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Table 233. Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and program area: Fall 1998 and fall 2003
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                            |         |         |                                            Percentage distribution, fall 2003
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                            |Number in|Number in|     |                     |                   |                    |                      |  American Indian/
                            |    thou-|    thou-|     | White, non-Hispanic |Black, non-Hispanic|       Hispanic     |Asian/Pacific Islander|   Alaska Native
                            |   sands,|   sands,|     |_____________________|___________________|____________________|______________________|___________________
Program area                |     1998|     2003|Total|      Male|    Female|     Male|   Female|     Male|    Female|       Male|   Female |     Male|   Female
____________________________|_________|_________|_____|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________
1                           |        2|        3|    4|         5|         6|        7|        8|        9|        10|         11|        12|       13|       14
____________________________|_________|_________|_____|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________
Full-time instructional     |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
   faculty and staff .......|560 (4.8)|682(0.05)|100.0|49.6(0.39)|30.7(0.36)|2.9(0.15)|2.7(0.13)|2.0(0.09)| 1.5(0.08)| 6.3 (0.15)|2.8 (0.15)|0.8(0.08)|0.6(0.07)
                            |_________|_________|_____|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________
Agriculture and             |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
   home economics ..........| 10 (0.4)| 17(0.80)|100.0|58.9(3.03)|28.9(2.72)|0.5(0.42)|1.8(0.73)|1.2(0.46)| 1.3(0.52)| 3.6 (1.13)|2.8 (0.86)|0.4(0.30)|0.6(0.35)
Business ...................| 39 (1.1)| 43(1.40)|100.0|53.2(1.49)|26.2(1.71)|2.5(0.73)|2.0(0.44)|1.8(0.48)| 0.5(0.16)| 9.7 (1.06)|2.5 (0.46)|1.3(0.35)|0.4(0.17)
Communications .............| 10 (1.0)| 16(1.43)|100.0|48.1(3.39)|38.7(3.30)|2.0(0.73)|3.3(0.94)|1.9(0.58)| 1.5(0.59)| 1.9 (0.87)|0.6 (0.39)|1.1(0.77)|0.9(0.64)
Education ..................| 40 (1.4)| 51(1.89)|100.0|32.5(1.49)|48.0(1.64)|3.0(0.60)|4.9(0.64)|1.5(0.34)| 3.2(0.52)| 1.3 (0.43)|3.5 (0.59)|0.9(0.25)|1.3(0.34)
  Teacher education ........| 14 (0.6)| 18(0.96)|100.0|31.1(2.31)|54.4(2.54)|2.1(0.86)|5.2(1.10)|0.4(0.24)| 3.1(0.89)| 0.3 (0.22)|2.1 (0.87)|0.5(0.25)|0.9(0.44)
