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Table 236. Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by field and faculty characteristics: Fall 1992 and fall 1998

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                         |      |                                     Fall 1998
                         |Number|______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
         Faculty         | in   |Number|            | Agriculture |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
     characteristic      |thou- |  in  |    All     |   and home  |            |            |            |            |            |            |  Natural   |   Social   |
                         |sands,|thou- |   fields   |  economics  |  Business  | Education  |      Engine|  Fine arts |   Health   | Humanities |  sciences  |  sciences  |   Other
                         | 1992 |sands |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
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            1            |  2   |  3   |    4       |    5        |    6       |    7       |    8       |    9       |   10       |   11       |   12       |   13       |   14
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                         |                           Full-time instructional faculty and staff
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 Full-time, in thousands |   528|   560| 560.4 (4.8)|  10.5  (0.4)|  38.7 (1.1)|  39.9 (1.4)|  25.0 (0.9)|  33.3 (1.4)|  83.8 (2.0)|  80.8 (1.8)| 111.3 (2.1)|  58.4 (1.3)|  78.7 (2.1)
 Percent.................|     †|     †| 100.0    † |   1.9  (0.1)|   6.9 (0.3)|   7.1 (0.3)|   4.5 (0.3)|   5.9 (0.3)|  15.0 (0.4)|  14.4 (0.4)|  19.9 (0.5)|  10.4 (0.4)|  14.0 (0.5)
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                         |      |      |             Percentage distribution of full-time faculty
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   Total ................|   528|   560| 100.0    † | 100.0     † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    † | 100.0    †     
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Sex                      |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Male...................|   353|   357|  63.7 (0.6)|  80.5  (2.9)|  65.0 (2.1)|  42.5 (2.4)|  90.8 (1.8)|  68.5 (2.2)|  49.8 (1.9)|  55.9 (1.6)|  75.1 (1.1)|  67.6 (1.6)|  66.8 (1.7)
  Female.................|   176|   203|  36.3 (0.6)|  19.5  (2.9)|  35.1 (2.1)|  57.5 (2.4)|   9.2 (1.8)|  31.5 (2.2)|  50.2 (1.9)|  44.1 (1.6)|  24.9 (1.1)|  32.4 (1.6)|  33.2 (1.7)
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Race/ethnicity           |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  White, non-Hispanic ...|   457|   477|  85.1 (0.5)|  90.7  (1.9)|  86.7 (1.4)|  83.8 (1.7)|  77.0 (2.3)|  89.3 (1.4)|  85.5 (1.1)|  83.9 (1.4)|  85.5 (1.0)|  84.0 (1.3)|  87.3 (1.2)
  Black, non-Hispanic ...|    27|    28|   5.1 (0.4)|   4.1  (1.3)|   5.3 (0.9)|   8.6 (1.5)|   2.4 (0.5)|   6.7 (1.2)|   4.4 (0.6)|   4.5 (0.8)|   3.1 (0.5)|   6.7 (0.8)|   6.2 (0.8)
