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Table 222.Percentage distribution of full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by program area, race/ethnicity, and sex: Fall 1992

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           Program           |        |       |             |             |             |   Asian/    |  American
            area             | Number |Percent|   White,    |  Black,     |  Hispanic   |   Pacific   |  Indian/
                             |        |       |non-Hispanic |non-Hispanic |             |   Islander  |Alaskan native
                             |        |       |_____________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________
                             |        |       | Male |Female|Male  |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female
_____________________________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
              1              |   2    |   3   |  4   |  5   |  6   |  7   |  8   |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13
_____________________________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
                             |                 Full-time instructional faculty and staff
                             |_______________________________________________________________________________________
Total .......................|526,222 | 100.0 | 58.9 | 27.9 |  2.6 |  2.3 |  1.7 |  0.8 |  4.0 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   0.2
                             |________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
  Agriculture and            |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    home economics ..........| 11,466 | 100.0 | 71.3 | 19.6 |  2.2 |  1.5 |  1.6 |  0.2 |  1.0 |  1.8 |  --- |   0.7
  Business ..................| 39,848 | 100.0 | 62.3 | 26.6 |  1.9 |  2.0 |  0.9 |  0.4 |  4.0 |  0.8 |  0.6 |   0.3
  Communications ............| 10,344 | 100.0 | 56.3 | 29.8 |  2.8 |  2.8 |  1.6 |  --- |  4.3 |  1.2 |  0.9 |   0.3
  Education .................| 36,851 | 100.0 | 43.9 | 41.2 |  3.9 |  5.1 |  0.9 |  2.4 |  0.5 |  1.1 |  0.7 |   0.3
    Teacher education .......| 12,429 | 100.0 | 40.6 | 49.8 |  2.0 |  4.6 |  0.1 |  0.7 |  0.3 |  1.0 |  0.6 |   0.2
    Other education .........| 24,422 | 100.0 | 45.6 | 36.9 |  4.8 |  5.4 |  1.3 |  3.2 |  0.7 |  1.1 |  0.8 |   0.3
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Engineering ...............| 24,680 | 100.0 | 73.0 |  3.8 |  2.1 |  0.6 |  2.8 |  0.2 | 15.6 |  1.3 |  0.7 |   ---
  Fine arts .................| 31,682 | 100.0 | 60.4 | 28.3 |  3.8 |  1.8 |  2.1 |  0.3 |  1.2 |  1.6 |  0.3 |   0.2
  Health sciences ...........| 77,996 | 100.0 | 43.1 | 43.5 |  2.0 |  3.2 |  1.3 |  0.7 |  4.0 |  2.0 |  0.1 |   0.1
    First-professional ......| 36,854 | 100.0 | 64.7 | 18.8 |  3.1 |  0.9 |  2.4 |  0.8 |  7.2 |  2.0 |  0.2 |   ---
    Nursing .................| 20,931 | 100.0 |  0.9 | 88.3 |  0.5 |  6.7 |  --- |  0.9 |  0.1 |  2.3 |  --- |   0.2
    Other health sciences ...| 20,211 | 100.0 | 47.4 | 42.1 |  1.8 |  3.6 |  0.8 |  0.3 |  2.1 |  1.6 |  0.2 |   0.2
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Humanities ................| 74,086 | 100.0 | 53.5 | 34.8 |  2.1 |  2.0 |  2.0 |  2.0 |  1.3 |  1.9 |  0.3 |   0.1
    English and literature ..| 37,476 | 100.0 | 45.2 | 45.0 |  2.1 |  2.8 |  1.3 |  1.0 |  0.8 |  1.3 |  0.5 |   0.1
    Foreign languages .......| 13,684 | 100.0 | 40.0 | 36.6 |  1.2 |  0.6 |  5.4 |  7.4 |  1.8 |  6.4 |  --- |   0.4
