Figure 14.

Full-time-equivalent (FTE) students per staff member in public and private degree-granting institutions: 1976 and 2005

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff" survey, 1976, and "Fall Enrollment in Higher Education" survey, 1976; and 2005 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Winter 2005-06 and Spring 2006.