Employees in institutions of higher education, by primary occupation, employment status, and control of institution: Fall 1976, fall 1989, and fall 1991

Table 214.

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                                         |                    Fall 1976                    |              Fall 1989               |              Fall 1991
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         Primary occupation and          |       Total staff          |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff    |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff     |Full-time equivalent
         control of institution          |                            |        staff       |                 |        staff       |                  |        staff
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                                         |  Number  | Per- |  Full-   |  Total   |FTE stu- |  Number  | Per- |  Total   |FTE stu- |  Number   | Per- |  Total   |FTE stu-
                                         |          | cent |   time   |          |dents per|          | cent |          |dents per|           | cent |          |dents per
                                         |          |      |          |          |FTE staff|          |      |          |FTE staff|           |      |          |FTE staff
_________________________________________|__________|______|__________|__________|_________|__________|______|__________|_________|___________|______|__________|_________
                    1                    |    2     |  3   |    4     |    5     |    6    |    7     |  8   |    9     |   10    |    11     |  12  |    13    |   14
_________________________________________|__________|______|__________|__________|_________|__________|______|__________|_________|___________|______|__________|_________
Total, all institutions .................|1,863,790 |100.0 |1,339,911 |1,541,339 |     5.4 |2,473,116 |100.0 |2,044,031 |     4.8 | 2,545,235 |100.0 |2,094,628 |     4.9
  Professional staff ....................|1,073,119 | 57.6 |  709,400 |  845,456 |     9.8 |1,531,071 | 61.9 |1,198,556 |     8.2 | 1,595,460 | 62.7 |1,244,588 |     8.3
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  101,263 |  5.4 |   97,003 |   98,972 |    84.0 |  144,670 |  5.8 |  141,323 |    69.2 |   144,755 |  5.7 |  141,718 |    73.1
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  633,210 | 34.0 |  434,071 |  500,533 |    16.6 |  824,220 | 33.3 |  624,375 |    15.7 |   826,252 | 32.5 |  632,565 |    16.4
    Instruction and research assistants .|  160,086 |  8.6 |   28,007 |   82,684 |   100.5 |  163,298 |  6.6 |   67,364 |   145.2 |   197,751 |  7.8 |   81,467 |   127.2
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  178,560 |  9.6 |  150,319 |  163,267 |    50.9 |  398,883 | 16.1 |  365,493 |    26.8 |   426,702 | 16.8 |  388,838 |    26.6
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  790,671 | 42.4 |  630,511 |  695,883 |    11.9 |  942,045 | 38.1 |  845,475 |    11.6 |   949,775 | 37.3 |  850,040 |    12.2
                                         |          |      |          |          |         |          |      |          |         |           |      |          |
Public, total .......................... |1,329,122 |100.0 |  946,354 |1,092,558 |     5.8 |1,720,769 |100.0 |1,407,724 |     5.2 | 1,783,328 |100.0 |1,449,398 |     5.4
  Professional staff ....................|  769,836 | 57.9 |  502,325 |  601,942 |    10.5 |1,078,737 | 62.7 |  830,110 |     8.9 | 1,133,264 | 63.5 |  868,112 |     9.1
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   60,733 |  4.6 |   58,649 |   59,579 |   106.6 |   83,632 |  4.9 |   81,882 |    90.0 |    84,446 |  4.7 |   82,835 |    94.9
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  448,733 | 33.8 |  313,367 |  357,761 |    17.7 |  577,298 | 33.5 |  436,409 |    16.9 |   580,908 | 32.6 |  446,113 |    17.6
    Instruction and research assistants .|  127,925 |  9.6 |   19,076 |   63,420 |   100.1 |  140,898 |  8.2 |   57,400 |   128.4 |   173,560 |  9.7 |   70,707 |   111.2
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  132,445 | 10.0 |  111,233 |  121,182 |    52.4 |  276,909 | 16.1 |  254,419 |    29.0 |   294,350 | 16.5 |  268,458 |    29.3
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  559,286 | 42.1 |  444,029 |  490,616 |    12.9 |  642,032 | 37.3 |  577,614 |    12.8 |   650,064 | 36.5 |  581,286 |    13.5
                                         |          |      |          |          |         |          |      |          |         |           |      |          |
Private, total ..........................|  534,668 |100.0 |  393,557 |  448,781 |     4.4 |  752,347 |100.0 |  636,307 |     3.8 |   761,907 |100.0 |  645,231 |     3.9
  Professional staff ....................|  303,283 | 56.7 |  207,075 |  243,514 |     8.1 |  452,334 | 60.1 |  368,446 |     6.5 |   462,196 | 60.7 |  376,476 |     6.6
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   40,530 |  7.6 |   38,354 |   39,393 |    49.8 |   61,038 |  8.1 |   59,441 |    40.5 |    60,309 |  7.9 |   58,883 |    42.4
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  184,477 | 34.5 |  120,704 |  142,772 |    13.7 |  246,922 | 32.8 |  187,967 |    12.8 |   245,344 | 32.2 |  186,452 |    13.4
    Instruction and research assistants .|   32,161 |  6.0 |    8,931 |   19,264 |   101.9 |   22,400 |  3.0 |    9,964 |   241.8 |    24,191 |  3.2 |   10,760 |   232.1
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|   46,115 |  8.6 |   39,086 |   42,085 |    46.6 |  121,974 | 16.2 |  111,074 |    21.7 |   132,352 | 17.4 |  120,380 |    20.7
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  231,385 | 43.3 |  186,482 |  205,267 |     9.6 |  300,013 | 39.9 |  267,861 |     9.0 |   299,711 | 39.3 |  268,755 |     9.3
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NOTE.--Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff, 1976" survey; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Staff" survey. (This table was prepared April 1994.)

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