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Table 245  Full-time instructional faculty with tenure for institutions reporting tenure status, 1980-81, 1990-91, 1995-96, 1996-97, and 1997-98

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                         |                   Number with tenure, by rank                   |Number with
                         |                                                                 | tenure, by sex
                         |_________________________________________________________________|_________________
  Academic year, type,   |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
     and control of      |  All   |         |Associate|Assistant|Instruc-|        |   No   |        |
       institution       | ranks  |Professor|professor|professor|  tor   |Lecturer|academic|  Men   | Women
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |  rank  |        |
_________________________|________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________
            1            |   2    |    3    |    4    |    5    |   6    |   7    |   8    |   9    |   10
_________________________|________|_________|_________|_________|________|________|________|________|________
         1980-81         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
All institutions ........|   64.8 |    95.8 |    82.9 |    27.9 |    9.2 |   11.9 |   77.4 |   70.0 |   49.7
  4-year ................|   62.7 |    95.8 |    82.2 |    24.1 |    6.6 |   10.7 |   24.7 |   68.3 |   44.0
    University ..........|   64.5 |    96.7 |    83.7 |    15.3 |    5.4 |    4.3 |    3.5 |   70.0 |   41.0
    Other 4-year ........|   61.3 |    94.9 |    81.2 |    29.7 |    7.1 |   17.8 |   32.4 |   67.0 |   45.5
  2-year ................|   74.5 |    95.6 |    89.2 |    58.9 |   19.8 |   34.8 |   81.1 |   78.8 |   66.6
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Public institutions .....|   68.0 |    96.6 |    85.9 |    32.5 |   11.8 |   14.3 |   79.4 |   72.8 |   54.0
  4-year ................|   65.7 |    96.6 |    85.3 |    27.6 |    8.7 |   12.8 |   12.2 |   71.1 |   47.5
    University ..........|   66.0 |    96.9 |    86.5 |    16.8 |    6.1 |    4.9 |    4.5 |   71.3 |   42.8
    Other 4-year ........|   65.5 |    96.3 |    84.4 |    35.5 |   10.0 |   21.4 |   17.2 |   70.9 |   50.2
  2-year ................|   75.2 |    95.9 |    89.5 |    59.5 |   20.3 |   35.8 |   81.8 |   79.3 |   67.5
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Private institutions ....|   55.9 |    93.8 |    75.2 |    17.5 |    3.0 |    1.5 |   43.4 |   62.2 |   37.2
  4-year ................|   56.0 |    93.8 |    75.2 |    17.4 |    2.8 |    1.5 |   37.5 |   62.2 |   37.2
    University ..........|   60.4 |    96.3 |    75.8 |    11.5 |    3.5 |    1.8 |    0.6 |   66.3 |   36.5
    Other 4-year ........|   53.6 |    92.0 |    74.9 |    20.2 |    2.6 |    1.2 |   43.4 |   59.8 |   37.4
  2-year ................|   49.5 |    84.7 |    77.3 |    35.2 |    8.8 |    --- |   52.2 |   57.3 |   39.5
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
         1990-91         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
All institutions ........|   61.2 |    95.6 |    80.8 |    18.6 |    6.8 |    6.9 |   36.3 |   67.8 |   45.3
  4-year ................|   61.7 |    95.7 |    80.4 |    15.8 |    4.1 |    6.0 |   19.1 |   68.6 |   43.9
    University ..........|   65.2 |    97.2 |    85.4 |     9.0 |    3.5 |    2.1 |    1.4 |   71.6 |   43.6
    Other 4-year ........|   59.4 |    94.6 |    77.1 |    19.7 |    4.3 |    9.2 |   30.2 |   66.3 |   44.0
