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Table 225. Employees in degree-granting institutions, by primary occupation, sex, employment status, and by type and control of institution: Fall 1999

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                                         |         Full-time and part-time                  |               Full-time                |        Part-time
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       Primary occupation and type       |     Total        |          |     Women          |     Total          |        |          |        |        |
       and control of institution        |__________________|          |____________________|____________________|        |          |        |        |
                                         |  Number  |Percent|   Men    |  Number  | Percent |  Number  | Percent |  Men   |  Women   | Total  |  Men   | Women
                                         |          |distri-|          |          | of all  |          | of all  |        |          |        |        |
                                         |          |bution |          |          |employees|          |employees|        |          |        |        |
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                    1                    |    2     |   3   |    4     |    5     |    6    |    7     |    8    |   9    |    10    |   11   |   12   |   13
_________________________________________|__________|_______|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|________|__________|________|________|________
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Total, all employees ....................|2,883,175 | 100.0 |1,365,812 |1,517,363 |    52.6 |1,918,676 |    66.5 |896,837 |1,021,839 |964,499 |468,975 |495,524
  Professional staff ....................|1,950,861 |  67.7 |1,026,882 |  923,979 |    47.4 |1,180,173 |    60.5 |628,066 |  552,107 |770,688 |398,816 |371,872
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  159,888 |   5.5 |   83,883 |   76,005 |    47.5 |  153,722 |    96.1 | 81,260 |   72,462 |  6,166 |  2,623 |  3,543
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|1,027,830 |  35.6 |  602,469 |  425,361 |    41.4 |  590,937 |    57.5 |371,039 |  219,898 |436,893 |231,430 |205,463
    Instruction and research assistants .|  239,738 |   8.3 |  132,607 |  107,131 |    44.7 |        0 |       0 |      0 |        0 |239,738 |132,607 |107,131
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  523,405 |  18.2 |  207,923 |  315,482 |    60.3 |  435,514 |    83.2 |175,767 |  259,747 | 87,891 | 32,156 | 55,735
                                         |          |       |          |          |         |          |         |        |          |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  932,314 |  32.3 |  338,930 |  593,384 |    63.6 |  738,503 |    79.2 |268,771 |  469,732 |193,811 | 70,159 |123,652
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|  198,492 |   6.9 |   80,472 |  118,020 |    59.5 |  151,601 |    76.4 | 62,598 |   89,003 | 46,891 | 17,874 | 29,017
    Clerical and secretarial ............|  447,191 |  15.5 |   61,449 |  385,742 |    86.3 |  345,734 |    77.3 | 35,251 |  310,483 |101,457 | 26,198 | 75,259
    Skilled crafts ......................|   65,544 |   2.3 |   61,009 |    4,535 |     6.9 |   61,422 |    93.7 | 58,024 |    3,398 |  4,122 |  2,985 |  1,137
    Service and maintenance .............|  221,087 |   7.7 |  136,000 |   85,087 |    38.5 |  179,746 |    81.3 |112,898 |   66,848 | 41,341 | 23,102 | 18,239
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Public 4-year, total ....................|1,470,842 | 100.0 |  711,659 |  759,183 |    51.6 |1,024,769 |    69.7 |492,337 |  532,432 |446,073 |219,322 |226,751
  Professional staff ....................|  987,622 |  67.1 |  530,790 |  456,832 |    46.3 |  625,746 |    63.4 |342,826 |  282,920 |361,876 |187,964 |173,912
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   64,336 |   4.4 |   36,317 |   28,019 |    43.6 |   62,200 |    96.7 | 35,389 |   26,811 |  2,136 |    928 |  1,208
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  417,086 |  28.4 |  260,052 |  157,034 |    37.7 |  302,598 |    72.6 |199,146 |  103,452 |114,488 | 60,906 | 53,582
    Instruction and research assistants .|  196,393 |  13.4 |  108,449 |   87,944 |    44.8 |        0 |       0 |      0 |        0 |196,393 |108,449 | 87,944
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  309,807 |  21.1 |  125,972 |  183,835 |    59.3 |  260,948 |    84.2 |108,291 |  152,657 | 48,859 | 17,681 | 31,178
                                         |          |       |          |          |         |          |         |        |          |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  483,220 |  32.9 |  180,869 |  302,351 |    62.6 |  399,023 |    82.6 |149,511 |  249,512 | 84,197 | 31,358 | 52,839
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|  106,023 |   7.2 |   43,785 |   62,238 |    58.7 |   83,362 |    78.6 | 35,179 |   48,183 | 22,661 |  8,606 | 14,055
    Clerical and secretarial ............|  219,431 |  14.9 |   29,486 |  189,945 |    86.6 |  176,928 |    80.6 | 17,313 |  159,615 | 42,503 | 12,173 | 30,330
    Skilled crafts ......................|   41,413 |   2.8 |   39,130 |    2,283 |     5.5 |   40,033 |    96.7 | 37,989 |    2,044 |  1,380 |  1,141 |    239
    Service and maintenance .............|  116,353 |   7.9 |   68,468 |   47,885 |    41.2 |   98,700 |    84.8 | 59,030 |   39,670 | 17,653 |  9,438 |  8,215
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Public 2-year, total ....................|  517,967 | 100.0 |  232,339 |  285,628 |    55.1 |  259,186 |    50.0 |111,078 |  148,108 |258,781 |121,261 |137,520
