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| Table 232. | Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by field and faculty characteristics: Fall 1992, fall 1998, and fall 2003 |
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Selected characteristics | 1992| 1998| 2003| All fields| home economics| Business| Education| Engineering| Fine arts| Health| ities\1\| sciences\3\| sciences\3\| Other\4\
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Full-time instructional | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
faculty and staff | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Number (in thousands) ..........| 528| 560| 682| 681.8 (0.05)| 16.9 (0.80)| 43.2(1.40) | 50.9(1.89) | 33.4(1.32) | 43.3(1.68) | 93.9(2.67) | 58.8(1.82) | 127.2(2.19) | 88.7 (2.07)| 125.5(2.36)
Percentage distribution ........| † | † | † | 100.0 (†) | 2.5 (0.12)| 6.3(0.21) | 7.5(0.28) | 4.9(0.19) | 6.3(0.25) | 13.8(0.39) | 8.6(0.27) | 18.7(0.32) | 13.0 (0.30)| 18.4(0.35)
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| | | | Percentage distribution of full-time faculty
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Total .......................| 528| 560| 682| 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†)
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male .........................| 353| 357| 420| 61.7 (0.35)| 64.6 (2.88)| 68.5(1.61) | 39.3(1.57) | 91.5(1.06) | 61.9(1.38) | 46.7(1.32) | 45.3(1.47) | 74.5(0.88) | 64.3 (1.13)| 64.0(0.94)
Female .......................| 176| 203| 261| 38.3 (0.35)| 35.4 (2.88)| 31.5(1.61) | 60.7(1.57) | 8.5(1.06) | 38.1(1.38) | 53.3(1.32) | 54.7(1.47) | 25.5(0.88) | 35.7 (1.13)| 36.0(0.94)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ..........| 457| 477| 548| 80.3 (0.27)| 87.8 (1.61)| 79.5(1.51) | 80.5(1.26) | 70.9(1.85) | 86.4(1.24) | 79.7(0.84) | 80.7(1.31) | 77.8(0.75) | 81.4 (1.09)| 82.0(0.69)
Black, non-Hispanic ..........| 27| 28| 38| 5.6 (0.17)| 2.3 (0.76)| 4.5(0.79) | 7.8(1.01) | 5.4(0.99) | 6.0(0.88) | 5.0(0.50) | 5.6(0.58) | 4.1(0.48) | 7.3 (0.72)| 6.1(0.44)
Hispanic .....................| 14| 19| 24| 3.5 (0.10)| 2.5 (0.76)| 2.3(0.51) | 4.7(0.63) | 2.6(0.47) | 3.3(0.75) | 3.0(0.32) | 6.7(0.53) | 2.9(0.30) | 4.0 (0.47)| 2.9(0.33)
Asian/Pacific Islander .......| 28| 33| 62| 9.1 (0.16)| 6.4 (1.34)| 12.2(1.22) | 4.8(0.70) | 20.1(1.64) | 2.9(0.74) | 10.7(0.79) | 5.2(0.94) | 14.3(0.69) | 5.9 (0.71)| 7.1(0.49)
American Indian/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Alaska Native .............| 3| 4| 10| 1.5 (0.11)| 1.0 (0.49)| 1.6(0.37) | 2.2(0.40) | 1.0(0.57) | 1.4(0.38) | 1.6(0.33) | 1.8(0.35) | 0.8(0.17) | 1.4 (0.22)| 1.8(0.32)
