Faculty productivity within Auburn University's Department of Educational Foundations, Leadership and Technology is among the highest in the country, according to a recent report that assessed academic departments on their scholarly output. The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index  , released by Academic Analytics, based in Chester, Pa., in fall 2007, ranked productivity in the department, based in the College of Education, as seventh in the country.

The FSP Index measures the annual productivity of faculty on several factors including: publications (books and journal articles), citations of journal publications, federal research funding and awards and honors received by faculty. The FSP analysis creates, at the discipline level, a scale based on the cumulative scoring of a program's faculty using these measures compared against national standards.

"This department is vital not only because of its degree programs, but to other disciplines throughout the college and university," said Dr. Jose Llanes, professor and department head.  "The faculty work in this area is central to what we as educators do in the classroom and beyond."

In addition to being ranked seventh, Auburn University was the only southeastern university among the top 10.

"Sometimes, the nomination becomes an honor in itself," Llanes noted, "but being ranked in a list that includes universities we know to be the 'best' in the country speaks volumes about the work our faculty is doing."

The index is published annually and is partly financed by the State University of New York at Stony Brook.  It utilizes a methodology created after a decade of study of faculty productivity by Lawrence B. Martin, graduate dean at Stony Brook.  For more information and the list of ranked schools, visit www.academicanalytics.com/TopSchools/TopPrograms.aspx