  Hispanic...............|    14|    19|   3.3 (0.2)|   1.4  (0.6)|   1.6 (0.4)|   3.3 (0.6)|   3.9 (1.4)|   1.1 (0.3)|   3.3 (0.5)|   6.5 (0.9)|   2.9 (0.5)|   3.0 (0.5)|   2.6 (0.6)
  Asian/Pacific Islander |    28|    33|   5.8 (0.3)|   2.9  (0.9)|   5.2 (0.8)|   3.6 (0.9)|  16.1 (2.1)|   2.3 (0.6)|   6.1 (0.7)|   4.7 (1.0)|   8.2 (0.6)|   5.1 (0.8)|   2.9 (0.6)
  American Indian/       |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
    Alaska Native .......|     3|     4|   0.7 (0.1)|   1.0  (1.0)|   1.3 (0.8)|   0.8 (0.3)|   0.6 (0.4)|   0.6 (0.3)|   0.7 (0.2)|   0.4 (0.2)|   0.3 (0.1)|   1.3 (0.3)|   1.0 (0.3)
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Age                      |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Under 30 ..............|     8|     9|   1.6 (0.2)|   1.3  (0.8)|   1.8 (1.2)|   2.5 (1.8)|   1.6 (1.2)|   1.3 (0.4)|   1.3 (0.5)|   0.9 (0.2)|   1.1 (0.2)|   1.1 (0.3)|   3.2 (0.7)
  30 to 34 ..............|    35|    32|   5.8 (0.3)|   7.9  (3.0)|   4.3 (0.7)|   3.2 (0.7)|   8.6 (1.7)|   3.9 (0.8)|   4.4 (0.6)|   7.3 (1.0)|   6.5 (0.7)|   7.1 (0.9)|   5.3 (0.7)
  35 to 39 ..............|    67|    60|  10.7 (0.4)|   5.2  (1.6)|  10.8 (1.4)|   7.1 (0.9)|  10.6 (1.4)|  10.1 (1.6)|  13.9 (1.6)|  10.1 (0.9)|  12.8 (1.0)|  10.3 (1.2)|   8.0 (0.9)
  40 to 44 ..............|    90|    82|  14.6 (0.5)|  10.6  (2.1)|  13.6 (1.7)|   9.8 (1.3)|  17.5 (2.6)|  16.3 (2.1)|  18.4 (1.4)|  10.7 (0.9)|  15.2 (1.0)|  14.4 (1.3)|  15.5 (1.3)
  45 to 49 ..............|    98|    97|  17.3 (0.5)|  17.9  (2.7)|  16.5 (1.4)|  21.4 (2.1)|  17.2 (2.3)|  16.3 (1.7)|  20.4 (1.4)|  16.7 (1.3)|  14.0 (0.8)|  15.8 (1.3)|  18.6 (1.3)
  50 to 54 ..............|    95|   105|  18.7 (0.5)|  21.8  (3.1)|  22.7 (1.9)|  20.7 (1.9)|  13.5 (1.6)|  23.4 (2.7)|  17.8 (1.2)|  16.2 (1.2)|  19.1 (1.2)|  17.5 (1.3)|  18.8 (1.4)
  55 to 59 ..............|    67|    90|  16.1 (0.5)|  21.9  (3.3)|  17.4 (1.7)|  18.3 (2.0)|  14.3 (1.8)|  14.0 (2.2)|  12.8 (1.0)|  19.4 (1.3)|  14.3 (0.9)|  18.2 (1.5)|  16.4 (1.7)
  60 to 64 ..............|    45|    55|   9.8 (0.4)|   8.5  (1.7)|   9.3 (1.3)|  11.8 (1.6)|  11.1 (2.0)|  11.0 (1.6)|   7.1 (0.7)|  11.2 (1.1)|  10.0 (0.8)|  11.3 (1.2)|   8.7 (0.9)
  65 or older  ..........|    24|    31|   5.5 (0.3)|   4.9  (1.5)|   3.7 (0.7)|   5.1 (1.4)|   5.7 (1.0)|   3.8 (0.8)|   3.9 (0.5)|   7.7 (1.0)|   7.0 (0.9)|   4.3 (0.8)|   5.6 (1.0)
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Degree                   |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Less than bachelor's ..|     6|     7|   1.2 (0.1)|   1.1  (0.7)|   0.3 (0.2)|   0.4 (0.2)|   1.5 (0.6)|   1.4 (0.5)|   1.7 (0.3)|   0.1 (0.1)|   0.4 (0.2)|     #   (#)|   4.6 (0.8)
  Bachelor's ............|    21|    23|   4.0 (0.3)|   5.3  (1.4)|   4.6 (0.9)|   1.5 (0.4)|   5.3 (1.5)|   4.8 (0.9)|   5.1 (0.7)|   0.9 (0.4)|   3.6 (0.6)|   0.9 (0.3)|   9.4 (1.1)
  Master's...............|   156|   156|  27.8 (0.7)|  19.2  (3.1)|  42.5 (2.4)|  27.2 (2.3)|  16.4 (2.2)|  58.9 (2.9)|  23.0 (1.6)|  30.5 (1.6)|  20.0 (1.2)|  16.0 (1.4)|  34.4 (1.9)