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Age | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Under 30 .....................| 8| 9| 18| 2.6 (0.16)| 2.9 (0.83)| 1.2(0.38) | 3.3(0.77) | 2.1(0.64) | 3.0(0.54) | 1.6(0.37) | 2.9(0.45) | 2.3(0.28) | 2.2 (0.33)| 3.8(0.48)
30 to 34 .....................| 35| 32| 55| 8.0 (0.26)| 5.8 (1.27)| 4.6(0.78) | 7.9(0.98) | 8.4(1.01) | 5.8(0.79) | 8.4(0.72) | 8.4(0.66) | 7.9(0.51) | 9.9 (0.58)| 8.6(0.63)
35 to 39 .....................| 67| 60| 83| 12.2 (0.30)| 8.6 (1.25)| 12.5(1.20) | 7.8(0.83) | 13.2(1.54) | 11.9(1.17) | 14.0(0.82) | 12.5(0.82) | 12.7(0.72) | 12.7 (0.94)| 11.8(0.81)
40 to 44 .....................| 90| 82| 93| 13.6 (0.34)| 12.3 (1.69)| 11.3(1.41) | 10.3(0.99) | 13.3(1.22) | 14.2(1.88) | 14.6(0.87) | 13.6(1.08) | 15.7(0.87) | 13.8 (0.82)| 12.9(0.68)
45 to 49 .....................| 98| 97| 109| 15.9 (0.36)| 19.8 (2.03)| 18.9(1.49) | 13.6(1.05) | 17.3(1.76) | 17.4(1.80) | 18.5(1.12) | 15.2(1.07) | 15.6(0.83) | 12.8 (0.82)| 15.4(0.69)
50 to 54 .....................| 95| 105| 114| 16.7 (0.38)| 23.3 (2.11)| 18.8(1.15) | 19.7(1.57) | 16.2(1.78) | 18.7(1.26) | 19.1(0.95) | 13.8(1.02) | 14.2(0.59) | 15.0 (1.02)| 16.8(0.88)
55 to 59 .....................| 67| 90| 108| 15.8 (0.38)| 16.3 (1.81)| 19.0(1.38) | 20.4(1.39) | 14.3(2.18) | 15.9(1.32) | 13.7(0.86) | 16.0(0.93) | 13.4(0.81) | 15.4 (0.87)| 17.3(0.84)
60 to 64 .....................| 45| 55| 70| 10.2 (0.27)| 7.7 (1.15)| 9.1(1.08) | 11.5(1.21) | 9.6(1.28) | 10.2(1.05) | 6.8(0.55) | 11.7(1.16) | 11.7(0.63) | 13.0 (0.87)| 8.9(0.69)
65 or older ..................| 24| 31| 33| 4.9 (0.20)| 3.2 (1.09)| 4.5(0.67) | 5.5(0.66) | 5.7(0.93) | 3.0(0.66) | 3.2(0.46) | 5.8(0.74) | 6.6(0.45) | 5.2 (0.51)| 4.4(0.41)
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Highest degree | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than bachelor's .........| 6| 7| 10| 1.5 (0.12)| 1.0 (0.68)| 0.2(0.12) | 1.7(0.74) | 2.6(0.77) | 1.4(0.46) | 1.7(0.31) | 0.2(0.12) | 0.1(0.09) | ‡ (†) | 4.4(0.54)
Bachelor's ...................| 21| 23| 29| 4.3 (0.24)| 6.4 (1.71)| 4.0(0.80) | 4.0(0.64) | 6.5(1.22) | 9.1(1.10) | 5.5(0.69) | 1.1(0.31) | 1.4(0.23) | 1.0 (0.26)| 7.9(0.67)
Master's .....................| 156| 156| 180| 26.4 (0.39)| 29.2 (2.18)| 31.8(1.69) | 35.5(1.37) | 13.2(1.64) | 53.9(1.82) | 22.9(1.16) | 35.1(1.42) | 14.9(0.72) | 12.5 (0.72)| 34.4(1.24)
First-professional ...........| 58| 52| 56| 8.2 (0.30)| 0.3 (0.31)| 2.1(0.45) | 1.1(0.35) | 0.5(0.30) | 1.1(0.41) | 41.1(1.32) | 0.4(0.18) | 3.0(0.35) | 0.5 (0.19)| 8.7(0.76)
