Full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, academic rank, and sex: Fall 1999

Table 229.

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                          |         |         |   Minority      |        |        |Asian or |American|  Non-  |  Race/
  Academic rank and sex   |  Total  | White,  |_________________| Black, |        | Pacific |Indian/ |resident|ethnicity
                          |         |  non-   | Number  | Per-  |  non-  |Hispanic|Islander |Alaskan | alien  | unknown
                          |         |Hispanic |         | cent  |Hispanic|        |         | Native |        |
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|_________|________|________|_________
            1             |    2    |    3    |    4    |   5   |   6    |   7    |    8    |   9    |   10   |   11
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|_________|________|________|_________
Men and women, all ranks .| 590,937 | 489,206 |  82,393 |  14.4 | 29,222 | 16,498 |  34,112 |  2,561 |  7,190 |  12,148
  Professors .............| 161,309 | 142,852 |  16,950 |  10.6 |  4,784 |  2,913 |   8,786 |    467 |    774 |     733
  Associate professors ...| 128,826 | 109,037 |  17,773 |  14.0 |  6,462 |  3,161 |   7,752 |    398 |  1,121 |     895
  Assistant professors ...| 134,791 | 104,674 |  22,999 |  18.0 |  8,431 |  4,237 |   9,718 |    613 |  3,241 |   3,877
  Instructors ............|  80,089 |  64,803 |  13,115 |  16.8 |  5,375 |  3,724 |   3,407 |    609 |    819 |   1,352
  Lecturers ..............|  16,057 |  12,964 |   2,302 |  15.1 |    883 |    660 |     692 |     67 |    451 |     340
  Other faculty ..........|  69,865 |  54,876 |   9,254 |  14.4 |  3,287 |  1,803 |   3,757 |    407 |    784 |   4,951
                          |=========|=========|=========|=======|========|========|=========|========|========|=========
  Men, all ranks .........| 371,039 | 307,814 |  49,706 |  13.9 | 14,660 |  9,622 |  23,975 |  1,449 |  4,541 |   8,978
    Professors ...........| 127,684 | 113,304 |  13,105 |  10.4 |  3,078 |  2,157 |   7,519 |    351 |    648 |     627
    Associate professors .|  83,359 |  70,137 |  11,677 |  14.3 |  3,601 |  1,977 |   5,865 |    234 |    846 |     699
    Assistant professors .|  74,127 |  56,463 |  12,672 |  18.3 |  3,882 |  2,291 |   6,199 |    300 |  1,892 |   3,100
    Instructors ..........|  39,599 |  32,009 |   6,339 |  16.5 |  2,337 |  1,939 |   1,737 |    326 |    443 |     808
    Lecturers ............|   7,465 |   6,043 |   1,008 |  14.3 |    386 |    278 |     310 |     34 |    250 |     164
    Other faculty ........|  38,805 |  29,858 |   4,905 |  14.1 |  1,376 |    980 |   2,345 |    204 |    462 |   3,580
                          |=========|=========|=========|=======|========|========|=========|========|========|=========
   Women, all ranks ......| 219,898 | 181,392 |  32,687 |  15.3 | 14,562 |  6,876 |  10,137 |  1,112 |  2,649 |   3,170
    Professors ...........|  33,625 |  29,548 |   3,845 |  11.5 |  1,706 |    756 |   1,267 |    116 |    126 |     106
    Associate professors .|  45,467 |  38,900 |   6,096 |  13.5 |  2,861 |  1,184 |   1,887 |    164 |    275 |     196
    Assistant professors .|  60,664 |  48,211 |  10,327 |  17.6 |  4,549 |  1,946 |   3,519 |    313 |  1,349 |     777
    Instructors ..........|  40,490 |  32,794 |   6,776 |  17.1 |  3,038 |  1,785 |   1,670 |    283 |    376 |     544
    Lecturers ............|   8,592 |   6,921 |   1,294 |  15.8 |    497 |    382 |     382 |     33 |    201 |     176
    Other faculty ........|  31,060 |  25,018 |   4,349 |  14.8 |  1,911 |    823 |   1,412 |    203 |    322 |   1,371
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|_________|________|________|_________

NOTE: Percents are based on the number of faculty members who were U.S. citizens and who were reported by race/ethnicity. Data exclude faculty employed by system offices. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff, 1999" survey. (This table was prepared July 2001.)

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