  2-year ................|   57.1 |    93.7 |    85.3 |    50.7 |   16.3 |   26.6 |   39.8 |   60.9 |   51.9
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Public institutions .....|   62.9 |    96.3 |    83.7 |    21.7 |    8.6 |    8.4 |   36.6 |   69.4 |   47.4
  4-year ................|   64.0 |    96.5 |    83.5 |    18.0 |    5.3 |    7.3 |   11.3 |   70.8 |   45.9
    University ..........|   66.3 |    97.3 |    88.3 |     9.7 |    4.2 |    2.4 |    0.4 |   72.8 |   44.5
    Other 4-year ........|   62.3 |    95.9 |    79.9 |    23.4 |    5.7 |   10.6 |   23.5 |   69.1 |   46.7
  2-year ................|   57.3 |    93.7 |    85.6 |    51.4 |   16.7 |   26.7 |   39.7 |   61.0 |   52.2
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Private institutions ....|   56.7 |    93.9 |    73.8 |    11.8 |    1.5 |    1.0 |   33.3 |   63.7 |   39.8
  4-year ................|   56.8 |    93.9 |    73.8 |    11.6 |    1.4 |    1.0 |   31.2 |   63.7 |   39.8
    University ..........|   62.2 |    96.9 |    77.4 |     7.3 |    1.4 |    1.4 |    6.5 |   68.5 |   41.3
    Other 4-year ........|   53.9 |    91.9 |    72.0 |    13.5 |    1.5 |    0.5 |   36.3 |   60.9 |   39.2
  2-year ................|   45.7 |    90.2 |    70.9 |    29.0 |    4.3 |    --- |   49.7 |   53.1 |   39.3
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
         1995-96         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
All institutions ........|   64.8 |    96.1 |    83.3 |    16.7 |    7.1 |    1.3 |   75.1 |   71.8 |   51.0
  4-year ................|   63.1 |    96.3 |    83.1 |    13.7 |    3.9 |    1.3 |   21.1 |   70.8 |   46.2
    University ..........|   66.9 |    97.4 |    87.9 |     6.7 |    2.5 |    1.0 |    5.5 |   74.3 |   46.3
    Other 4-year ........|   60.6 |    95.4 |    80.0 |    17.4 |    4.3 |    1.6 |   29.2 |   68.3 |   46.1
  2-year ................|   73.7 |    93.4 |    85.0 |    50.0 |   18.1 |    --- |   79.8 |   78.0 |   68.3
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Public institutions .....|   67.7 |    97.3 |    87.1 |    19.8 |    9.1 |    1.4 |   76.6 |   74.6 |   54.3
  4-year ................|   65.9 |    97.7 |    87.3 |    15.5 |    5.2 |    1.5 |   12.5 |   73.8 |   48.2
    University ..........|   69.1 |    98.2 |    91.4 |     7.3 |    3.0 |    1.1 |    5.9 |   76.7 |   47.9
    Other 4-year ........|   63.5 |    97.3 |    84.1 |    20.6 |    6.1 |    1.7 |   16.2 |   71.3 |   48.3
  2-year ................|   73.8 |    93.4 |    85.4 |    50.7 |   18.0 |    --- |   79.7 |   78.1 |   68.5
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Private institutions ....|   57.8 |    93.4 |    75.2 |    10.7 |    1.4 |    0.9 |   51.1 |   65.2 |   42.9
  4-year ................|   57.7 |    93.4 |    75.2 |    10.6 |    1.1 |    0.9 |   32.2 |   65.1 |   42.6
    University ..........|   61.5 |    95.5 |    78.8 |     5.5 |    1.1 |    0.9 |    5.1 |   68.5 |   42.7
    Other 4-year ........|   55.7 |    92.0 |    73.6 |    12.8 |    1.1 |    1.0 |   45.9 |   63.1 |   42.6
  2-year ................|   66.9 |    95.0 |    59.2 |    25.1 |    --- |    --- |   80.5 |   73.0 |   59.1
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
         1996-97         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
All institutions ........|   64.2 |    95.4 |    82.9 |    16.3 |    7.0 |    1.4 |   76.1 |   71.8 |   51.6
  4-year ................|   63.1 |    96.6 |    83.3 |    13.3 |    3.7 |    1.4 |   22.5 |   70.9 |   46.9
    University ..........|   67.6 |    97.9 |    88.4 |     6.5 |    3.0 |    1.2 |    3.2 |   74.6 |   47.4