Doctor's .....................| 284| 324| 407| 59.6 (0.48)| 63.0 (2.74)| 61.9(1.73) | 57.7(1.53) | 77.1(2.08) | 34.6(1.96) | 28.9(1.06) | 63.2(1.43) | 80.6(0.67) | 86.0 (0.74)| 44.6(1.23)
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Academic rank | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Professor ............... | 161| 172| 194| 28.5 (0.54)| 33.0 (2.71)| 29.1(1.66) | 21.9(1.41) | 37.6(1.69) | 28.4(1.85) | 20.1(0.93) | 26.2(1.46) | 35.5(0.87) | 35.4 (1.20)| 23.5(1.09)
Associate professor ..........| 124| 132| 150| 21.9 (0.37)| 21.0 (2.55)| 22.6(1.32) | 17.6(1.07) | 25.3(1.77) | 23.7(1.64) | 23.5(0.96) | 20.0(1.27) | 23.4(0.93) | 22.8 (0.97)| 19.9(1.08)
Assistant professor ..........| 124| 125| 158| 23.2 (0.41)| 19.2 (1.79)| 23.4(1.51) | 23.8(1.56) | 19.6(1.67) | 23.2(1.75) | 32.2(1.12) | 21.7(1.30) | 21.1(0.82) | 24.8 (1.22)| 19.2(0.73)
Instructor ...................| 74| 75| 83| 12.1 (0.42)| 9.9 (1.60)| 13.4(1.37) | 12.6(1.18) | 9.1(1.39) | 9.7(1.01) | 15.3(0.90) | 14.9(1.17) | 7.7(0.56) | 5.7 (0.53)| 18.7(1.02)
Lecturer .....................| 12| 14| 22| 3.2 (0.22)| 3.4 (1.50)| 3.6(0.68) | 3.0(0.60) | 2.0(0.52) | 4.3(0.64) | 1.9(0.37) | 7.9(0.78) | 2.1(0.25) | 2.3 (0.42)| 3.6(0.57)
Other ....................... | 17| 26| 57| 8.3 (0.32)| 11.8 (2.16)| 4.9(0.64) | 18.2(1.57) | 5.4(0.82) | 7.1(1.03) | 5.5(0.50) | 5.7(0.69) | 6.7(0.48) | 6.4 (0.67)| 12.4(0.76)
No rank ......................| 17| 16| 19| 2.7 (0.19)| 1.8 (1.37)| 3.0(0.68) | 2.9(1.05) | 0.9(0.38) | 3.6(1.24) | 1.5(0.27) | 3.6(0.67) | 3.5(0.48) | 2.6 (0.47)| 2.7(0.36)
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Part-time instructional | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
faculty and staff | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Number (in thousands) ..........| 377| 416| 530| 530.0 (0.02) | 7.3 (0.97)| 44.9(2.98) | 63.5(2.57) | 14.0(1.49) | 47.8(3.65) | 57.8(3.06) | 58.9(2.05) | 63.7(2.46) | 53.0 (2.39)| 119.2(3.48)
Percentage distribution ........| † | † | † | 100.0 (†) | 1.4 (0.18)| 8.5(0.56) | 12.0(0.48) | 2.7(0.28) | 9.0(0.69) | 10.9(0.58) | 11.1(0.39) | 12.0(0.46) | 10.0 (0.45)| 22.5(0.66)
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| | | | Percentage distribution of part-time faculty
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Total .......................| 377| 416| 530 | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†) | 100.0 (†)
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Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Male .........................| 209| 217| 276| 52.1 (0.45) | 32.0 (6.05)| 69.6(1.89) | 29.1(1.71) | 90.8(2.68) | 51.4(2.26) | 34.5(1.60) | 31.6(1.86) | 58.2(2.22) | 60.5 (1.90)| 66.2(1.41)
