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Table 226. Employees in degree-granting institutions of higher education, by primary occupation, employment status, and control of institution: Fall 1976, fall 1991, and fall 2001

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                                            |                    Fall 1976\1\                 |              Fall 1991\1\            |              Fall 2001\2\
                                            |_________________________________________________|______________________________________|______________________________________
           Primary occupation and           |       Total staff          |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff    |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff    |Full-time equivalent
           control of institution           |                            |        staff       |                 |        staff       |                 |        staff
                                            |____________________________|____________________|_________________|____________________|_________________|____________________
                                            |  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| 2,545,235| 100.0| 2,094,628|      4.9| 3,083,353| 100.0| 2,436,473|      4.8
  Professional staff .......................| 1,073,119|  57.6|   709,400|   845,456|      9.8| 1,595,460|  62.7| 1,244,588|      8.3| 2,132,150|  69.2| 1,598,710|      7.4
    Executive/administrative/managerial ....|   101,263|   5.4|    97,003|    98,972|     84.0|   144,755|   5.7|   141,718|     73.1|   152,038|   4.9|   149,051|     78.9
    Faculty (instruction and research) .....|   633,210|  34.0|   434,071|   500,533|     16.6|   826,252|  32.5|   632,565|     16.4| 1,113,183|  36.1|   783,036|     15.0
    Instruction and research assistants ....|   160,086|   8.6|    28,007|    82,684|    100.5|   197,751|   7.8|    81,467|    127.2|   261,136|   8.5|   107,943|    109.0
    Non-faculty professionals ..............|   178,560|   9.6|   150,319|   163,267|     50.9|   426,702|  16.8|   388,838|     26.6|   605,793|  19.6|   558,680|     21.1
  Nonprofessional staff ....................|   790,671|  42.4|   630,511|   695,883|     11.9|   949,775|  37.3|   850,040|     12.2|   951,203|  30.8|   837,763|     14.0
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Public, total ..............................| 1,329,122| 100.0|   946,354| 1,092,558|      5.8| 1,783,328| 100.0| 1,449,398|      5.4| 2,136,970| 100.0| 1,660,294|      5.2
  Professional staff .......................|   769,836|  57.9|   502,325|   601,942|     10.5| 1,133,264|  63.5|   868,112|      9.1| 1,477,953|  69.2| 1,083,384|      8.0
    Executive/administrative/managerial ....|    60,733|   4.6|    58,649|    59,579|    106.6|    84,446|   4.7|    82,835|     94.9|    82,811|   3.9|    80,942|    106.7
    Faculty (instruction and research) .....|   448,733|  33.8|   313,367|   357,761|     17.7|   580,908|  32.6|   446,113|     17.6|   771,124|  36.1|   539,581|     16.0
    Instruction and research assistants ....|   127,925|   9.6|    19,076|    63,420|    100.1|   173,560|   9.7|    70,707|    111.2|   219,475|  10.3|    89,412|     96.6
    Non-faculty professionals ..............|   132,445|  10.0|   111,233|   121,182|     52.4|   294,350|  16.5|   268,458|     29.3|   404,543|  18.9|   373,449|     23.1
  Nonprofessional staff ....................|   559,286|  42.1|   444,029|   490,616|     12.9|   650,064|  36.5|   581,286|     13.5|   659,017|  30.8|   576,910|     15.0
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Private, total .............................|   534,668| 100.0|   393,557|   448,781|      4.4|   761,907| 100.0|   645,231|      3.9|   946,383| 100.0|   776,179|      4.0
  Professional staff .......................|   303,283|  56.7|   207,075|   243,514|      8.1|   462,196|  60.7|   376,476|      6.6|   654,197|  69.1|   515,327|      6.1
    Executive/administrative/managerial ....|    40,530|   7.6|    38,354|    39,393|     49.8|    60,309|   7.9|    58,883|     42.4|    69,227|   7.3|    68,109|     45.9
    Faculty (instruction and research) .....|   184,477|  34.5|   120,704|   142,772|     13.7|   245,344|  32.2|   186,452|     13.4|   342,059|  36.1|   243,455|     12.8
    Instruction and research assistants ....|    32,161|   6.0|     8,931|    19,264|    101.9|    24,191|   3.2|    10,760|    232.1|    41,661|   4.4|    18,531|    168.7
    Non-faculty professionals ..............|    46,115|   8.6|    39,086|    42,085|     46.6|   132,352|  17.4|   120,380|     20.7|   201,250|  21.3|   185,231|     16.9
  Nonprofessional staff ....................|   231,385|  43.3|   186,482|   205,267|      9.6|   299,711|  39.3|   268,755|      9.3|   292,186|  30.9|   260,853|     12.0
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\1\Data 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.
\2\Data are for 4-year and 2-year degree-granting institutions that were participating in Title IV federal financial aid programs.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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), "Fall Staff" 1991, and Winter 2001-02 surveys. (This table was prepared September 2003.)


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