Please only report positions with an academic or administrative rank. Do not report staff positions.
Survey of Vacant Budgeted and Lost Faculty Positions FAQs
This page will serve as a resource for those institutions that are completing the annual AACP Survey of Vacant Budgeted and Lost Faculty Positions. Should you have any questions that are not addressed the FAQs below please e-mail the Office of Institutional Research and Effectiveness. Frequently asked questions will be posted on this page to assist college or school staff members who are completing the survey.
No, please only report positions that are currently vacant and unfilled as of November 1, 2020. If the retiring faculty member's position remains unfilled as of November 1 of next year (2021) the position can then be reported in the 2021 survey.
Please select "new position" as the reason for vacancy in Question No. 10. This should be the only reason that is selected in Question No. 10 for a new position.
Please report the months that the position has been vacant as of November 1, 2020.
Please only respond to Question No. 13 if a) an active search has been underway to fill the vacant position and b) the search has exceeded your projected timeline; otherwise, please select "search has not yet exceeded the projected timeline".