Female .......................| 168| 199| 254| 47.9 (0.45) | 68.0 (6.05)| 30.4(1.89) | 70.9(1.71) | 9.2(2.68) | 48.6(2.26) | 65.5(1.60) | 68.4(1.86) | 41.8(2.22) | 39.5 (1.90)| 33.8(1.41)
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Race/ethnicity | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
White, non-Hispanic ..........| 333| 364| 452| 85.2 (0.38) | 91.4 (3.66)| 86.8(1.54) | 85.1(1.34) | 85.4(2.89) | 88.7(1.22) | 85.0(1.14) | 83.0(1.14) | 83.4(1.35) | 84.2 (1.62)| 85.5(0.80)
Black, non-Hispanic ..........| 18| 19| 30| 5.6 (0.20) | 2.7 (1.61)| 6.7(0.96) | 6.6(0.98) | 2.0(1.26) | 3.0(0.70) | 5.2(0.68) | 5.0(0.71) | 6.0(0.66) | 5.8 (0.75)| 6.5(0.57)
Hispanic .....................| 11| 16| 19| 3.5 (0.13) | 0.4 (0.38)| 2.2(0.79) | 5.1(0.71) | 2.6(0.64) | 2.7(0.52) | 2.2(0.47) | 6.5(0.81) | 2.2(0.40) | 3.7 (0.61)| 3.6(0.39)
Asian/Pacific Islander .......| 12| 13| 20| 3.8 (0.22) | 2.7 (1.99)| 3.0(0.80) | 1.6(0.43) | 8.4(2.11) | 2.9(0.70) | 6.5(1.17) | 4.2(0.71) | 7.1(0.89) | 2.7 (1.04)| 2.5(0.34)
American Indian/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Alaska Native .............| 2| 4| 10| 1.8 (0.22) | 2.9 (2.62)| 1.4(0.54) | 1.5(0.37) | 1.6(1.03) | 2.8(0.84) | 1.0(0.35) | 1.3(0.38) | 1.4(0.60) | 3.6 (0.91)| 1.9(0.36)
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Age | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Under 30 .....................| 20| 15| 30| 5.7 (0.32) | 8.0 (2.66)| 3.0(0.87) | 3.5(0.66) | 2.8(1.78) | 6.2(1.05) | 5.3(0.85) | 7.4(1.02) | 8.6(1.14) | 5.5 (0.82)| 5.6(0.71)
30 to 34 .....................| 36| 37| 46| 8.7 (0.33) | 10.3 (3.24)| 7.6(1.25) | 7.9(0.97) | 2.0(1.04) | 10.2(1.32) | 9.4(1.13) | 9.8(0.97) | 8.0(1.21) | 10.2 (1.20)| 8.5(0.76)
35 to 39 .....................| 59| 47| 57| 10.8 (0.44) | 2.5 (1.58)| 9.8(1.48) | 9.0(1.20) | 13.8(3.89) | 11.2(1.47) | 11.5(1.31) | 8.4(1.12) | 10.9(1.20) | 10.8 (1.35)| 13.1(1.18)
40 to 44 .....................| 70| 60| 60| 11.3 (0.46) | 9.6 (3.92)| 10.5(1.45) | 7.7(0.96) | 15.7(3.25) | 12.7(1.39) | 13.0(1.64) | 10.3(1.00) | 9.2(1.10) | 10.9 (1.05)| 13.4(0.97)
45 to 49 .....................| 68| 72| 82| 15.5 (0.51) | 14.6 (5.03)| 15.7(1.83) | 12.9(1.22) | 13.5(3.13) | 18.2(1.78) | 21.9(1.67) | 14.6(1.76) | 10.4(1.33) | 12.6 (1.10)| 17.6(1.17)
50 to 54 .....................| 45| 70| 80| 15.2 (0.52) | 19.7 (5.36)| 14.5(1.48) | 16.3(1.46) | 19.1(4.00) | 16.9(1.60) | 14.4(1.67) | 13.8(1.25) | 12.3(1.30) | 13.5 (1.43)| 16.7(1.14)
55 to 59 .....................| 29| 47| 75| 14.1 (0.44) | 23.1 (5.83)| 18.8(2.12) | 17.6(1.52) | 11.8(2.71) | 12.0(1.62) | 10.2(1.23) | 14.9(1.33) | 15.1(1.46) | 15.1 (1.48)| 11.3(0.88)