  First-professional.....|    58|    52|   9.2 (0.6)|   0.8  (0.5)|   3.9 (0.8)|   0.9 (0.3)|   0.5 (0.3)|   1.4 (0.9)|  41.1 (2.1)|   2.3 (0.9)|   2.0 (0.5)|   2.3 (0.9)|  12.6 (1.3)
  Doctorate .............|   284|   324|  57.7 (0.8)|  73.7  (3.7)|  48.7 (2.3)|  70.1 (2.4)|  76.3 (2.7)|  33.6 (2.7)|  29.0 (1.7)|  66.3 (1.7)|  74.1 (1.3)|  80.8 (1.6)|  39.1 (2.1)
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Rank                     |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Full professor.........|   161|   172|  30.7 (0.7)|  42.9  (4.4)|  23.9 (1.9)|  24.8 (2.1)|  37.3 (2.8)|  29.9 (2.6)|  21.1 (1.3)|  30.9 (1.6)|  38.2 (1.5)|  38.8 (1.9)|  28.8 (2.0)
  Associate professor....|   124|   132|  23.6 (0.6)|  23.2  (3.2)|  26.4 (2.1)|  23.7 (2.0)|  27.9 (2.6)|  25.8 (2.6)|  28.4 (1.7)|  21.5 (1.3)|  23.1 (1.2)|  24.0 (1.6)|  18.0 (1.3)
  Assistant professor....|   124|   125|  22.3 (0.6)|  16.5  (3.4)|  19.8 (1.7)|  24.8 (2.1)|  20.4 (2.3)|  21.3 (2.2)|  30.5 (1.5)|  21.3 (1.4)|  20.7 (1.2)|  22.6 (1.4)|  18.6 (1.3)
  Instructor or lecturer |    74|    75|  13.4 (0.6)|   8.0  (2.0)|  19.5 (2.2)|  10.9 (1.5)|   8.6 (2.2)|  11.9 (2.2)|  14.9 (1.2)|  15.4 (1.3)|  10.1 (0.8)|   7.0 (1.1)|  20.6 (1.6)
  Lecturer  .............|    12|    14|   2.5 (0.3)|   2.0  (0.9)|   3.4 (0.9)|   4.3 (1.9)|   0.9 (0.4)|   2.1 (0.6)|   0.9 (0.2)|   5.0 (0.9)|   2.0 (0.3)|   1.1 (0.3)|   3.2 (0.7)
  Other/no rank .........|    17|    26|   4.7 (0.3)|   5.6  (1.4)|   3.8 (0.7)|   8.5 (1.3)|   4.3 (1.4)|   3.3 (0.7)|   3.1 (0.5)|   2.3 (0.4)|   3.6 (0.5)|   4.2 (0.7)|   6.8 (0.7)
  No rank  ..............|    17|    16|   2.8 (0.4)|   1.8  (0.9)|   3.3 (0.8)|   2.9 (0.9)|   0.5 (0.4)|   5.8 (1.5)|   1.1 (0.3)|   3.7 (0.7)|   2.3 (0.4)|   2.3 (0.5)|   4.0 (0.7)
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                         |                           Part-time instructional faculty and staff
                         |_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
 Part-time, in thousands |   377|   416| 416.0 (5.9)|   2.5  (0.2)|  31.6 (1.8)|  33.6 (1.6)|   9.3 (0.8)|  38.1 (1.5)|  48.7 (2.2)|  74.1 (2.1)|  65.5 (2.2)|  41.2 (2.4)|  71.6 (2.1)
 Percent ................|     †|     †| 100.0    † |   0.6  (0.1)|   7.6 (0.6)|   8.1 (0.5)|   2.2 (0.3)|   9.2 (0.5)|  11.7 (0.7)|  17.8 (0.7)|  15.7 (0.7)|   9.9 (0.7)|  17.2 (0.8)
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                         |      |      |             Percentage distribution of part-time faculty
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   Total ................|   377|   416| 100.0    † | 100.0      †| 100.0    † | 100.0     †| 100.0    † | 100.0     †| 100.0    † | 100.0     †| 100.0    † | 100.0     †| 100.0    
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Sex                      |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Male...................|   209|   217|  52.2 (1.1)|  34.5 (10.1)|  61.9 (4.1)|  28.2 (2.8)|  95.8 (1.6)|  48.5 (3.1)|  41.3 (3.8)|  44.3 (2.2)|  62.8 (2.3)|  55.1 (3.7)|  61.8 (2.8)
