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Table 245. Full-time instructional staff with tenure for degree-granting institutions reporting tenure status, by academic rank, sex, and type and control of institution: Selected years, 1993-94 to 2001-02

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                     |                     Percent with tenure, by rank and sex
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Academic year and typ|______________________________________________________________________________________________________
   and control of    |    All ranks   |   Professor    |Associate professor |Assistant professor |        |        |   No
     institution     |________________|________________|____________________|____________________|Instruc-|        |academic
                     |Total|Men |Women|Total|Men |Women|Total |Men   |Women |Total |Men   |Women |  tor   |Lecturer|  rank
_____________________|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________
          1          |  2  | 3  | 4   | 5   | 6  | 7   |  8   |  9   | 10   | 11   | 12   | 13   |  14    |  15    |  16
_____________________|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________
       1993-94       |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
All institutions ....| 56.2|62.6| 42.7| 91.9|92.8| 87.7|  76.8|  77.5|  75.1|  14.4|  13.6|  15.5|    38.3|    10.8|    26.0
  4-year ............| 54.0|61.0| 38.0| 93.0|93.5| 90.6|  76.2|  77.0|  74.3|  12.1|  11.5|  12.9|     4.8|     9.6|     9.4
    University ......| 54.3|61.0| 35.8| 94.1|94.5| 91.3|  78.0|  78.6|  76.4|   6.6|   6.2|   7.3|     5.7|    10.5|     9.9
    Other 4-year ....| 53.8|61.1| 39.4| 92.1|92.5| 90.2|  74.9|  75.7|  73.1|  15.7|  15.4|  16.0|     4.4|     8.3|     8.7
  2-year ............| 69.3|74.7| 62.4| 80.8|83.7| 75.7|  83.8|  86.1|  81.1|  46.6|  50.5|  43.2|    67.9|    41.2|    65.6
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Public institutions .| 58.9|65.4| 45.6| 92.6|93.6| 87.5|  80.8|  81.6|  78.9|  17.1|  16.1|  18.5|    45.5|     7.2|    28.6
  4-year ............| 56.3|63.5| 39.3| 94.3|94.7| 92.0|  80.4|  81.2|  78.4|  13.8|  13.0|  14.8|     4.4|     5.4|     6.1
    University ......| 57.0|64.2| 37.2| 95.6|96.0| 92.5|  83.9|  84.4|  82.6|   7.6|   7.0|   8.6|     3.1|     1.0|     7.0
    Other 4-year ....| 55.7|62.9| 40.8| 93.2|93.5| 91.7|  77.5|  78.3|  75.5|  18.1|  17.6|  18.7|     5.1|     9.8|     4.9
  2-year ............| 69.9|75.4| 63.0| 80.7|83.7| 75.5|  84.2|  86.4|  81.5|  47.7|  51.1|  44.6|    68.9|    39.9|    65.7
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Private institutions | 49.5|56.0| 35.4| 90.3|90.8| 88.1|  67.6|  68.1|  66.5|   9.0|   8.7|   9.4|     6.8|    21.9|    18.8
  4-year ............| 49.5|56.0| 35.4| 90.3|90.8| 88.0|  67.6|  68.1|  66.5|   9.0|   8.7|   9.4|     5.5|    21.6|    15.7
    University ......| 48.4|54.1| 32.9| 90.8|91.1| 89.1|  63.2|  64.1|  60.6|   4.7|   4.8|   4.7|    10.4|    30.0|    15.4
    Other 4-year ....| 50.3|57.5| 36.8| 89.9|90.5| 87.4|  70.2|  70.7|  69.1|  11.6|  11.5|  11.7|     3.1|     1.4|    16.3
  2-year ............| 45.4|51.9| 36.8| 89.8|86.8| 95.0|  62.9|  64.1|  61.8|  12.0|  11.8|  12.0|    25.8|     ---|    64.8
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
       1997-98       |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
All institutions ....| 55.9|62.2| 44.3| 92.6|93.1| 90.4|  78.6|  79.0|  78.0|  14.0|  13.2|  14.9|    32.0|     4.6|    20.6
  4-year ............| 53.5|60.6| 39.3| 92.5|93.0| 89.9|  78.0|  78.5|  77.1|  10.8|  10.4|  11.4|     3.5|     2.8|     3.5
