2003 ECEDHA Open Forum Survey

1. Number of ECE Degrees – 5

2. Teaching loads (per semester or per quarter) for faculty

a) 1 course – 6

b) 1.5 courses – 15

c) 2 courses – 45

d) 2+ courses – 25

Teaching loads for chairs

a) 0 courses – 5

b) 0.5 courses – 10

c) 1 course - lots

d) 1.5 courses – 8

e) 2 courses - 6

3. Enrollment

a) UG CpE: up – 28; even – 26; down – 12

b) UG EE: up – 37; even – 37; down 5

c) Grad: up – lots; down – 1

4. Non-thesis MS program

a) MSEE named program – 41

b) MEE named program – 19

5. BS-to-PhD program with reduced requirements – 11

Five year MS program – 22

6. Department head salary survey – to be distributed later

7. Faculty openings

a) CpE faculty: 1 position – 40; 2 positions – 15; 3 or more – 5

b) EE faculty: 1 position – 29; 2 or more – 23

8. This year’s budget w/o faculty salary

a) Up 2% - 4

b) Even or down 2% - 39

c) Down 2-5% - 24

d) Down 5-10% - 11

e) Down over 10% - 5

9. Next year’s budget w/o faculty salary

a) Up 2% - 2

b) Even or down 2% - 23

c) Down 2-5% - 18

d) Down 5-10% - 20

e) Down over 10% - 4

f) No idea - 19

10. Faculty salary raises this year

a) 0% - 15

b) 0-2.5% - 28

c) 2.5-5% - 39

d) More than 5% - 4

11. Faculty salary raises next year

a) 0% - 14

b) 0-2.5% - 14

c) 2.5-5% - 24

d) More than 5% - 2

e) No idea - 33

12. Use FE as an assessment tool – 20

13. Requires FE – 6

14. Has an in-house final assessment exam – 7

15. Institutions with faculty unions – 30

16. Institutions with significant involvement of head in fund raising – 55

a) Alumni events

b) Open house

c) Industry/Corporation interaction

d) Chamber of Commerce

e) Football games

f) Breakfast meetings

17. Institutions with department building projects – 33

18. Programs in:

a) Biometrics – 1

b) Computer forensics – 2

c) Wireless – 3

d) Software engineering – 12

e) Optical engineering – 2

f) Telecommunications – 2

g) Bioinformatics – 5