Measuring Faculty Productivity - A Conceptual Review

Faculty members engage themselves in key activities of classroom instruction, research, administration, consulting and community service. Increasing the productivity in any one of these activities may be at the cost of others. Perceptions of what constitutes faculty productivity may differ based on approaches adopted and contextual factors. There are no universally accepted variables to measure faculty productivity, since each university or institute is unique in types of programs offered, quality of in-coming students, placement rates, mission and vision and the research capabilities of faculty members and the support systems provided. This paper reviews the published literature and makes an attempt to segregate the components of faculty productivity in institutes offering tertiary education. Further, an attempt is made to quantify faculty productivity, students learning outcomes and how to incorporate faculty productivity in the institute's mission