  Female.................|   168|   199|  47.9 (1.1)|  65.5 (10.1)|  38.1 (4.1)|  71.8 (2.8)|   4.2 (1.6)|  51.5 (3.1)|  58.7 (3.8)|  55.7 (2.2)|  37.3 (2.3)|  44.9 (3.7)|  38.2 (2.8)
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Race/ethnicity           |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  White, non-Hispanic ...|   333|   364|  87.6 (0.7)|  88.2  (7.0)|  91.1 (1.7)|  89.2 (2.1)|  75.0 (6.2)|  92.4 (1.7)|  90.2 (1.5)|  86.6 (1.4)|  86.8 (1.5)|  85.2 (2.3)|  86.3 (2.2)
  Black, non-Hispanic ...|    18|    19|   4.5 (0.4)|   1.3  (1.3)|   5.4 (1.4)|   5.1 (1.4)|   4.9 (2.5)|   2.9 (0.9)|   2.8 (0.7)|   2.7 (0.6)|   6.0 (1.1)|   8.1 (1.7)|   4.4 (0.9)
  Hispanic...............|    11|    16|   3.7 (0.4)|   3.9  (3.1)|   1.4 (0.4)|   3.5 (1.1)|  11.2 (5.7)|   3.1 (1.3)|   1.9 (0.5)|   5.8 (1.0)|   2.4 (0.5)|   4.8 (1.4)|   4.1 (0.8)
  Asian/Pacific Islander |    12|    13|   3.2 (0.4)|   6.6  (6.3)|   2.2 (0.6)|   0.5 (0.3)|   8.1 (2.6)|   1.0 (0.3)|   3.7 (0.9)|   3.7 (0.8)|   4.3 (0.8)|   1.0 (0.3)|   4.3 (2.0)
  American Indian/       |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
    Alaska Native .......|     2|     4|   1.0 (0.2)|     #    (#)|     #   (#)|   1.9 (1.3)|   0.9 (0.9)|   0.7 (0.4)|   1.4 (0.8)|   1.3 (0.5)|   0.5 (0.3)|   0.9 (0.4)|   1.0 (0.7)
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Age                      |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Under 30 ..............|    20|    15|   3.6 (0.4)|     #    (#)|   1.3 (0.5)|   1.6 (0.5)|     #   (#)|   5.3 (1.7)|   2.0 (0.6)|   7.4 (1.4)|   3.8 (0.9)|   3.4 (0.8)|   2.4 (0.5)
  30 to 34 ..............|    36|    37|   8.9 (0.7)|  15.9  (7.6)|   9.4 (4.2)|   5.1 (1.5)|   3.7 (2.4)|   8.6 (1.9)|   7.7 (1.8)|   9.7 (1.3)|   7.9 (1.0)|   9.1 (2.5)|  11.6 (1.8)
  35 to 39 ..............|    59|    47|  11.4 (0.7)|  25.6  (8.0)|   8.1 (1.5)|   9.3 (2.1)|  13.4 (4.8)|  14.6 (2.4)|  15.5 (2.9)|   7.1 (1.0)|  13.6 (1.8)|   8.8 (1.7)|  12.6 (1.7)
  40 to 44 ..............|    70|    60|  14.5 (0.8)|  18.0  (5.5)|  13.7 (2.2)|   8.9 (2.0)|  19.7 (6.2)|  20.4 (2.7)|  17.0 (2.2)|  13.0 (1.7)|  12.8 (1.7)|  14.7 (2.0)|  16.1 (2.3)
  45 to 49 ..............|    68|    72|  17.3 (0.8)|  18.4  (8.1)|  15.6 (2.6)|  16.4 (2.8)|   8.0 (2.5)|  16.5 (1.8)|  23.9 (2.4)|  14.5 (1.4)|  14.9 (1.8)|  22.3 (3.9)|  18.0 (2.0)
  50 to 54 ..............|    45|    70|  16.8 (0.8)|  16.5  (6.9)|  20.1 (2.9)|  24.1 (2.8)|  14.7 (3.4)|  14.9 (1.9)|  16.4 (2.4)|  15.7 (1.5)|  17.3 (2.0)|  15.4 (2.6)|  15.5 (1.9)
  55 to 59 ..............|    29|    47|  11.3 (0.6)|     #    (#)|  13.4 (2.0)|   8.7 (1.4)|  17.2 (5.2)|   8.7 (1.5)|   6.5 (1.4)|  13.1 (1.6)|  15.3 (2.0)|  10.8 (1.8)|  10.4 (1.4)
  60 to 64 ..............|    23|    29|   6.9 (0.5)|   3.2  (3.1)|   8.3 (1.8)|  13.3 (2.8)|   6.8 (2.1)|   4.9 (1.3)|   3.0 (0.8)|   7.8 (1.2)|   6.1 (1.0)|   9.3 (2.4)|   5.3 (1.1)