    History .................| 14,644 | 100.0 | 70.6 | 20.0 |  3.0 |  2.2 |  1.2 |  0.4 |  1.8 |  0.4 |  0.3 |   ---
    Philosophy ..............|  8,283 | 100.0 | 82.5 | 12.3 |  1.6 |  0.2 |  1.1 |  0.3 |  1.5 |  0.3 |  0.2 |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Law .......................|  7,337 | 100.0 | 57.8 | 30.0 |  5.8 |  2.9 |  1.3 |  1.1 |  0.2 |  0.7 |  --- |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Natural sciences ..........|101,681 | 100.0 | 69.0 | 17.4 |  2.5 |  0.9 |  1.5 |  0.3 |  7.2 |  0.9 |  0.2 |   0.1
    Biological sciences .....| 34,303 | 100.0 | 68.4 | 20.5 |  2.9 |  1.2 |  1.0 |  0.5 |  4.3 |  0.9 |  0.3 |   0.1
    Physical sciences .......| 28,299 | 100.0 | 77.4 | 10.1 |  2.0 |  0.3 |  1.9 |  0.1 |  7.3 |  0.8 |  --- |   ---
    Mathematics .............| 25,407 | 100.0 | 61.7 | 21.2 |  2.6 |  1.0 |  1.7 |  0.6 |  9.2 |  1.2 |  0.5 |   0.4
    Computer sciences .......| 13,671 | 100.0 | 66.5 | 17.2 |  2.1 |  1.3 |  1.7 |  0.1 | 10.4 |  0.8 |  --- |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Social sciences ...........| 58,526 | 100.0 | 65.4 | 22.3 |  2.9 |  2.9 |  1.9 |  0.8 |  2.6 |  0.7 |  0.3 |   0.2
    Economics ...............|  9,881 | 100.0 | 70.4 | 11.9 |  3.8 |  0.3 |  3.0 |  1.1 |  7.9 |  1.6 |  --- |   ---
    Political science .......|  9,434 | 100.0 | 75.7 | 14.5 |  3.4 |  1.9 |  2.6 |  0.4 |  1.1 |  0.2 |  0.1 |   ---
    Psychology ..............| 17,692 | 100.0 | 58.0 | 31.8 |  2.1 |  3.9 |  1.5 |  0.8 |  1.1 |  0.3 |  0.1 |   0.2
    Sociology ...............|  9,586 | 100.0 | 68.2 | 20.1 |  2.7 |  3.2 |  2.3 |  0.5 |  1.4 |  0.8 |  0.9 |   ---
    Other social sciences ...| 11,934 | 100.0 | 62.1 | 24.5 |  3.2 |  4.1 |  0.8 |  1.1 |  2.7 |  0.6 |  0.3 |   0.6
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Occupationally specific    |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    programs ................| 15,395 | 100.0 | 75.9 | 13.5 |  3.5 |  0.9 |  3.1 |  0.3 |  1.9 |  0.2 |  0.5 |   0.2
  All other programs ........| 27,466 | 100.0 | 58.1 | 30.1 |  2.8 |  3.3 |  2.0 |  0.7 |  2.3 |  0.6 |  --- |   0.1
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                             |                 Part-time instructional faculty and staff
                             |_______________________________________________________________________________________
Total .......................|263,215 | 100.0 | 48.7 | 40.1 |  2.6 |  1.9 |  1.8 |  1.1 |  1.8 |  1.3 |  0.4 |   0.2
                             |________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
  Agriculture and            |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    home economics ..........|  1,936 | 100.0 | 47.8 | 51.2 |  --- |  --- |  1.0 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   ---
  Business ..................| 24,291 | 100.0 | 63.6 | 26.3 |  3.1 |  1.7 |  2.0 |  0.7 |  1.0 |  1.1 |  0.2 |   0.4
  Communications ............|  7,132 | 100.0 | 42.6 | 51.1 |  3.5 |  0.7 |  --- |  0.6 |  0.6 |  0.3 |  0.3 |   0.1
  Education .................| 21,821 | 100.0 | 29.2 | 59.2 |  2.3 |  5.1 |  0.7 |  1.3 |  0.3 |  1.1 |  0.3 |   0.6
    Teacher education .......|  8,791 | 100.0 | 20.1 | 69.2 |  2.1 |  6.0 |  0.6 |  0.8 |  0.5 |  0.8 |  --- |   ---
    Other education .........| 13,030 | 100.0 | 35.3 | 52.5 |  2.4 |  4.4 |  0.7 |  1.6 |  0.3 |  1.3 |  0.5 |   1.0
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Engineering ...............|  7,872 | 100.0 | 79.3 |  7.6 |  1.7 |  --- |  1.8 |  --- |  6.7 |  0.7 |  2.1 |   ---
