | Total | ||
| Applied Sciences | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 45.7 |
| Arts & Sciences | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 40 | 31.5 |
| Business | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 28.3 |
| Education & Allied Prof. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 13.1 |
| Total | 10 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 82 | 29.3 |
| Percent of Total Faculty* | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 2.9 | ||
| *Percentages are calculated based on the number of tenured and tenure-track faculty only. | ||||||||||||
| "Potential" retirement is the earliest normal retirement year for each
faculty member determined by one of three tests: 1. Year when reaching age 65. 2. Year that 30 years of service at WCU will be completed. 3. Year that the sum of age and years of service at WCU equal 85. |
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| Source: Office of University Planning | ||||||||||||
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