  65 or older  ..........|    27|    38|   9.2 (0.6)|   2.4  (2.4)|  10.2 (2.3)|  12.8 (1.8)|  16.5 (4.4)|   6.1 (1.2)|   8.1 (1.5)|  11.7 (1.4)|   8.4 (1.5)|   6.3 (1.5)|   8.3 (1.8)
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Degree                   |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Less than bachelor's ..|    17|    20|   4.9 (0.5)|  11.6  (5.4)|   3.1 (1.4)|   0.5 (0.3)|   3.7 (1.7)|   3.3 (0.9)|   7.7 (1.8)|   0.2 (0.1)|   4.3 (1.3)|   0.2 (0.2)|  13.4 (1.8)
  Bachelor's ............|    63|    59|  14.1 (0.7)|  20.0  (8.2)|  18.0 (2.8)|  11.9 (2.9)|  19.1 (4.4)|  27.0 (3.3)|  15.1 (2.1)|   7.1 (1.1)|  14.1 (1.7)|   4.1 (1.3)|  17.7 (1.9)
  Master's...............|   190|   225|  54.1 (1.2)|  54.6  (8.8)|  65.7 (3.4)|  59.7 (3.5)|  32.3 (6.7)|  59.5 (3.3)|  34.8 (3.7)|  69.6 (2.0)|  57.6 (2.4)|  56.3 (0.4)|  39.3 (2.8)
  First-professional.....|    40|    36|   8.7 (0.8)|   2.7  (2.7)|   3.8 (1.0)|   2.1 (0.6)|   4.2 (2.3)|   1.4 (0.5)|  33.3 (4.3)|   2.9 (0.7)|   2.7 (0.8)|   6.7 (1.6)|  15.2 (2.0)
  Doctorate .............|    59|    76|  18.2 (0.8)|  11.1  (4.7)|   9.4 (2.0)|  25.8 (2.9)|  40.7 (7.1)|   8.7 (1.6)|   9.0 (1.6)|  20.2 (1.8)|  21.3 (2.0)|  32.8 (3.3)|  14.5 (2.1)
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Rank                     |      |      |            |             |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |            |
  Full professor.........|    32|    30|   7.3 (0.7)|   5.6  (3.9)|   6.3 (2.0)|   4.3 (1.0)|  16.8 (4.1)|   6.5 (1.7)|   8.1 (1.9)|   6.7 (1.1)|   7.4 (1.6)|  10.0 (4.0)|   7.3 (1.4)
  Associate professor....|    23|    19|   4.7 (0.5)|   3.0  (3.0)|   3.7 (1.0)|   3.5 (1.0)|   9.9 (4.5)|   3.0 (0.9)|  11.3 (1.9)|   2.4 (0.7)|   4.1 (1.0)|   5.5 (1.7)|   3.8 (1.0)
  Assistant professor....|    24|    23|   5.6 (0.6)|   2.6  (2.4)|   3.0 (0.8)|   4.5 (1.0)|   2.2 (1.2)|   5.7 (1.4)|  16.8 (3.7)|   3.3 (0.7)|   3.4 (0.7)|   6.2 (1.1)|   4.3 (0.9)
  Instructor or lecturer |   215|   205|  49.4 (1.2)|  64.5  (9.0)|  50.6 (4.2)|  43.5 (3.3)|  37.5 (6.4)|  53.4 (3.1)|  46.0 (3.9)|  54.9 (2.3)|  51.0 (2.5)|  43.2 (3.6)|  48.9 (2.9)
  Lecturer ..............|    45|    46|  11.1 (0.8)|  10.2  (4.4)|  11.4 (2.3)|  12.9 (2.8)|   9.3 (2.8)|  14.5 (2.5)|   5.9 (1.6)|  11.9 (1.5)|  10.8 (1.6)|  12.8 (2.4)|  11.3 (2.6)
  Other/ no rank ........|    28|    75|  18.1 (0.8)|  11.5  (5.0)|  21.0 (2.6)|  24.8 (2.8)|  18.1 (4.6)|  12.0 (1.8)|  10.8 (1.5)|  17.6 (1.8)|  17.1 (1.7)|  20.2 (2.4)|  21.7 (2.3)
  No rank ...............|     9|    16|   4.0 (0.4)|   2.6  (2.6)|   4.1 (1.6)|   6.4 (2.2)|   6.2 (4.2)|   5.0 (1.1)|   1.3 (0.4)|   3.3 (0.7)|   6.1 (1.2)|   2.1 (0.7)|   2.7 (0.6)
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† Not applicable.
# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Detail may not sum to totals due to survey item nonresponse and rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93) and 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99). (This table was prepared July 2001.)


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