  Professional staff ....................|  364,703 |  70.4 |  179,384 |  185,319 |    50.8 |  156,713 |    43.0 | 76,011 |   80,702 |207,990 |103,373 |104,617
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   21,459 |   4.1 |   11,204 |   10,255 |    47.8 |   20,552 |    95.8 | 10,762 |    9,790 |    907 |    442 |    465
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  296,239 |  57.2 |  150,465 |  145,774 |    49.2 |  104,654 |    35.3 | 53,528 |   51,126 |191,585 | 96,937 | 94,648
    Instruction and research assistants .|    4,170 |   0.8 |    1,946 |    2,224 |    53.3 |        0 |       0 |      0 |        0 |  4,170 |  1,946 |  2,224
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|   42,835 |   8.3 |   15,769 |   27,066 |    63.2 |   31,507 |    73.6 | 11,721 |   19,786 | 11,328 |  4,048 |  7,280
                                         |          |       |          |          |         |          |         |        |          |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  153,264 |  29.6 |   52,955 |  100,309 |    65.4 |  102,473 |    66.9 | 35,067 |   67,406 | 50,791 | 17,888 | 32,903
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|   37,527 |   7.2 |   14,518 |   23,009 |    61.3 |   24,184 |    64.4 |  9,455 |   14,729 | 13,343 |  5,063 |  8,280
    Clerical and secretarial ............|   77,771 |  15.0 |   10,370 |   67,401 |    86.7 |   49,560 |    63.7 |  3,469 |   46,091 | 28,211 |  6,901 | 21,310
    Skilled crafts ......................|    6,710 |   1.3 |    5,783 |      927 |    13.8 |    5,214 |    77.7 |  4,784 |      430 |  1,496 |    999 |    497
    Service and maintenance .............|   31,256 |   6.0 |   22,284 |    8,972 |    28.7 |   23,515 |    75.2 | 17,359 |    6,156 |  7,741 |  4,925 |  2,816
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Private 4-year, total ...................|  857,820 | 100.0 |  405,505 |  452,315 |    52.7 |  610,302 |    71.1 |282,718 |  327,584 |247,518 |122,787 |124,731
  Professional staff ....................|  569,579 |  66.4 |  302,968 |  266,611 |    46.8 |  378,826 |    66.5 |200,417 |  178,409 |190,753 |102,551 | 88,202
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   69,626 |   8.1 |   34,450 |   35,176 |    50.5 |   66,665 |    95.7 | 33,258 |   33,407 |  2,961 |  1,192 |  1,769
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  296,737 |  34.6 |  182,412 |  114,325 |    38.5 |  174,352 |    58.8 |113,104 |   61,248 |122,385 | 69,308 | 53,077
    Instruction and research assistants .|   38,597 |   4.5 |   21,912 |   16,685 |    43.2 |        0 |       0 |      0 |        0 | 38,597 | 21,912 | 16,685
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  164,619 |  19.2 |   64,194 |  100,425 |    61.0 |  137,809 |    83.7 | 54,055 |   83,754 | 26,810 | 10,139 | 16,671
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  Nonprofessional staff .................|  288,241 |  33.6 |  102,537 |  185,704 |    64.4 |  231,476 |    80.3 | 82,301 |  149,175 | 56,765 | 20,236 | 36,529
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|   53,279 |   6.2 |   21,462 |   31,817 |    59.7 |   42,765 |    80.3 | 17,382 |   25,383 | 10,514 |  4,080 |  6,434
    Clerical and secretarial ............|  146,191 |  17.0 |   21,182 |  125,009 |    85.5 |  116,469 |    79.7 | 14,223 |  102,246 | 29,722 |  6,959 | 22,763
    Skilled crafts ......................|   17,151 |   2.0 |   15,901 |    1,250 |     7.3 |   15,928 |    92.9 | 15,067 |      861 |  1,223 |    834 |    389
    Service and maintenance .............|   71,620 |   8.3 |   43,992 |   27,628 |    38.6 |   56,314 |    78.6 | 35,629 |   20,685 | 15,306 |  8,363 |  6,943
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Private 2-year, total ...................|   36,546 | 100.0 |   16,309 |   20,237 |    55.4 |   24,419 |    66.8 | 10,704 |   13,715 | 12,127 |  5,605 |  6,522
  Professional staff ....................|   28,957 |  79.2 |   13,740 |   15,217 |    52.6 |   18,888 |    65.2 |  8,812 |   10,076 | 10,069 |  4,928 |  5,141
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|    4,467 |  12.2 |    1,912 |    2,555 |    57.2 |    4,305 |    96.4 |  1,851 |    2,454 |    162 |     61 |    101
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|   17,768 |  48.6 |    9,540 |    8,228 |    46.3 |    9,333 |    52.5 |  5,261 |    4,072 |  8,435 |  4,279 |  4,156
    Instruction and research assistants .|      578 |   1.6 |      300 |      278 |    48.1 |        0 |       0 |      0 |        0 |    578 |    300 |    278
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|    6,144 |  16.8 |    1,988 |    4,156 |    67.6 |    5,250 |    85.4 |  1,700 |    3,550 |    894 |    288 |    606
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  Nonprofessional staff .................|    7,589 |  20.8 |    2,569 |    5,020 |    66.1 |    5,531 |    72.9 |  1,892 |    3,639 |  2,058 |    677 |  1,381
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|    1,663 |   4.6 |      707 |      956 |    57.5 |    1,290 |    77.6 |    582 |      708 |    373 |    125 |    248
    Clerical and secretarial ............|    3,798 |  10.4 |      411 |    3,387 |    89.2 |    2,777 |    73.1 |    246 |    2,531 |  1,021 |    165 |    856
    Skilled crafts ......................|      270 |   0.7 |      195 |       75 |    27.8 |      247 |    91.5 |    184 |       63 |     23 |     11 |     12
    Service and maintenance .............|    1,858 |   5.1 |    1,256 |      602 |    32.4 |    1,217 |    65.5 |    880 |      337 |    641 |    376 |    265
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NOTE: Percentages may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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 June 2001.)


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