First of all, NSOPF shows that professors work a lot: the average number of hours worked per week is 52. Table 1 shows how that time is divided into the various components of faculty work and indicates that, as is true in the CSU, most faculty time is devoted to three principal areas: teaching, research, and service.
Table 1
National Study of Postsecondary Faculty 1993
Percentage of Time Faculty Devote to Academic Activities
| Academic Activity | All Universities | Public Comprehensives |
| Teaching | 54.5 | 60.3 |
| Research/scholarship | 17.7 | 14.0 |
| Administration/service | 20.4 | 18.1 |
| Professional growth | 4.6 | 5.0 |
| Outside consulting | 2.7 | 2.7 |
The left column shows the percentages for all types of universities from Research I institutions to two-year community colleges, whereas the data on the right are specific to comprehensive universities, institutions like those that comprise the California State University, which focus primarily on undergraduate instruction with some master's degree programs. In the comprehensives, faculty devote 60 percent of their time to teaching, with the rest roughly divided between research and service.
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