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Table 226. Number of instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by employment status and control and type of institution: Selected years, fall 1970 through fall 2003

[In thousands]
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           |     |                    |             Control         |    Type
           |     |Employment status\1\|_____________________________|__________
           |     |____________________|      |       Private        |     |
           |     |      |     |Percent|      |______________________|     |
           |     | Full-|Part-|  full-|      |     |Not-for-|   For-|   4-| 2-
Year       |Total|  time| time|   time|Public|Total|  profit| profit| year|year
___________|_____|______|_____|_______|______|_____|________|_______|_____|____
1          |    2|     3|    4|      5|     6|    7|       8|      9|   10|  11
___________|_____|______|_____|_______|______|_____|________|_______|_____|____
1970 ......|  474|   369|  104|   77.9|   314|  160|    --- |   --- |  382|  92
1971\2\ ...|  492|   379|  113|   77.0|   333|  159|    --- |   --- |  387| 105
1972 ......|  500|   380|  120|   76.0|   343|  157|    --- |   --- |  384| 116
1973\2\ ...|  527|   389|  138|   73.8|   365|  162|    --- |   --- |  401| 126
1974\2\ ...|  567|   406|  161|   71.6|   397|  170|    --- |   --- |  427| 140
           |     |      |     |       |      |     |        |       |     |
1975\2\ ...|  628|   440|  188|   70.1|   443|  185|    --- |   --- |  467| 161
1976 ......|  633|   434|  199|   68.6|   449|  184|    --- |   --- |  467| 166
1977 ......|  678|   448|  230|   66.1|   492|  186|    --- |   --- |  485| 193
1979\2\ ...|  675|   445|  230|   65.9|   488|  187|    --- |   --- |  494| 182
1980\2\ ...|  686|   450|  236|   65.6|   495|  191|    --- |   --- |  494| 192
           |     |      |     |       |      |     |        |       |     |
1981 ......|  705|   461|  244|   65.4|   509|  196|    --- |   --- |  493| 212
1982\2\ ...|  710|   462|  248|   65.1|   506|  204|    --- |   --- |  493| 217
1983 ......|  724|   471|  254|   65.0|   512|  212|    --- |   --- |  504| 220
1984\2\ ...|  717|   462|  255|   64.4|   505|  212|    --- |   --- |  504| 213
1985\2\ ...|  715|   459|  256|   64.2|   503|  212|    --- |   --- |  504| 211
           |     |      |     |       |      |     |        |       |     |
1986\2\ ...|  722|   459|  263|   63.6|   510|  212|    --- |   --- |  506| 216
1987\3\ ...|  793|   523|  270|   66.0|   553|  240|    --- |   --- |  548| 246
1989\3\ ...|  824|   524|  300|   63.6|   577|  247|    --- |   --- |  584| 241
1991\3\ ...|  826|   536|  291|   64.8|   581|  245|    --- |   --- |  591| 235
1993\3\ ...|  915|   546|  370|   59.6|   650|  265|     254|     11|  626| 290
           |     |      |     |       |      |     |        |       |     |
1995\3\ ...|  932|   551|  381|   59.1|   657|  275|     261|     14|  647| 285
1997\3,4\ .|  990|   569|  421|   57.5|   695|  295|     271|     24|  683| 307
1999\3,4\ .|1,028|   591|  437|   57.5|   713|  315|     285|     30|  714| 314
2001\3,4\ .|1,113|   618|  495|   55.5|   771|  342|     306|     36|  764| 349
2003\3,4\ .|1,175|   632|  543|   53.8|   793|  382|     331|     52|  816| 359
___________|_____|______|_____|_______|______|_____|________|_______|_____|____
---Not available.
\1\Includes faculty members with the title of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, assisting professor, adjunct professor, or interim professor (or the equivalent). Excluded are graduate students with titles such as graduate or teaching fellow who assist senior faculty.
\2\Estimated on the basis of enrollment.
\3\Because of revised survey methods, data are not directly comparable with figures for years prior to 1987.
\4\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.
NOTE: Data for 1970 through 1995 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. For methodological details on estimates, see National Center for Education Statistics, Projections of Education Statistics to 2000. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Employees in Institutions of Higher Education, 1970, 1972, and 1976; Projections of Education Statistics to 2000, 1989; 1987 through 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:87-99), and Winter 2001-02 through Winter 2003-04; and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Higher Education Staff Information Survey (EEO-6), 1977, 1981, and 1983. (This table was prepared March 2005.)


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