AGE OF THE INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY

HIGHLIGHTS

• KSU's faculty seems to be maturing in age.
   
• Compared to the low percentage ten years ago, the growing proportion of faculty in the 50 to 60 age group suggests that KSU will be facing an increasing number of retirements over the next 10 years.
   
• Kennesaw State has a relatively young faculty; the largest number of the faculty is between the ages of the 50 and 59.  However, the percentage has decreased by 11 percentage points from the fall of 1991 when 52% of the faculty were between 50 and 59.  Likewise, the percentage of faculty in their 50's has  steadily increased.
   
• For the ten years prior to 1998, KSU had more faculty in the age group 40 to 49 than any  other faculty group; in 1998 however, the largest number of faculty are in the 50 to 59age group.