Employees in degree-granting institutions, by primary employment, occupation status, and control of institution: Fall 1976, fall 1993, and fall 2003

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Table 223.

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                                       |                       Fall 1976\1\           |              Fall 1993\1\          |              Fall 2003\2\
                                       |______________________________________________|____________________________________|___________________________________
                                       |        Total staff      |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff  |Full-time equivalent|  Total staff  |     Full-time 
Primary occupation and                 |                         |        staff       |               |        staff       |               |  equivalent staff
control of institution                 |_________________________|____________________|_______________|____________________|_______________|___________________
                                       |   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|2,602,612|100.0|2,094,681|       4.9|3,194,169|100.0|2,504,206|      5.0
                                       |_________|_____|_________|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|__________
Professional staff ....................|1,073,119| 57.6|  709,400|  845,456|       9.8|1,687,287| 64.8|1,280,382|       8.1|2,272,583| 71.1|1,686,816|      7.5
  Executive/administrative/managerial .|  101,263|  5.4|   97,003|   98,972|      84.0|  143,675|  5.5|  140,522|      73.7|  186,505|  5.8|  183,083|     68.7
  Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  633,210| 34.0|  434,071|  500,533|      16.6|  915,474| 35.2|  668,819|      15.5|1,174,831| 36.8|  812,955|     15.5
  Instruction and research assistants .|  160,086|  8.6|   28,007|   82,684|     100.5|  202,819|  7.8|   83,717|     123.6|  293,047|  9.2|  121,321|    103.7
  Non-faculty professionals ...........|  178,560|  9.6|  150,319|  163,267|      50.9|  425,319| 16.3|  387,323|      26.7|  618,200| 19.4|  569,456|     22.1
Nonprofessional staff .................|  790,671| 42.4|  630,511|  695,883|      11.9|  915,325| 35.2|  814,299|      12.7|  921,586| 28.9|  817,391|     15.4
                                       |=========|=====|=========|=========|========= |=========|=====|=========|========= |=========|=====|=========|=========
   Public, total ......................|1,329,122|100.0|  946,354|1,092,558|       5.8|1,812,513|100.0|1,434,747|       5.4|2,167,902|100.0|1,669,569|      5.5
                                       |_________|_____|_________|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|__________
Professional staff ....................|  769,836| 57.9|  502,325|  601,942|      10.5|1,193,284| 65.8|  883,579|       8.8|1,540,676| 71.1|1,117,320|      8.3
  Executive/administrative/managerial .|   60,733|  4.6|   58,649|   59,579|     106.6|   81,209|  4.5|   79,426|      98.4|   96,344|  4.4|   94,444|     97.7
  Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  448,733| 33.8|  313,367|  357,761|      17.7|  650,434| 35.9|  470,537|      16.6|  792,515| 36.6|  546,438|     16.9
  Instruction and research assistants .|  127,925|  9.6|   19,076|   63,420|     100.1|  173,678|  9.6|   70,755|     110.4|  241,286| 11.1|   98,298|     93.8
  Non-faculty professionals ...........|  132,445| 10.0|  111,233|  121,182|      52.4|  287,963| 15.9|  262,862|      29.7|  410,531| 18.9|  378,141|     24.4
Nonprofessional staff .................|  559,286| 42.1|  444,029|  490,616|      12.9|  619,229| 34.2|  551,168|      14.2|  627,226| 28.9|  552,249|     16.7
                                       |         |     |         |         |          |         |     |         |          |         |     |         |
   Private, total .....................|  534,668|100.0|  393,557|  448,781|       4.4|  790,099|100.0|  659,934|       3.8|1,026,267|100.0|  834,637|      4.0
                                       |_________|_____|_________|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|__________
Professional staff ....................|  303,283| 56.7|  207,075|  243,514|       8.1|  494,003| 62.5|  396,802|       6.4|  731,907| 71.3|  569,496|      5.9
  Executive/administrative/managerial .|   40,530|  7.6|   38,354|   39,393|      49.8|   62,466|  7.9|   61,096|      41.6|   90,161|  8.8|   88,639|     37.8
  Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  184,477| 34.5|  120,704|  142,772|      13.7|  265,040| 33.5|  198,282|      12.8|  382,316| 37.3|  266,517|     12.6
  Instruction and research assistants .|   32,161|  6.0|    8,931|   19,264|     101.9|   29,141|  3.7|   12,962|     195.9|   51,761|  5.0|   23,024|    145.6
  Non-faculty professionals ...........|   46,115|  8.6|   39,086|   42,085|      46.6|  137,356| 17.4|  124,461|      20.4|  207,669| 20.2|  191,316|     17.5
Nonprofessional staff .................|  231,385| 43.3|  186,482|  205,267|       9.6|  296,096| 37.5|  263,131|       9.6|  294,360| 28.7|  265,141|     12.6
_______________________________________|_________|_____|_________|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|__________|_________|_____|_________|_________

\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. Enrollment data for fall 2003 are projected.

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff, 1976" survey; and 1993 and 2003 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:93), and Winter 2003-04. (This table was prepared April 2005.)

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