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