  Other education ..........| 26 (1.3)| 33(1.50)|100.0|33.3(2.09)|44.4(2.46)|3.4(0.84)|4.7(0.75)|2.2(0.51)| 3.2(0.57)| 1.9 (0.64)|4.2 (0.81)|1.1(0.40)|1.5(0.45)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Engineering ................| 25 (0.9)| 33(1.32)|100.0|65.6(1.93)| 5.3(0.90)|4.9(0.84)|0.5(0.26)|2.2(0.42)| 0.4(0.17)|17.9 (1.61)|2.2 (0.63)|0.8(0.53)|0.2(0.16)
Fine arts ..................| 33 (1.4)| 43(1.68)|100.0|52.8(1.68)|33.6(1.36)|4.4(0.83)|1.6(0.34)|2.0(0.59)| 1.3(0.44)| 1.5 (0.42)|1.4 (0.59)|1.2(0.36)|0.3(0.18)
Health sciences ............| 84 (2.0)| 94(2.67)|100.0|36.2(1.23)|43.5(1.15)|1.6(0.26)|3.4(0.44)|1.6(0.25)| 1.4(0.19)| 6.6 (0.60)|4.1 (0.57)|0.7(0.22)|1.0(0.28)
  First-professional .......| 40 (1.6)| 45(1.72)|100.0|53.9(1.58)|20.1(1.42)|2.2(0.49)|2.5(0.58)|2.2(0.40)| 1.3(0.30)|10.6 (1.08)|5.3 (0.89)|1.1(0.37)|0.8(0.39)
  Nursing ..................| 20 (0.6)| 20(1.23)|100.0| 3.5(0.86)|84.6(2.21)|0.2(0.22)|5.3(1.29)|0.1(0.09)| 0.7(0.27)| 0.1 (0.07)|3.4 (1.10)|0.3(0.31)|1.8(0.85)
  Other health sciences ....| 24 (1.0)| 29(1.39)|100.0|31.0(1.98)|52.0(2.05)|1.5(0.50)|3.6(0.84)|1.6(0.44)| 1.9(0.48)| 4.8 (1.02)|2.6 (0.71)|0.3(0.24)|0.7(0.31)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Humanities .................| 81 (1.8)| 90(2.43)|100.0|47.3(1.40)|35.0(1.33)|2.4(0.43)|2.6(0.39)|2.2(0.24)| 2.9(0.31)| 2.9 (0.48)|2.9 (0.54)|0.9(0.23)|0.9(0.25)
  English and literature ...| 40 (1.2)| 39(1.48)|100.0|38.8(1.90)|46.0(2.10)|2.1(0.45)|4.5(0.70)|1.3(0.27)| 1.9(0.50)| 0.8 (0.34)|2.7 (0.87)|0.5(0.18)|1.4(0.39)
  Foreign languages ........| 15 (0.8)| 20(0.96)|100.0|36.2(1.86)|36.7(2.07)|2.7(0.89)|0.9(0.46)|5.1(0.75)| 8.3(1.07)| 4.0 (1.11)|4.5 (1.01)|0.7(0.43)|0.8(0.44)
  History ..................| 14 (0.6)| 18(0.96)|100.0|59.4(2.90)|23.0(2.12)|2.7(0.80)|2.4(0.94)|1.9(0.71)| 1.2(0.52)| 5.0 (1.49)|3.2 (0.91)|1.0(0.45)| ‡   (†)
  Philosophy ...............| 12 (0.8)| 13(1.03)|100.0|72.3(3.55)|16.6(2.33)|2.3(1.11)|0.1(0.12)|1.0(0.35)| 0.1(0.22)| 4.0 (1.49)|0.6 (0.45)|2.0(1.20)|1.0(1.03)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Law ........................|  8 (0.6)| 10(1.02)|100.0|54.5(3.56)|29.9(3.63)|3.3(1.10)|4.0(2.03)|0.9(0.68)| 2.4(1.15)| 2.8 (1.36)|2.0 (1.12)| ‡   (†) |0.2(0.25)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Natural sciences ...........|111 (2.1)|151(2.52)|100.0|57.3(1.12)|20.3(0.80)|2.5(0.31)|1.5(0.22)|2.0(0.20)| 0.9(0.15)|11.2 (0.65)|3.3 (0.35)|0.6(0.16)|0.3(0.09)
  Biological sciences ......| 40 (1.3)| 59(1.67)|100.0|55.4(1.69)|21.6(1.30)|2.2(0.48)|1.2(0.28)|1.9(0.39)| 1.2(0.31)|11.1 (1.13)|4.8 (0.67)|0.3(0.17)|0.3(0.12)
  Physical sciences ........| 27 (0.8)| 36(1.25)|100.0|68.9(2.03)|12.8(1.50)|2.6(0.59)|0.7(0.31)|1.4(0.29)| 0.6(0.19)| 9.4 (1.05)|3.0 (0.64)|0.4(0.33)|0.1(0.10)
