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Table 230. Full-time instructional faculty in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, academic rank, and sex: Fall 1997
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                          |         |         |   Minority      |        |        |Asian or |American|  Non-  |  Race/
  Academic rank and sex   |  Total  | White,  |_________________| Black, |        | Pacific |Indian/ |resident|ethnicity
                          |         |  non-   | Number  | Per-  |  non-  |Hispanic|Islander |Alaskan | alien  | unknown
                          |         |Hispanic |         | cent* |Hispanic|        |         | Native |        |
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Men and women, all ranks .| 568,719 | 477,130 |  76,041 |  13.7 | 27,723 | 14,768 |  31,259 |  2,291 | 12,968 |   2,580
  Professors .............| 163,632 | 145,025 |  17,082 |  10.5 |  5,240 |  2,921 |   8,508 |    413 |  1,090 |     435
  Associate professors ...| 128,262 | 110,047 |  16,469 |  13.0 |  6,047 |  2,979 |   7,067 |    376 |  1,373 |     373
  Assistant professors ...| 128,329 | 101,620 |  21,443 |  17.4 |  8,046 |  3,951 |   8,900 |    546 |  4,494 |     772
  Instructors ............|  68,329 |  56,395 |  10,304 |  15.4 |  4,575 |  2,654 |   2,612 |    463 |    973 |     657
  Lecturers ..............|  14,342 |  11,556 |   2,076 |  15.2 |    805 |    553 |     655 |     63 |    628 |      82
  Other faculty ..........|  65,825 |  52,487 |   8,667 |  14.2 |  3,010 |  1,710 |   3,517 |    430 |  4,410 |     261
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  Men, all ranks .........| 363,925 | 306,270 |  46,495 |  13.2 | 14,059 |  8,792 |  22,323 |  1,321 |  9,580 |   1,580
    Professors ...........| 131,279 | 116,918 |  13,056 |  10.0 |  3,316 |  2,154 |   7,265 |    321 |    963 |     342
    Associate professors .|  84,740 |  72,461 |  10,929 |  13.1 |  3,373 |  1,891 |   5,434 |    231 |  1,110 |     240
    Assistant professors .|  70,975 |  55,235 |  12,004 |  17.9 |  3,758 |  2,198 |   5,787 |    261 |  3,292 |     444
    Instructors ..........|  33,595 |  27,598 |   4,981 |  15.3 |  1,985 |  1,385 |   1,348 |    263 |    653 |     363
    Lecturers ............|   6,733 |   5,367 |     953 |  15.1 |    367 |    251 |     301 |     34 |    373 |      40
    Other faculty ........|  36,603 |  28,691 |   4,572 |  13.7 |  1,260 |    913 |   2,188 |    211 |  3,189 |     151
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   Women, all ranks ......| 204,794 | 170,860 |  29,546 |  14.7 | 13,664 |  5,976 |   8,936 |    970 |  3,388 |   1,000
    Professors ...........|  32,353 |  28,107 |   4,026 |  12.5 |  1,924 |    767 |   1,243 |     92 |    127 |      93
    Associate professors .|  43,522 |  37,586 |   5,540 |  12.8 |  2,674 |  1,088 |   1,633 |    145 |    263 |     133
    Assistant professors .|  57,354 |  46,385 |   9,439 |  16.9 |  4,288 |  1,753 |   3,113 |    285 |  1,202 |     328
    Instructors ..........|  34,734 |  28,797 |   5,323 |  15.6 |  2,590 |  1,269 |   1,264 |    200 |    320 |     294
    Lecturers ............|   7,609 |   6,189 |   1,123 |  15.4 |    438 |    302 |     354 |     29 |    255 |      42
    Other faculty ........|  29,222 |  23,796 |   4,095 |  14.7 |  1,750 |    797 |   1,329 |    219 |  1,221 |     110
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NOTE: Percents are based on the number of faculty members who were U.S. citizens and who were reported by race/ethnicity. Data exclude faculty employed by system offices. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff" survey. (This table was prepared March 2000.)

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