  Fine arts .................| 23,228 | 100.0 | 46.5 | 43.5 |  3.0 |  1.7 |  1.4 |  1.1 |  0.4 |  1.9 |  0.4 |   0.2
  Health sciences ...........| 30,336 | 100.0 | 36.6 | 51.9 |  3.1 |  2.3 |  0.9 |  0.7 |  2.1 |  1.9 |  0.4 |   0.2
    First-professional ......| 12,070 | 100.0 | 58.0 | 27.0 |  6.3 |  1.0 |  0.6 |  0.2 |  4.6 |  2.3 |  --- |   ---
    Nursing .................|  7,398 | 100.0 |  5.6 | 85.0 |  --- |  5.4 |   -- |  0.9 |  --- |  2.4 |  --- |   0.6
    Other health sciences ...| 10,869 | 100.0 | 33.8 | 57.1 |  1.6 |  1.6 |  2.0 |  1.0 |  0.9 |  1.0 |  1.0 |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Humanities ................| 42,562 | 100.0 | 36.0 | 51.6 |  1.0 |  2.0 |  2.8 |  3.2 |  1.2 |  1.6 |  0.3 |   0.4
    English and literature ..| 26,525 | 100.0 | 29.5 | 61.0 |  0.5 |  2.6 |  2.0 |  1.6 |  0.6 |  1.1 |  0.4 |   0.5
    Foreign languages .......|  7,408 | 100.0 | 26.7 | 44.8 |  0.9 |  1.5 |  6.0 | 12.3 |  2.3 |  4.9 |  --- |   0.5
    History .................|  5,561 | 100.0 | 62.7 | 30.0 |  2.5 |  0.7 |  1.7 |  0.2 |  1.8 |  --- |  0.4 |   ---
    Philosophy ..............|  3,068 | 100.0 | 65.4 | 25.0 |  2.7 |  0.3 |  3.0 |  --- |  2.2 |  1.2 |  --- |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Law .......................|  8,608 | 100.0 | 68.8 | 23.0 |  3.7 |  2.5 |  0.3 |  0.3 |  1.4 |  --- |  --- |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Natural sciences ..........| 42,544 | 100.0 | 58.6 | 29.6 |  2.9 |  0.9 |  2.0 |  0.4 |  3.5 |  1.5 |  0.6 |   ---
    Biological sciences .....|  8,322 | 100.0 | 49.8 | 38.3 |  2.9 |  1.0 |  2.1 |  0.6 |  1.9 |  3.4 |  --- |   ---
    Physical sciences .......|  7,555 | 100.0 | 68.2 | 21.4 |  1.9 |  0.3 |  0.9 |  0.8 |  5.2 |  1.3 |  --- |   ---
    Mathematics .............| 17,373 | 100.0 | 53.4 | 35.0 |  4.1 |  0.8 |  2.2 |  0.2 |  3.3 |  0.7 |  0.2 |   0.1
    Computer sciences .......|  9,294 | 100.0 | 68.6 | 18.2 |  1.7 |  1.4 |  2.2 |  0.4 |  3.9 |  1.2 |  2.4 |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Social sciences ...........| 23,556 | 100.0 | 49.4 | 38.3 |  3.4 |  2.7 |  1.8 |  0.9 |  2.1 |  0.9 |  0.4 |   0.1
    Economics ...............|  2,166 | 100.0 | 69.2 | 14.0 |  1.4 |  0.9 |  2.8 |  --- |  9.1 |  2.5 |  --- |   ---
    Political science .......|  2,106 | 100.0 | 73.6 | 17.5 |  4.5 |  0.4 |  3.3 |  0.7 |  --- |  --- |  --- |   ---
    Psychology ..............| 10,973 | 100.0 | 45.9 | 46.0 |  2.2 |  1.3 |  1.5 |  0.5 |  1.7 |  0.3 |  0.3 |   0.3
    Sociology ...............|  3,029 | 100.0 | 35.0 | 50.7 |  6.0 |  3.9 |  1.2 |  0.2 |  1.6 |  1.4 |  --- |   ---
    Other social sciences ...|  5,282 | 100.0 | 47.1 | 33.4 |  4.8 |  6.5 |  1.9 |  2.4 |  1.1 |  1.8 |  1.2 |   ---
                             |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Occupationally specific    |        |       |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    programs ................| 11,757 | 100.0 | 71.8 | 17.6 |  3.3 |  0.7 |  5.2 |  --- |  1.3 |  --- |  0.1 |   ---
  All other programs ........| 14,033 | 100.0 | 45.1 | 43.6 |  1.8 |  1.3 |  2.3 |  1.5 |  2.4 |  1.9 |  --- |   ---
_____________________________|________|_______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______

---Data not available

NOTE.--Because of rounding and nonresponse to program area question, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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