Return to: An Analysis of Faculty Turnover at UW-Madison

TABLE VI
Retention Rate of Faculty Ten Years After Tenure

  Total Hired with Tenure Earned Tenure at UW
  Men Women Men Women Men Women
             
Total 663 156 216 35 447 121
             
Percent who:            
Stayed 81.6% 80.8% 72.2% 57.1% 86.1% 87.6%
Retired/Died 10.9% 9.0% 20.4% 28.6% 6.3% 3.3%
Resigned 7.5% 10.3% 7.4% 14.3% 7.6% 9.1%

NOTES: Includes faculty transferred from Extension in 1985. For this table, anyone who received tenure prior to September 1987 is included. Their status as of July 1 of the year ten years after they were granted tenure is reported. Individuals who were 62 years or older when they left are shown as retired/died. "Earned Tenure at UW" refers to individuals who were hired in probationary appointments and subsequently promoted to tenure at UW

SOURCE: UW Madison Tenure file and IADS personnel data base (9/97). Prepared by: Office of Budget Planning & Analysis