In the spring of 2020, many high schools and universities transitioned to online course instruction. As one might expect, this had an impact on physics and astronomy faculty members’ allocation of time. We sent a survey to faculty members at randomly selected physics and astronomy departments in the spring of 2021. We asked them to compare the time spent on various tasks prior to the pandemic with the time spent in the spring of 2021. Seven faculty members in 10 (71%) reported spending more time on teaching and advising, and about six faculty members in 10 (58%) reported spending less time on research and scholarship.
This graph comes from our report Changes in Time Allocation During the COVID-19 Pandemic for Full-Time Faculty in Physics and Astronomy. The footnote references additional figures that look at changes by the highest degree the department awards. For those interested, that report is available...