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PEER STATE COMPARISONS
TABLE 2
State

Instructional
and Research
Faculty
Count as
Multiple
a of Florida Instructional
and Research
per 10K Pop Multiple of
Florida per
10K Pop
Florida 10,901 23 1.00 5.58 1.00
California 30,774 2.82 8.03 1.44
New York 24,966 2.29 12.70 2.28
Texas 23,070 2.12 8.72 1.56
CA/NY/TX 26,270 2.41 9.33 1.67
Our large peer state research universities engage
two and one half as many instructional and
research personnel when compared to Florida. As
a multiple of population, the proportion is almost
two to one. We are putting a basketball team of
five on a baseball diamond that has nine positions
to defend. Florida’s research performance is
inexorably tied to the gaps opposing batters use
to win the game.
FIGURE 11: Florida has Significantly Fewer Faculty Per Capita than Large Peer States
Florida has Significantly Fewer Faculty Per Capita than Large Peer States
At Select Universities with More than 1,000 Publications in 2013
At Select Universi>es with More than 1,000 Publica>ons in 2013
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FL Instruc>onal and
Research Faculty are
59.7% of CA/TX/NY Per
10K Pop
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
CA
NY
TX
FL

AVG CA/TX/NY
State
Instruc>on Per 10K Pop
Research Per 10K Pop
13