  Mathematics ..............| 26 (1.0)| 32(1.25)|100.0|52.2(2.15)|22.7(1.84)|3.8(0.67)|2.6(0.67)|2.8(0.67)| 0.7(0.28)|11.7 (1.41)|1.8 (0.67)|1.2(0.56)|0.3(0.18)
  Computer sciences ........| 17 (0.9)| 24(1.20)|100.0|51.0(2.74)|25.1(2.15)|1.5(0.59)|2.0(0.58)|2.3(0.52)| 0.9(0.31)|13.5 (1.69)|2.0 (0.66)|1.1(0.48)|0.6(0.36)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Social sciences ............| 58 (1.3)| 70(1.83)|100.0|52.2(1.46)|29.0(1.23)|3.7(0.45)|4.1(0.81)|2.6(0.36)| 1.7(0.35)| 3.4 (0.58)|1.9 (0.48)|0.9(0.25)|0.6(0.15)
  Economics ................|  9 (0.6)| 12(0.72)|100.0|62.3(3.46)|18.0(3.09)|3.5(0.92)|0.1(0.09)|3.1(1.13)| 0.0 0.00 | 8.9 (2.18)|3.2 (2.24)|0.6(0.39)|0.3(0.33)
  Political science ........|  8 (0.5)| 10(0.75)|100.0|67.1(3.74)|16.8(2.59)|2.8(1.19)|3.2(1.62)|5.1(1.57)| 0.2(0.21)| 2.9 (1.31)|0.3 (0.27)|0.3(0.27)|1.1(0.26)
  Psychology ...............| 20 (0.7)| 25(1.11)|100.0|46.3(2.33)|37.8(2.16)|3.4(1.01)|5.0(1.99)|1.6(0.42)| 2.7(0.70)| 1.1 (0.49)|1.2 (0.39)|0.6(0.34)|0.2(0.19)
  Sociology ................|  9 (0.4)|  9(0.62)|100.0|49.9(3.72)|30.1(3.42)|3.9(1.69)|8.0(2.43)|3.0(0.97)| 1.4(0.92)| 1.1 (0.89)|1.3 (0.75)|1.0(0.52)|0.3(0.26)
  Other social sciences ....| 13 (0.6)| 14(0.90)|100.0|45.2(3.59)|30.5(3.09)|4.8(1.33)|3.9(1.28)|1.9(0.80)| 2.4(0.71)| 4.7 (1.50)|3.7 (1.22)|1.9(0.75)|1.1(0.54)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Occupationally specific     |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
   programs ................| 16 (0.8)| 27(1.08)|100.0|60.7(2.47)|24.2(2.16)|4.2(1.16)|1.9(0.55)|2.5(0.63)| 0.8(0.26)| 2.0 (0.92)|1.4 (0.46)|1.9(0.62)|0.5(0.36)
All other programs .........| 44 (1.2)| 36(1.39)|100.0|41.6(1.84)|37.1(1.65)|3.8(0.84)|5.3(0.87)|1.5(0.36)| 1.4(0.44)| 5.3 (1.03)|2.6 (0.69)|0.7(0.29)|0.6(0.23)
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Part-time instructional     |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
   faculty and staff .......|416 (5.9)|530(0.02)|100.0|44.4(0.46)|40.8(0.54)|2.6(0.17)|3.0(0.14)|1.9(0.12)| 1.6(0.10)| 2.1 (0.15)|1.8 (0.18)|1.0(0.15)|0.8(0.15)
                            |_________|_________|_____|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________
Agriculture and             |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
   home economics ..........|  3 (0.2)|  7(0.97)|100.0|30.8(6.24)|60.6(6.30)|0.5(0.48)|2.1(1.46)| ‡   (†) | 0.4(0.38)| 0.7 (0.78)|1.9 (1.69)| ‡   (†) |2.9(2.62)
Business ...................| 32 (1.8)| 45(2.98)|100.0|60.6(1.96)|26.2(1.73)|4.3(0.70)|2.3(0.54)|1.7(0.77)| 0.5(0.28)| 2.0 (0.69)|1.0 (0.50)|1.0(0.52)|0.4(0.23)
Communications .............| 10 (1.0)| 14(1.24)|100.0|47.7(3.71)|39.3(3.89)|2.1(0.97)|2.8(0.95)|0.5(0.36)| 1.5(0.99)| 0.5 (0.48)|0.8 (0.52)|3.5(1.82)|1.1(0.86)
