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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1944
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1078 BOARD OF TRUSTEES faculty quality: ( i ) the degrees held, (2) the institutions at which the degrees were obtained, (3) the distribution of the faculty among the several possible ranks, (4) the scholarly productivity of the faculty, ( 5 ) their ratings on a national basis, (6) their salaries, (7) the relative importance of scholarship and teaching ability, ( 8 ) faculty morale, and (9) the ability of the University to hold and attract outstanding talent. Degrees Held by Faculty Members In 1934-35 faculty members of all ranks held degrees as follows: doctor's 37.7 percent, professional 9.5 percent, master's 40.5 percent, bachelor's 11.7 percent, and none .6 percent. In 1941-42 the relative number of those holding the doctor's as the highest degree was 41 percent; the professional degree, 4 percent; the master's degree, 35 percent; the bachelor's degree, 19 percent; and those holding no degree, .6 percent. A study of these figures year by year indicates a consistent increase in the percentage of individuals holding doctor's degrees with the exception of the year 1936-37 when the percentage dropped. This drop is probably to be explained by the facts that the staff had increased in absolute numbers from 778 members in 1934-35 to 936 in 1936-37, and that, of the 158 teaching staff members added between 1934-35 and 193637, 109 were assistants, 19 were instructors, 3 were associates, 7 were assistant professors, 7 were associate professors, and 13 were professors. Obviously, when the number of graduate assistants is increased by 109, this means a decrease in the percentage of individuals holding doctor's degrees since the assistants do not possess such degrees. As far as the holding of a doctor's degree or its equivalent is a measure of the quality of a faculty, it may be stated that the quality of the teaching staff of the University of Illinois has not deteriorated since 1934 but, on the contrary, its quality has improved. Institutions at Which Degrees Held by Faculty Members Were Obtained The appointment of a high percentage of individuals to permanent positions in the same institution where they have had their higher education does not make for a cosmopolitan t6o — A.C.E, Report]
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