    University ......| 52.5|59.6| 35.4| 91.8|92.6| 86.5|  79.5|  79.9|  78.7|   5.4|   5.2|   5.8|     2.2|     0.8|     1.3
    Other 4-year ....| 54.4|61.5| 41.8| 93.1|93.4| 91.9|  76.9|  77.4|  76.2|  14.3|  14.1|  14.5|     4.3|     5.0|     7.5
  2-year ............| 71.7|75.6| 67.3| 93.8|94.4| 92.9|  86.0|  87.1|  84.9|  54.5|  57.5|  52.0|    62.0|    34.1|    69.3
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Public institutions .| 58.5|64.8| 47.1| 94.4|94.8| 92.8|  82.4|  82.8|  81.7|  16.6|  15.6|  17.8|    38.2|     5.7|    23.9
  4-year ............| 55.5|62.8| 40.4| 94.5|94.8| 92.7|  82.0|  82.4|  81.0|  12.1|  11.5|  12.7|     4.1|     3.4|     2.6
    University ......| 55.4|62.9| 37.7| 95.1|95.5| 92.6|  84.3|  84.6|  83.6|   6.1|   5.7|   6.6|     2.9|     0.8|     1.4
    Other 4-year ....| 55.5|62.7| 42.3| 94.0|94.2| 92.8|  80.0|  80.5|  79.2|  16.0|  15.7|  16.5|     4.8|     5.7|     4.7
  2-year ............| 72.0|75.9| 67.7| 93.8|94.4| 92.9|  86.3|  87.2|  85.2|  54.9|  57.8|  52.3|    62.3|    34.4|    70.1
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Private institutions | 49.7|56.1| 37.0| 88.4|89.3| 84.7|  70.1|  70.2|  69.8|   8.8|   8.5|   9.1|     3.3|     1.2|     7.7
  4-year ............| 49.7|56.1| 37.0| 88.4|89.3| 84.6|  70.1|  70.3|  69.8|   8.7|   8.4|   9.1|     2.4|     1.2|     5.8
    University ......| 46.2|52.7| 30.4| 84.9|86.6| 75.9|  67.7|  68.3|  66.2|   4.1|   4.1|   4.1|     0.6|     0.9|     1.1
    Other 4-year ....| 52.2|59.0| 40.9| 91.4|91.8| 90.3|  71.5|  71.6|  71.4|  11.4|  11.4|  11.4|     3.2|     1.8|    18.8
  2-year ............| 46.2|54.6| 37.2| 90.2|89.4| 91.4|  60.5|  63.3|  58.9|  31.7|  36.2|  28.9|    32.0|     ---|    49.3
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
      1999-2000      |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
All institutions ....| 53.6|59.6| 43.1| 92.8|93.2| 91.2|  76.8|  76.8|  76.7|  11.7|  10.9|  12.8|    34.1|     3.4|    18.4
  4-year ............| 51.5|58.3| 38.5| 92.9|93.2| 91.5|  76.3|  76.5|  76.0|   9.1|   8.6|   9.7|     3.6|     2.5|     4.9
    University ......| 50.1|57.1| 34.5| 92.5|92.9| 90.3|  77.1|  77.4|  76.6|   4.1|   3.9|   4.5|     1.7|     0.9|     1.3
    Other 4-year ....| 52.6|59.4| 41.1| 93.2|93.5| 92.2|  75.7|  75.8|  75.7|  12.4|  12.1|  12.8|     4.7|     4.4|    11.6
  2-year ............| 67.7|70.6| 64.6| 91.3|92.3| 89.9|  83.2|  83.3|  83.1|  53.5|  55.9|  51.6|    60.9|    21.1|    64.5
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Public institutions .| 55.9|61.9| 45.5| 93.9|94.4| 91.9|  81.0|  81.2|  80.7|  14.0|  13.0|  15.2|    39.9|     4.1|    21.2
  4-year ............| 53.1|60.3| 39.3| 94.2|94.6| 92.5|  80.8|  81.0|  80.3|  10.0|   9.6|  10.6|     3.9|     3.0|     4.0
    University ......| 53.0|60.4| 36.7| 94.2|94.7| 91.4|  83.0|  83.2|  82.7|   4.6|   4.3|   5.1|     2.3|     0.7|     1.7
    Other 4-year ....| 53.2|60.2| 41.2| 94.1|94.4| 93.1|  78.9|  79.0|  78.5|  13.8|  13.5|  14.1|     4.8|     5.2|     7.5
  2-year ............| 67.8|70.7| 64.6| 91.3|92.3| 89.8|  83.4|  83.5|  83.4|  53.7|  56.0|  51.8|    61.0|    21.2|    64.4
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Private institutions | 48.3|54.3| 37.0| 90.3|90.5| 89.7|  68.1|  67.9|  68.5|   7.5|   6.9|   8.2|     4.1|     1.2|     8.6
  4-year ............| 48.2|54.3| 36.8| 90.3|90.5| 89.7|  68.1|  67.9|  68.5|   7.4|   6.8|   8.2|     3.1|     1.2|     7.2
    University ......| 44.1|50.3| 29.8| 88.9|89.1| 87.9|  64.1|  64.6|  62.8|   3.2|   3.1|   3.3|     0.4|     1.3|     0.4