Education ..................| 34 (1.6)| 64(2.57)|100.0|25.3(1.65)|59.8(2.11)|1.4(0.41)|5.2(0.90)|1.7(0.37)| 3.4(0.49)| 0.4 (0.19)|1.3 (0.38)|0.3(0.15)|1.2(0.36)
  Teacher education ........| 13 (1.0)| 29(1.78)|100.0|22.2(2.41)|63.9(2.84)|0.9(0.35)|6.4(1.17)|1.3(0.41)| 2.2(0.52)| 0.3 (0.19)|0.9 (0.52)|0.4(0.29)|1.6(0.69)
  Other education ..........| 20 (1.2)| 34(1.76)|100.0|27.9(2.53)|56.4(2.98)|1.9(0.66)|4.1(1.17)|2.0(0.57)| 4.5(0.77)| 0.5 (0.24)|1.6 (0.60)|0.3(0.21)|0.8(0.37)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Engineering ................|  9 (0.8)| 14(1.49)|100.0|78.6(3.70)| 6.8(2.77)|1.4(1.22)|0.5(0.43)|1.7(0.46)| 0.9(0.46)| 8.0 (2.13)|0.5 (0.46)|1.1(0.92)|0.6(0.59)
Fine arts ..................| 38 (1.5)| 48(3.65)|100.0|44.8(2.06)|43.9(2.44)|1.7(0.54)|1.3(0.34)|1.8(0.49)| 0.9(0.25)| 1.0 (0.36)|1.9 (0.58)|2.1(0.84)|0.7(0.30)
Health sciences ............| 49 (2.2)| 58(3.06)|100.0|27.9(1.65)|57.1(1.74)|1.2(0.41)|4.0(0.52)|0.8(0.26)| 1.4(0.38)| 4.0 (0.87)|2.4 (0.72)|0.5(0.32)|0.5(0.23)
  First-professional .......| 15 (1.3)| 17(1.24)|100.0|47.2(3.33)|34.7(3.64)|2.0(1.03)|2.1(0.92)|1.2(0.72)| 0.9(0.45)| 6.4 (2.10)|5.1 (2.41)|0.4(0.39)| ‡   (†)
  Nursing ..................| 12 (0.8)| 13(1.34)|100.0| 0.7(0.59)|86.3(2.04)|0.4(0.45)|8.0(1.30)|0.4(0.26)| 1.4(0.56)| 0.5 (0.51)|1.3 (1.03)| ‡   (†) |0.9(0.47)
  Other health sciences ....| 21 (1.7)| 28(1.98)|100.0|29.4(2.86)|56.4(3.07)|1.2(0.66)|3.2(0.76)|0.8(0.32)| 1.7(0.70)| 4.3 (1.23)|1.4 (0.56)|0.8(0.68)|0.7(0.40)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Humanities .................| 74 (2.1)| 80(2.50)|100.0|35.9(1.52)|49.2(1.61)|1.6(0.35)|2.9(0.45)|2.3(0.35)| 2.9(0.44)| 0.9 (0.30)|2.7 (0.55)|1.0(0.33)|0.6(0.22)
  English and literature ...| 43 (1.4)| 44(1.87)|100.0|29.5(2.31)|58.5(2.47)|1.2(0.33)|4.3(0.78)|1.0(0.35)| 1.3(0.37)| 1.0 (0.41)|1.6 (0.46)|0.8(0.34)|0.8(0.29)
  Foreign languages ........| 12 (1.2)| 15(1.21)|100.0|16.6(3.57)|52.0(3.38)|1.4(0.83)|2.0(0.80)|7.2(1.50)|11.4(1.97)| 0.9 (0.67)|7.9 (2.18)| ‡   (†) |0.6(0.84)
  History ..................| 11 (0.7)| 11(0.97)|100.0|61.1(4.58)|28.9(4.15)|1.5(0.89)|0.5(0.38)|2.5(1.05)| 0.2(0.23)|  ‡    (†) |1.0 (0.63)|3.7(1.99)|0.5(0.44)
  Philosophy ...............|  9 (0.6)| 10(1.18)|100.0|65.7(4.20)|26.0(4.60)|3.5(1.71)|0.5(0.28)|0.6(0.46)|  #   (†) | 1.8 (1.18)|1.5 (1.10)|0.4(0.29)| ‡   (†)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Law ........................| 11 (0.8)| 11(1.15)|100.0|52.6(4.43)|32.8(4.18)|4.4(1.41)|2.0(0.82)|2.2(1.05)| 0.4(0.32)| 3.5 (1.89)| ‡    (†) |1.0(0.86)|1.0(0.89)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Natural sciences ...........| 65 (2.2)| 90(2.85)|100.0|50.5(1.72)|32.4(1.73)|3.8(0.44)|2.7(0.36)|1.9(0.41)| 0.7(0.16)| 4.2 (0.61)|2.3 (0.46)|1.0(0.34)|0.5(0.26)
