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Table 243. Full-time instructional staff with tenure for degree-granting institutions with a tenure system, by academic rank, sex, and type and control of institution: Selected years, 1993-94 to 2003-04

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                          |                                      Percent with tenure
Academic year and type    |____________________________________________________________________________________________________
and control of            |     All ranks   |     Professor   |Associate professor|Assistant professor|Instruc-|  Lec-|      No
institution               |_________________|_________________|___________________|___________________|     tor| turer|academic
                          |Total|Male|Female|Total|Male|Female|Total|Male|  Female|Total|Male|  Female|        |      |    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
                          |     |    |      |     |    |      |     |    |        |     |    |        |        |      |
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
                          |     |    |      |     |    |      |     |    |        |     |    |        |        |      |
2003-04                   |     |    |      |     |    |      |     |    |        |     |    |        |        |      |
All institutions .........| 50.4|56.0|  41.5| 91.8|92.0|  91.1| 74.6|74.2|    75.3|  9.0| 8.2|     9.9|    30.7|   2.1|    22.5
  4-year .................| 48.2|54.6|  37.2| 91.9|92.1|  91.3| 74.2|73.8|    74.8|  6.6| 6.1|     7.3|     3.2|   1.5|     3.9
    University ...........| 47.4|54.0|  34.0| 91.7|91.9|  90.5| 75.0|74.8|    75.4|  3.1| 3.0|     3.2|     1.1|   0.4|     1.7
    Other 4-year .........| 48.8|55.1|  39.4| 92.1|92.2|  91.8| 73.6|73.0|    74.5|  9.0| 8.3|     9.7|     4.3|   2.6|     9.6
  2-year .................| 65.2|68.2|  62.2| 90.6|91.3|  89.7| 81.2|82.0|    80.5| 45.6|48.4|    43.2|    57.2|  22.1|    69.8
                          |     |    |      |     |    |      |     |    |        |     |    |        |        |      |
  Public institutions ....| 53.0|58.6|  44.2| 93.6|93.8|  92.9| 78.9|78.7|    79.4| 11.1|10.2|    12.1|    35.7|   2.6|    28.6
    4-year ...............| 50.2|56.9|  38.5| 93.9|94.0|  93.7| 78.7|78.4|    79.2|  7.5| 7.0|     8.2|     2.4|   1.7|     4.4
      University .........| 51.1|58.0|  37.2| 93.8|94.0|  92.9| 81.2|81.2|    81.3|  3.7| 3.6|     3.9|     1.5|   0.4|     2.6
      Other 4-year .......| 49.4|56.0|  39.4| 94.0|94.0|  94.2| 76.6|76.0|    77.6| 10.1| 9.4|    10.8|     2.8|   2.7|     8.3
    2-year ...............| 65.2|68.3|  62.2| 90.5|91.3|  89.6| 81.3|82.1|    80.6| 45.9|48.8|    43.5|    57.2|  22.0|    69.8
                          |     |    |      |     |    |      |     |    |        |     |    |        |        |      |
  Private institutions ...| 44.7|50.3|  35.0| 88.2|88.4|  87.2| 66.2|65.5|    67.3|  5.2| 4.6|     5.9|     6.7|   0.7|     3.7
    4-year ...............| 44.6|50.3|  34.9| 88.2|88.4|  87.1| 66.2|65.5|    67.3|  5.2| 4.6|     5.9|     4.9|   0.7|     2.8
      University .........| 40.5|46.6|  27.9| 87.5|87.8|  85.6| 62.1|61.9|    62.6|  2.0| 2.0|     2.0|     0.4|   0.2|     0.3
      Other 4-year .......| 47.9|53.6|  39.3| 88.7|89.0|  88.0| 68.7|68.1|    69.7|  7.2| 6.5|     8.0|     7.2|   1.8|    14.0
    2-year ...............| 61.5|60.2|  62.7| 94.9|91.7|  97.7| 65.4|61.9|    67.7| 15.6|14.3|    16.7|    63.0|  37.5|    68.1
__________________________|_____|____|______|_____|____|______|_____|____|________|_____|____|________|________|______|________

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NOTE: The coverage of this tabulation differs from similar tables published in editions of the Digest prior to 2003. 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's or higher degrees. (See Guide to Sources for details.)

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993-94 through 2003-04 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System "Fall Staff Survey" (IPEDS-S:93-99), and Winter 2001-02 and Winter 2003-04. (This table was prepared March 2005.)