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Table 222. Total and full-time-equivalent staff in degree-granting institutions, by employment status, control of institution, and occupation: Fall 1976, fall 1993, and fall 2003
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                                       |                   Fall 1976\1\              |            Fall 1993\1\           |            Fall 2003\2\
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                                       |                         |      Full-time    |               |      Full-time    |               |Full-time equivalent
                                       |           Total         |        (FTE)      |      Total    |        (FTE)      |      Total    |        (FTE)
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                                       |         |     |         |         |FTE stu- |         |     |         | FTE stu-|         |     |         |  FTE stu-
Control of institution                 |         | Per-|    Full-|         |dents per|         | Per-|         |dents per|         | Per-|         | dents per
and primary occupation                 |   Number| cent|     time|    Total|FTE staff|   Number| cent|    Total|FTE staff|   Number| cent|    Total| FTE staff
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1                                      |        2|    3|        4|        5|        6|        7|    8|        9|       10|       11|   12|       13|        14
_______________________________________|_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|_____|_________|__________
     All institutions .................|1,863,790|100.0|1,339,911|1,541,339|      5.4|2,602,612|100.0|2,094,681|      4.9|3,194,169|100.0|2,504,206|       5.1
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Professional staff ....................|1,073,119| 57.6|  709,400|  845,456|      9.8|1,687,287| 64.8|1,280,382|      8.1|2,272,583| 71.1|1,686,816|       7.5
  Executive/administrative/managerial .|  101,263|  5.4|   97,003|   98,972|     84.0|  143,675|  5.5|  140,522|     73.7|  186,505|  5.8|  183,083|      69.2
  Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  633,210| 34.0|  434,071|  500,533|     16.6|  915,474| 35.2|  668,819|     15.5|1,174,831| 36.8|  812,955|      15.6
  Instruction and research assistants .|  160,086|  8.6|   28,007|   82,684|    100.5|  202,819|  7.8|   83,717|    123.6|  293,047|  9.2|  121,321|     104.5
  Other professionals .................|  178,560|  9.6|  150,319|  163,267|     50.9|  425,319| 16.3|  387,323|     26.7|  618,200| 19.4|  569,456|      22.3
Nonprofessional staff .................|  790,671| 42.4|  630,511|  695,883|     11.9|  915,325| 35.2|  814,299|     12.7|  921,586| 28.9|  817,391|      15.5
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   Public .............................|1,329,122|100.0|  946,354|1,092,558|      5.8|1,812,513|100.0|1,434,747|      5.4|2,167,902|100.0|1,669,569|       5.5
                                       |_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|_____|_________|__________
Professional staff ....................|  769,836| 57.9|  502,325|  601,942|     10.5|1,193,284| 65.8|  883,579|      8.8|1,540,676| 71.1|1,117,320|       8.3
  Executive/administrative/managerial .|   60,733|  4.6|   58,649|   59,579|    106.6|   81,209|  4.5|   79,426|     98.4|   96,344|  4.4|   94,444|      97.8
  Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  448,733| 33.8|  313,367|  357,761|     17.7|  650,434| 35.9|  470,537|     16.6|  792,515| 36.6|  546,438|      16.9
  Instruction and research assistants .|  127,925|  9.6|   19,076|   63,420|    100.1|  173,678|  9.6|   70,755|    110.4|  241,286| 11.1|   98,298|      94.0
  Other professionals .................|  132,445| 10.0|  111,233|  121,182|     52.4|  287,963| 15.9|  262,862|     29.7|  410,531| 18.9|  378,141|      24.4
Nonprofessional staff .................|  559,286| 42.1|  444,029|  490,616|     12.9|  619,229| 34.2|  551,168|     14.2|  627,226| 28.9|  552,249|      16.7
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   Private ............................|  534,668|100.0|  393,557|  448,781|      4.4|  790,099|100.0|  659,934|      3.8|1,026,267|100.0|  834,637|       4.1
                                       |_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|_________|_____|_________|_________|_________|_____|_________|__________
Professional staff ....................|  303,283| 56.7|  207,075|  243,514|      8.1|  494,003| 62.5|  396,802|      6.4|  731,907| 71.3|  569,496|       6.0
  Executive/administrative/managerial .|   40,530|  7.6|   38,354|   39,393|     49.8|   62,466|  7.9|   61,096|     41.6|   90,161|  8.8|   88,639|      38.8
  Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  184,477| 34.5|  120,704|  142,772|     13.7|  265,040| 33.5|  198,282|     12.8|  382,316| 37.3|  266,517|      12.9
  Instruction and research assistants .|   32,161|  6.0|    8,931|   19,264|    101.9|   29,141|  3.7|   12,962|    195.9|   51,761|  5.0|   23,024|     149.3
  Other professionals .................|   46,115|  8.6|   39,086|   42,085|     46.6|  137,356| 17.4|  124,461|     20.4|  207,669| 20.2|  191,316|      18.0
Nonprofessional staff .................|  231,385| 43.3|  186,482|  205,267|      9.6|  296,096| 37.5|  263,131|      9.6|  294,360| 28.7|  265,141|      13.0
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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 recognized directly 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 because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff Survey" 1976; and 1993 and 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:93), and Winter 2003-04. (This table was prepared April 2005.)


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