  Biological sciences ......| 11 (0.9)| 16(1.04)|100.0|41.7(3.76)|40.1(3.78)|2.2(0.67)|2.1(0.90)|1.0(0.39)| 1.0(0.40)| 5.6 (2.32)|5.3 (1.63)|0.5(0.44)|0.5(0.48)
  Physical sciences ........| 11 (0.8)| 16(1.13)|100.0|57.8(3.30)|28.7(3.42)|3.9(1.37)|0.9(0.52)|1.9(1.05)| 0.9(0.41)| 3.1 (1.06)|2.6 (0.99)| ‡   (†) |0.2(0.23)
  Mathematics ..............| 24 (1.4)| 32(2.28)|100.0|46.6(3.20)|36.0(3.04)|4.4(0.78)|3.1(0.83)|1.4(0.48)| 0.5(0.24)| 3.9 (0.85)|1.8 (0.64)|1.3(0.85)|0.9(0.59)
  Computer sciences ........| 19 (1.2)| 26(1.71)|100.0|56.4(2.98)|25.3(2.64)|4.1(1.03)|3.7(0.60)|3.0(0.93)| 0.7(0.39)| 4.2 (1.10)|0.9 (0.45)|1.4(0.63)|0.3(0.31)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Social sciences ............| 41 (2.4)| 42(2.00)|100.0|49.8(1.85)|32.9(2.09)|3.7(0.68)|3.0(0.66)|2.5(0.65)| 1.5(0.31)| 0.9 (0.48)|2.3 (1.23)|1.5(0.65)|2.0(0.62)
  Economics ................|  4 (0.5)|  5(0.77)|100.0|68.6(7.36)| 9.3(4.08)|7.2(3.52)|0.8(0.64)|7.0(4.24)| 0.3(0.38)| 0.3 (0.29)|3.9 (3.33)|2.7(3.02)| ‡   (†)
  Political science ........|  4 (0.4)|  5(0.78)|100.0|71.1(5.32)|11.9(3.93)|5.7(2.79)|1.7(1.32)|3.9(2.30)| 1.0(0.67)| 3.4 (2.98)|1.3 (1.06)|0.1(0.12)| ‡   (†)
  Psychology ...............| 18 (2.1)| 18(1.21)|100.0|42.2(3.36)|44.4(3.12)|2.0(0.76)|3.0(0.91)|1.4(0.64)| 1.7(0.58)| 0.6 (0.39)|0.6 (0.52)|1.9(1.11)|2.2(0.93)
  Sociology ................|  6 (0.5)|  7(0.88)|100.0|44.6(6.09)|30.7(6.03)|4.0(1.61)|4.1(1.54)|1.7(0.98)| 1.6(0.76)|  ‡    (†) |6.0 (6.26)|1.7(1.52)|5.7(3.43)
  Other social sciences ....| 10 (0.9)|  8(0.80)|100.0|46.2(4.24)|36.4(4.19)|3.8(2.28)|4.5(1.85)|1.8(1.04)| 1.9(0.83)| 1.2 (1.21)|2.8 (1.29)|0.3(0.33)|1.1(1.00)
                            |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
Occupationally specific     |         |         |     |          |          |         |         |         |          |           |          |         |
   programs ................| 17 (1.1)| 37(2.40)|100.0|68.2(2.51)|18.6(2.19)|4.5(1.03)|1.8(0.63)|4.0(0.92)| 0.6(0.23)| 0.6 (0.32)|0.3 (0.19)|1.1(0.50)|0.4(0.25)
All other programs .........| 35 (1.6)| 21(1.26)|100.0|41.5(3.08)|42.4(2.96)|2.3(0.75)|5.2(1.37)|1.8(0.55)| 3.1(0.98)| 1.1 (0.73)|1.1 (0.59)|0.7(0.53)|0.7(0.62)
____________________________|_________|_________|_____|__________|__________|_________|_________|_________|__________|___________|__________|_________|_________
†Not applicable.
#Rounds to zero.
‡Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding and nonresponse to program area question.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1999 and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99;04). (This table was prepared August 2005.)


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