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Table 216.Employees in institutions of higher education, by primary occupation, sex, employment status, and by type and control of institution: Fall 1991

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                                         |         Full-time and part-time                |               Full-time               |        Part-time
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       Primary occupation and type       |     Total        |          |     Women        |     Total          |        |         |        |        |
       and control of institution        |__________________|          |__________________|____________________|        |         |        |        |
                                         |  Number  |Percent|   Men    |  Number  |Percent|  Number  | Percent |  Men   |  Women  | Total  |  Men   | Women
                                         |          |       |          |          | women |          |full-time|        |         |        |        |
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                    1                    |    2     |   3   |    4     |    5     |   6   |    7     |    8    |   9    |   10    |   11   |   12   |   13
_________________________________________|__________|_______|__________|__________|_______|__________|_________|________|_________|________|________|________
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Total, all employees ....................|2,545,235 | 100.0 |1,227,591 |1,317,644 |  51.8 |1,812,912 |    71.2 |868,767 | 944,145 |732,323 |358,824 |373,499
  Professional staff ....................|1,595,460 |  62.7 |  895,591 |  699,869 |  43.9 |1,031,797 |    64.7 |591,315 | 440,482 |563,663 |304,276 |259,387
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  144,755 |   5.7 |   85,423 |   59,332 |  41.0 |  139,116 |    96.1 | 82,875 |  56,241 |  5,639 |  2,548 |  3,091
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  826,252 |  32.5 |  525,599 |  300,653 |  36.4 |  535,623 |    64.8 |366,213 | 169,410 |290,629 |159,386 |131,243
    Instruction and research assistants .|  197,751 |   7.8 |  119,125 |   78,626 |  39.8 |      --- |     --- |    --- |     --- |197,751 |119,125 | 78,626
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  426,702 |  16.8 |  165,444 |  261,258 |  61.2 |  357,058 |    83.7 |142,227 | 214,831 | 69,644 | 23,217 | 46,427
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  949,775 |  37.3 |  332,000 |  617,775 |  65.0 |  781,115 |    82.2 |277,452 | 503,663 |168,660 | 54,548 |114,112
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|  230,588 |   9.1 |   78,693 |  151,895 |  65.9 |  144,967 |    62.9 | 61,100 |  83,867 | 85,621 | 17,593 | 68,028
    Clerical and secretarial ............|  412,852 |  16.2 |   46,168 |  366,684 |  88.8 |  371,225 |    89.9 | 31,937 | 339,288 | 41,627 | 14,231 | 27,396
    Skilled crafts ......................|   66,522 |   2.6 |   62,048 |    4,474 |   6.7 |   63,327 |    95.2 | 59,866 |   3,461 |  3,195 |  2,182 |  1,013
    Service and maintenance .............|  239,813 |   9.4 |  145,091 |   94,722 |  39.5 |  201,596 |    84.1 |124,549 |  77,047 | 38,217 | 20,542 | 17,675
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Public 4-year, total ....................|1,341,914 | 100.0 |  659,625 |  682,289 |  50.8 |1,007,874 |    75.1 |492,676 | 515,198 |334,040 |166,949 |167,091
  Professional staff ....................|  826,633 |  61.6 |  475,814 |  350,819 |  42.4 |  566,184 |    68.5 |332,286 | 233,898 |260,449 |143,528 |116,921
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   63,674 |   4.7 |   40,186 |   23,488 |  36.9 |   61,765 |    97.0 | 39,286 |  22,479 |  1,909 |    900 |  1,009
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  358,376 |  26.7 |  245,343 |  113,033 |  31.5 |  284,770 |    79.5 |203,872 |  80,898 | 73,606 | 41,471 | 32,135
    Instruction and research assistants .|  144,344 |  10.8 |   88,187 |   56,157 |  38.9 |      --- |     --- |    --- |     --- |144,344 | 88,187 | 56,157
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  260,239 |  19.4 |  102,098 |  158,141 |  60.8 |  219,649 |    84.4 | 89,128 | 130,521 | 40,590 | 12,970 | 27,620
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  515,281 |  38.4 |  183,811 |  331,470 |  64.3 |  441,690 |    85.7 |160,390 | 281,300 | 73,591 | 23,421 | 50,170
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|  119,873 |   8.9 |   42,869 |   77,004 |  64.2 |   83,565 |    69.7 | 35,638 |  47,927 | 36,308 |  7,231 | 29,077
    Clerical and secretarial ............|  221,687 |  16.5 |   24,465 |  197,222 |  89.0 |  202,130 |    91.2 | 17,571 | 184,559 | 19,557 |  6,894 | 12,663
    Skilled crafts ......................|   42,311 |   3.2 |   39,719 |    2,592 |   6.1 |   40,997 |    96.9 | 38,744 |   2,253 |  1,314 |    975 |    339
    Service and maintenance .............|  131,410 |   9.8 |   76,758 |   54,652 |  41.6 |  114,998 |    87.5 | 68,437 |  46,561 | 16,412 |  8,321 |  8,091
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
Public 2-year, total ....................|  441,414 | 100.0 |  207,953 |  233,461 |  52.9 |  234,207 |    53.1 |109,430 | 124,777 |207,207 | 98,523 |108,684
  Professional staff ....................|  306,631 |  69.5 |  161,904 |  144,727 |  47.2 |  141,272 |    46.1 | 77,373 |  63,899 |165,359 | 84,531 | 80,828
