In mathematics, there are 800 to 900 students per semester, and hundreds in summer. Similar numbers apply to English. Measures of Scholarly Funding Activity. Nationally, even within the natural sciences and mathematics, federal awards in biological sciences were 14 times that in mathematics, as shown in a recent study. Such figures for evaluating programs should have some normalization to reflect the circumstances and practices in differing areas.
Some accounting is needed of costs attached to equipment associated with grants.
Of course, expensive equipment brings certain desirable capabilities. But such considerations only emphasize the distinctions that should be made between areas. Summary of Department Revenues. Other credits from interdisciplinary courses will go to the home department of the instructor. The stated computation of revenue per FTE instructor does not seem to take into account that in many areas less expensive personnel are used for significant parts of the instruction.