faculty: Williams College Faculty

Description Usage Format Source

Description

A dataset containing information for the current members (what years?) of the Williams faculty using information extracted from the Williams College course catalog. See also the faculty_details data frame for the full history.

Usage

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Format

year

Catalog year from which information is extracted

first.name

First name of faculty member

last.name

Last name of faculty member

title

Title of faculty member

department

Department of faculty member

rank

Rank of faculty member: one of "Librarian", "Instructor", "Fellow", "Lecturer", "Visiting Professor", "Assistant Professor", "Associate Professor", "Professor". Otherwise, blank.

status

Teaching status of faculty member: one of "Part-time", "Tenure-track", "Tenured", or "Visiting". Otherwise, blank.

leave

Faculty member's leave status. One of "Academic Year", "Calendar Year", "First Semester", "None", or "Second Semester".

birth.year

Estimated year of birth, based on the assumption that the first degree was awarded at age 22.

first.degree

First degree held by faculty. This is generally a bachelors degree

first.degree.year

Year the first degree was conferred

first.degree.school

School that conferred first degree

last.degree

Last degree held by faculty; This is generally the highest degree held by the faculty.

last.degree.year

Year the last degree was conferred

last.degree.school

School that conferred last degree.

gender

Estimated gender.

race

Estimated race: "Asian", "Black", "Hispanic", "Other", "White"

start.year

First year teaching at Williams.

Source

http://web.williams.edu/admin/registrar/catalog/archive.html


karantibrewal/williams documentation built on May 3, 2019, 9:40 p.m.