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   20,772 |   4.7 |   12,839 |    7,933 |  38.2 |   19,771 |    95.2 | 12,384 |   7,387 |  1,001 |    455 |    546
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  222,532 |  50.4 |  119,408 |  103,124 |  46.3 |   95,563 |    42.9 | 54,494 |  41,069 |126,969 | 64,914 | 62,055
    Instruction and research assistants .|   29,216 |   6.6 |   15,999 |   13,217 |  45.2 |      --- |     --- |    --- |     --- | 29,216 | 15,999 | 13,217
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|   34,111 |   7.7 |   13,658 |   20,453 |  60.0 |   25,938 |    76.0 | 10,495 |  15,443 |  8,173 |  3,163 |  5,010
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  134,783 |  30.5 |   46,049 |   88,734 |  65.8 |   92,935 |    69.0 | 32,057 |  60,878 | 41,848 | 13,992 | 27,856
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|   40,636 |   9.2 |   12,349 |   28,287 |  69.6 |   17,885 |    44.0 |  7,146 |  10,739 | 22,751 |  5,203 | 17,548
    Clerical and secretarial ............|   58,168 |  13.2 |    6,697 |   51,471 |  88.5 |   46,777 |    80.4 |  2,732 |  44,045 | 11,391 |  3,965 |  7,426
    Skilled crafts ......................|    6,133 |   1.4 |    5,524 |      609 |   9.9 |    5,493 |    89.6 |  5,135 |     358 |    640 |    389 |    251
    Service and maintenance .............|   29,846 |   6.8 |   21,479 |    8,367 |  28.0 |   22,780 |    76.3 | 17,044 |   5,736 |  7,066 |  4,435 |  2,631
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
Private 4-year, total ...................|  734,509 | 100.0 |  347,857 |  386,652 |  52.6 |  552,380 |    75.2 |258,566 | 293,814 |182,129 | 89,291 | 92,838
  Professional staff ....................|  442,524 |  60.2 |  248,286 |  194,238 |  43.9 |  311,558 |    70.4 |175,442 | 136,116 |130,966 | 72,844 | 58,122
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   57,148 |   7.8 |   30,737 |   26,411 |  46.2 |   54,690 |    95.7 | 29,686 |  25,004 |  2,458 |  1,051 |  1,407
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  232,893 |  31.7 |  154,395 |   78,498 |  33.7 |  148,713 |    63.9 |104,331 |  44,382 | 84,180 | 50,064 | 34,116
    Instruction and research assistants .|   23,989 |   3.3 |   14,817 |    9,172 |  38.2 |      --- |     --- |    --- |     --- | 23,989 | 14,817 |  9,172
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  128,494 |  17.5 |   48,337 |   80,157 |  62.4 |  108,155 |    84.2 | 41,425 |  66,730 | 20,339 |  6,912 | 13,427
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  291,985 |  39.8 |   99,571 |  192,414 |  65.9 |  240,822 |    82.5 | 83,124 | 157,698 | 51,163 | 16,447 | 34,716
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|   68,562 |   9.3 |   23,020 |   45,542 |  66.4 |   42,943 |    62.6 | 18,056 |  24,887 | 25,619 |  4,964 | 20,655
    Clerical and secretarial ............|  129,490 |  17.6 |   14,699 |  114,791 |  88.6 |  119,244 |    92.1 | 11,440 | 107,804 | 10,246 |  3,259 |  6,987
    Skilled crafts ......................|   17,581 |   2.4 |   16,421 |    1,160 |   6.6 |   16,463 |    93.6 | 15,663 |     800 |  1,118 |    758 |    360
    Service and maintenance .............|   76,352 |  10.4 |   45,431 |   30,921 |  40.5 |   62,172 |    81.4 | 37,965 |  24,207 | 14,180 |  7,466 |  6,714
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
Private 2-year, total ...................|   27,398 | 100.0 |   12,156 |   15,242 |  55.6 |   18,451 |    67.3 |  8,095 |  10,356 |  8,947 |  4,061 |  4,886
  Professional staff ....................|   19,672 |  71.8 |    9,587 |   10,085 |  51.3 |   12,783 |    65.0 |  6,214 |   6,569 |  6,889 |  3,373 |  3,516
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|    3,161 |  11.5 |    1,661 |    1,500 |  47.5 |    2,890 |    91.4 |  1,519 |   1,371 |    271 |    142 |    129
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|   12,451 |  45.4 |    6,453 |    5,998 |  48.2 |    6,577 |    52.8 |  3,516 |   3,061 |  5,874 |  2,937 |  2,937
    Instruction and research assistants .|      202 |   0.7 |      122 |       80 |  39.6 |      --- |     --- |    --- |     --- |    202 |    122 |     80
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|    3,858 |  14.1 |    1,351 |    2,507 |  65.0 |    3,316 |    86.0 |  1,179 |   2,137 |    542 |    172 |    370
                                         |          |       |          |          |       |          |         |        |         |        |        |
  Nonprofessional staff .................|    7,726 |  28.2 |    2,569 |    5,157 |  66.7 |    5,668 |    73.4 |  1,881 |   3,787 |  2,058 |    688 |  1,370
    Technical and paraprofessionals .....|    1,517 |   5.5 |      455 |    1,062 |  70.0 |      574 |    37.8 |    260 |     314 |    943 |    195 |    748
    Clerical and secretarial ............|    3,507 |  12.8 |      307 |    3,200 |  91.2 |    3,074 |    87.7 |    194 |   2,880 |    433 |    113 |    320
    Skilled crafts ......................|      497 |   1.8 |      384 |      113 |  22.7 |      374 |    75.3 |    324 |      50 |    123 |     60 |     63
    Service and maintenance .............|    2,205 |   8.0 |    1,423 |      782 |  35.5 |    1,646 |    74.6 |  1,103 |     543 |    559 |    320 |    239
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---Not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Staff" survey. (This table was prepared April 1994.)


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