Nationally, more than 70 percent of college faculty are now non-tenure-track instructors, highlighting growing concerns about workload balance and employment conditions in higher education, leading State Senator Mary Edly-Allen to advance legislation requiring annual reporting on faculty teaching loads. Senate Bill 3314 would require the Illinois Board of Higher Education to publish an annual report detailing the number of credit hours taught by full-time and part-time faculty at public and non-public universities across the state. The report would organize the data by institution, tenure status, degree program and certification program. Currently, Illinois law does not require higher education institutions to publicly report how credit hours are distributed between full-time and part-time faculty. The measure was introduced as an initiative of the Illinois Education Association (IEA) and would require the Illinois Board of Higher Education to publish the report annually beginning Jan. 1, 2027. Senate Bill 3314 passed the Senate Higher Education Committee on Wednesday and heads to the full Senate for further consideration.