    Other 4-year ........|   60.2 |    95.5 |    80.1 |    16.7 |    4.0 |    1.7 |   31.4 |   68.1 |   46.7
  2-year ................|   69.9 |    83.3 |    77.4 |    49.4 |   17.7 |    --- |   81.2 |   77.7 |   68.9
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Public institutions .....|   66.7 |    96.3 |    86.4 |    19.2 |    8.8 |    1.3 |   77.9 |   74.4 |   54.8
  4-year ................|   65.7 |    98.1 |    87.6 |    14.8 |    4.7 |    1.4 |   14.3 |   73.6 |   48.8
    University ..........|   70.0 |    99.1 |    92.3 |     6.9 |    3.3 |    1.0 |    1.2 |   76.9 |   49.1
    Other 4-year ........|   62.6 |    97.3 |    84.0 |    19.4 |    5.3 |    1.6 |   21.5 |   70.9 |   48.7
  2-year ................|   70.0 |    83.3 |    77.7 |    49.9 |   17.9 |    --- |   81.3 |   77.9 |   69.2
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Private institutions ....|   58.2 |    93.4 |    75.3 |    10.8 |    1.6 |    1.6 |   47.5 |   65.6 |   43.5
  4-year ................|   58.1 |    93.4 |    75.4 |    10.7 |    1.6 |    1.6 |   32.6 |   65.6 |   43.5
    University ..........|   62.1 |    95.2 |    78.5 |     5.7 |    2.1 |    1.5 |    6.5 |   69.2 |   43.4
    Other 4-year ........|   56.1 |    92.2 |    73.9 |    12.8 |    1.4 |    1.7 |   42.3 |   63.4 |   43.5
  2-year ................|   62.3 |    85.4 |    54.3 |    28.9 |    5.0 |    --- |   75.9 |   70.2 |   50.1
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
         1997-98         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
All institutions ........|   64.7 |    96.1 |    83.9 |    16.0 |    7.9 |    1.5 |   71.5 |   71.6 |   52.0
  4-year ................|   63.1 |    96.4 |    83.8 |    12.8 |    3.7 |    1.6 |   26.6 |   70.8 |   47.5
    University ..........|   67.4 |    97.5 |    88.5 |     6.1 |    2.7 |    1.2 |   10.5 |   74.9 |   48.1
    Other 4-year ........|   60.4 |    95.5 |    80.7 |    16.1 |    4.1 |    1.9 |   34.9 |   67.9 |   47.2
  2-year ................|   72.7 |    93.7 |    85.0 |    51.4 |   21.3 |    --- |   76.3 |   76.3 |   68.5
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Public institutions .....|   67.2 |    97.2 |    87.6 |    18.9 |    9.9 |    1.5 |   73.1 |   74.0 |   54.9
  4-year ................|   65.5 |    97.8 |    87.9 |    14.2 |    4.8 |    1.5 |   13.6 |   73.4 |   49.1
    University ..........|   69.0 |    98.1 |    91.9 |     6.2 |    3.1 |    1.0 |    0.7 |   76.7 |   49.3
    Other 4-year ........|   63.0 |    97.5 |    84.8 |    18.8 |    5.4 |    1.9 |   20.7 |   70.8 |   48.9
  2-year ................|   72.9 |    93.7 |    85.3 |    51.8 |   21.5 |    0.0 |   76.4 |   76.5 |   68.7
                         |        |         |         |         |        |        |        |        |
Private institutions ....|   58.6 |    93.6 |    75.9 |    10.5 |    1.7 |    1.7 |   51.0 |   65.8 |   44.7
  4-year ................|   58.5 |    93.6 |    75.9 |    10.4 |    1.4 |    1.7 |   38.9 |   65.7 |   44.6
    University ..........|   63.6 |    96.0 |    79.9 |     5.9 |    1.3 |    1.5 |   20.5 |   70.8 |   45.2
    Other 4-year ........|   56.0 |    92.1 |    74.1 |    12.2 |    1.4 |    1.9 |   48.0 |   62.9 |   44.3
  2-year ................|   65.1 |    94.1 |    62.5 |    28.6 |   14.8 |    --- |   75.1 |   69.9 |   55.8
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---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits;" and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty" surveys. (This table was prepared August 1999.)


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