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Table 223. Employees in degree-granting institutions of higher education, by primary occupation, employment status, and control of institution: Fall 1976, fall 1991, and fall 1999

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                                         |                    Fall 1976\1\                 |              Fall 1991\1\            |              Fall 1999\2\
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         Primary occupation and          |       Total staff          |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff    |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff     |Full-time equivalent
         control of institution          |                            |        staff       |                 |        staff       |                  |        staff
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                                         |  Number  | Per- |  Full-   |  Total   |FTE stu- |  Number  | Per- |  Total   |FTE stu- |  Number   | Per- |  Total   |FTE stu-
                                         |          | cent |   time   |          |dents per|          | cent |          |dents per|           | cent |          |dents per
                                         |          |      |          |          |FTE staff|          |      |          |FTE staff|           |      |          |FTE staff
_________________________________________|__________|______|__________|__________|_________|__________|______|__________|_________|___________|______|__________|_________
                    1                    |    2     |  3   |    4     |    5     |    6    |    7     |  8   |    9     |   10    |    11     |  12  |    13    |   14
_________________________________________|__________|______|__________|__________|_________|__________|______|__________|_________|___________|______|__________|_________
Total, all institutions .................|1,863,790 |100.0 |1,339,911 |1,541,339 |     5.4 |2,545,235 |100.0 |2,094,628 |     4.9 | 2,883,175 |100.0 |2,285,525 |     4.8
  Professional staff ....................|1,073,119 | 57.6 |  709,400 |  845,456 |     9.8 |1,595,460 | 62.7 |1,244,588 |     8.3 | 1,950,861 | 67.7 |1,467,852 |     7.5
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  101,263 |  5.4 |   97,003 |   98,972 |    84.0 |  144,755 |  5.7 |  141,718 |    73.1 |   159,888 |  5.5 |  156,571 |    69.9
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  633,210 | 34.0 |  434,071 |  500,533 |    16.6 |  826,252 | 32.5 |  632,565 |    16.4 | 1,027,830 | 35.6 |  736,584 |    14.9
    Instruction and research assistants .|  160,086 |  8.6 |   28,007 |   82,684 |   100.5 |  197,751 |  7.8 |   81,467 |   127.2 |   239,738 |  8.3 |   99,133 |   110.4
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  178,560 |  9.6 |  150,319 |  163,267 |    50.9 |  426,702 | 16.8 |  388,838 |    26.6 |   523,405 | 18.2 |  475,564 |    23.0
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  790,671 | 42.4 |  630,511 |  695,883 |    11.9 |  949,775 | 37.3 |  850,040 |    12.2 |   932,314 | 32.3 |  817,674 |    13.4
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Public, total .......................... |1,329,122 |100.0 |  946,354 |1,092,558 |     5.8 |1,783,328 |100.0 |1,449,398 |     5.4 | 1,988,809 |100.0 |1,550,190 |     5.2
  Professional staff ....................|  769,836 | 57.9 |  502,325 |  601,942 |    10.5 |1,133,264 | 63.5 |  868,112 |     9.1 | 1,352,325 | 68.0 |  994,132 |     8.1
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   60,733 |  4.6 |   58,649 |   59,579 |   106.6 |   84,446 |  4.7 |   82,835 |    94.9 |    85,795 |  4.3 |   84,110 |    95.4
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  448,733 | 33.8 |  313,367 |  357,761 |    17.7 |  580,908 | 32.6 |  446,113 |    17.6 |   713,325 | 35.9 |  507,630 |    15.8
    Instruction and research assistants .|  127,925 |  9.6 |   19,076 |   63,420 |   100.1 |  173,560 |  9.7 |   70,707 |   111.2 |   200,563 | 10.1 |   81,707 |    98.2
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  132,445 | 10.0 |  111,233 |  121,182 |    52.4 |  294,350 | 16.5 |  268,458 |    29.3 |   352,642 | 17.7 |  320,684 |    25.0
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  559,286 | 42.1 |  444,029 |  490,616 |    12.9 |  650,064 | 36.5 |  581,286 |    13.5 |   636,484 | 32.0 |  556,058 |    14.4
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Private, total ..........................|  534,668 |100.0 |  393,557 |  448,781 |     4.4 |  761,907 |100.0 |  645,231 |     3.9 |   894,366 |100.0 |  735,335 |     4.0
  Professional staff ....................|  303,283 | 56.7 |  207,075 |  243,514 |     8.1 |  462,196 | 60.7 |  376,476 |     6.6 |   598,536 | 66.9 |  473,720 |     6.2
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   40,530 |  7.6 |   38,354 |   39,393 |    49.8 |   60,309 |  7.9 |   58,883 |    42.4 |    74,093 |  8.3 |   72,461 |    40.3
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  184,477 | 34.5 |  120,704 |  142,772 |    13.7 |  245,344 | 32.2 |  186,452 |    13.4 |   314,505 | 35.2 |  228,954 |    12.8
    Instruction and research assistants .|   32,161 |  6.0 |    8,931 |   19,264 |   101.9 |   24,191 |  3.2 |   10,760 |   232.1 |    39,175 |  4.4 |   17,426 |   167.8
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|   46,115 |  8.6 |   39,086 |   42,085 |    46.6 |  132,352 | 17.4 |  120,380 |    20.7 |   170,763 | 19.1 |  154,879 |    18.9
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  231,385 | 43.3 |  186,482 |  205,267 |     9.6 |  299,711 | 39.3 |  268,755 |     9.3 |   295,830 | 33.1 |  261,615 |    11.2
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\1\Data are for 4-year and 2-year institutions that were accredited by an agency or organization that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or directly recognized by the Secretary of Education.
\2\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff, 1976" survey; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff" surveys. (This table was prepared July 2001.)


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