§19154 Collection of Data on Demographics of Faculty

Summary

The Director of the National Science Foundation must carry out a survey no later than five years after August 9, 2022, and at least every five years after that. The survey will collect data from institutions that get Federal research funding about the demographics of STEM faculty by broad fields and type of school. Where possible, it must break results down by sex, race, socioeconomic indicators (for example employment, job, education, parents’ education, and income), location, ethnicity, citizenship, and years since finishing a doctoral degree. It must report counts and percentages for things like total faculty, rank, nontenure-track status, promotion reviews and promotion/tenure outcomes, years in rank, leaving tenure-track, hires by rank, and leadership roles. The Director may update existing Federal higher-education surveys, work with other Federal statistical centers, or fund colleges or nonprofit groups to do the work. The NSF must publish summary statistics, including in its required report. Congress authorized $4,000,000 in each of fiscal years 2023 through 2025 to develop and carry out the initial survey.