    Other 4-year ....| 51.4|57.7| 41.1| 91.4|91.7| 90.6|  70.6|  70.2|  71.3|  10.1|   9.6|  10.6|     4.6|     1.0|    28.3
  2-year ............| 59.9|60.3| 59.6| 95.9|92.0|100.0|  60.0|  66.7|  55.8|  33.8|  40.0|  30.0|    50.5|     ---|    68.8
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
       2001-02       |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
All institutions ....| 50.8|56.5| 41.5| 92.0|92.3| 90.7|  75.6|  75.4|  75.9|  10.0|   9.1|  11.1|    30.0|     3.2|    18.9
  4-year ............| 48.7|55.2| 36.9| 92.0|92.3| 90.7|  75.0|  74.9|  75.1|   7.5|   6.8|   8.2|     3.1|     2.0|     3.4
    University ......| 47.8|54.5| 33.5| 91.9|92.3| 89.6|  76.0|  76.2|  75.8|   3.4|   3.1|   3.7|     1.4|     0.5|     1.1
    Other 4-year ....| 49.4|55.8| 39.2| 92.1|92.4| 91.3|  74.1|  73.9|  74.6|  10.2|   9.6|  10.9|     4.0|     3.8|     7.4
  2-year ............| 64.2|66.6| 61.8| 91.8|92.2| 91.2|  84.0|  83.9|  84.0|  49.6|  51.5|  48.0|    53.0|    31.5|    67.8
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Public institutions .| 52.6|58.2| 43.5| 93.2|93.6| 91.8|  79.4|  79.3|  79.5|  11.9|  10.8|  13.3|    34.4|     3.9|    22.1
  4-year ............| 49.8|56.6| 37.4| 93.4|93.7| 92.0|  78.9|  78.9|  78.8|   8.1|   7.5|   9.0|     2.5|     2.4|     2.4
    University ......| 50.2|57.3| 35.5| 93.7|94.2| 91.4|  81.3|  81.6|  80.6|   3.6|   3.2|   4.1|     1.8|     0.6|     0.8
    Other 4-year ....| 49.4|56.0| 38.7| 93.0|93.2| 92.3|  76.9|  76.6|  77.4|  11.3|  10.7|  12.0|     2.8|     4.2|     4.8
  2-year ............| 64.3|66.6| 61.8| 91.8|92.3| 91.2|  84.0|  83.9|  84.1|  49.9|  51.9|  48.2|    53.0|    30.6|    67.9
                     |     |    |     |     |    |     |      |      |      |      |      |      |        |        |
Private institutions | 46.5|52.4| 36.2| 89.3|89.6| 88.2|  67.7|  67.3|  68.4|   6.3|   5.7|   7.0|     6.6|     1.1|     6.8
  4-year ............| 46.5|52.3| 36.0| 89.3|89.6| 88.2|  67.7|  67.3|  68.4|   6.3|   5.7|   7.0|     4.4|     0.9|     6.0
    University ......| 42.7|48.9| 29.1| 88.0|88.4| 85.8|  64.4|  64.5|  64.2|   3.0|   3.0|   3.0|     0.6|     0.4|     1.7
    Other 4-year ....| 49.4|55.2| 40.3| 90.4|90.7| 89.6|  69.7|  69.2|  70.4|   8.4|   7.7|   9.0|     6.3|     2.1|    18.6
  2-year ............| 61.0|63.0| 58.1| 88.7|86.5| 91.1|  80.4|  81.0|  80.0|  24.2|  17.1|  30.0|    57.8|     ---|    65.6
_____________________|_____|____|_____|_____|____|_____|______|______|______|______|______|______|________|________|________

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NOTE: The coverage of this tabulation differs from similar tables published in earlier editions of the Digest. Previous tenure tabulations included only instructional staff classified as full-time faculty; this table includes all staff with full-time instructional duties, including faculty and other instructional staff. Data for 1993-94 are for institutions of higher education that were accredited by an agency or association that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or recognized directly by the Secretary of Education. The new degree-granting classification is very similar to the earlier higher education classification, except that it includes some additional institutions, primarily 2-year colleges, and excludes a few higher education institutions that did not award associate or higher degrees.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff" surveys, 1993-94, 1997-98, and 1999-2000, and Winter 2001-02 survey. (This table was prepared September 2003.)

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