60 to 64 .....................| 23| 29| 46| 8.8 (0.43) | 7.6 (3.82)| 8.7(1.08) | 11.5(1.30) | 6.0(2.00) | 6.7(0.93) | 5.7(1.05) | 10.6(1.23) | 12.8(1.67) | 11.1 (1.45)| 5.9(0.71)
65 or older ..................| 27| 38| 53| 10.0 (0.45) | 4.7 (2.09)| 11.4(1.64) | 13.6(1.24) | 15.4(3.16) | 5.9(1.21) | 8.5(1.16) | 10.2(1.51) | 12.7(1.82) | 10.4 (1.33)| 7.8(0.80)
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Highest degree | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less than bachelor's .........| 17| 20| 41| 7.8 (0.59) | 5.5 (2.53)| 1.8(0.79) | 3.7(0.96) | 17.1(4.44) | 9.1(1.42) | 17.3(1.86) | 1.1(0.57) | 0.9(0.47) | 0.5 (0.25)| 16.2(1.31)
Bachelor's ...................| 63| 59| 84| 15.8 (0.55) | 26.7 (5.80)| 13.9(1.84) | 12.0(1.25) | 17.9(3.50) | 28.2(2.09) | 16.2(1.61) | 12.9(1.65) | 16.1(1.46) | 3.2 (0.82)| 19.4(1.11)
Master's .....................| 190| 225| 273| 51.5 (0.80) | 50.3 (6.09)| 66.5(2.34) | 63.0(1.84) | 32.3(4.61) | 54.7(2.95) | 30.2(1.86) | 70.2(2.33) | 49.0(1.94) | 55.5 (1.83)| 41.6(1.56)
First-professional ...........| 40| 36| 39| 7.3 (0.39) | 2.0 (1.63)| 6.3(1.10) | 1.9(0.45) | 1.5(0.98) | 0.9(0.39) | 25.2(2.12) | 2.3(0.55) | 4.3(0.85) | 3.1 (0.62)| 11.2(1.00)
Doctor's .....................| 59| 76| 94| 17.6 (0.60) | 15.5 (4.57)| 11.5(1.48) | 19.4(1.61) | 31.2(4.13) | 7.1(1.39) | 11.1(1.28) | 13.4(1.80) | 29.7(1.72) | 37.7 (1.90)| 11.7(0.94)
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Academic rank | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Professor ....................| 32| 30| 23| 4.4 (0.30)| 8.9 (4.03)| 4.6(1.06) | 3.4(0.55) | 5.9(2.27) | 3.9(1.05) | 5.4(0.84) | 3.5(0.75) | 4.8(0.82) | 4.7 (1.01)| 4.1(0.63)
Associate professor ..........| 23| 19| 15| 2.8 (0.22)| 1.9 (1.37)| 2.3(0.74) | 1.9(0.47) | 5.7(2.24) | 3.7(0.92) | 5.4(0.89) | 1.6(0.35) | 3.3(0.63) | 2.9 (0.60)| 1.6(0.30)
Assistant professor ..........| 24| 23| 20| 3.7 (0.29)| 2.8 (1.76)| 1.5(0.55) | 2.0(0.50) | 3.3(1.97) | 3.6(0.86) | 15.1(1.64) | 1.7(0.64) | 2.8(0.66) | 3.7 (0.89)| 1.7(0.34)
Instructor ...................| 215| 205| 188| 35.4 (0.83)| 39.9 (5.70)| 29.2(2.00) | 37.0(2.11) | 25.3(4.10) | 33.6(2.12) | 36.5(2.40) | 42.9(2.29) | 32.4(2.05) | 30.4 (1.85)| 38.2(1.54)
Lecturer .....................| 45| 46| 41| 7.7 (0.41)| 14.8 (4.39)| 7.6(1.52) | 6.8(0.97) | 9.3(2.49) | 9.7(1.16) | 4.7(0.93) | 11.2(1.10) | 7.8(1.02) | 9.5 (1.20)| 5.8(0.67)
Other ....................... | 28| 75| 231| 43.6 (0.85)| 30.8 (5.98)| 51.8(2.46) | 46.6(1.78) | 49.4(5.02) | 42.4(3.00) | 30.5(1.88) | 37.4(2.23) | 45.8(2.02) | 46.0 (2.22)| 46.6(1.47)
No rank ......................| 9| 16| 13| 2.4 (0.20)| 1.1 (0.87)| 3.0(0.75) | 2.1(0.59) | 1.2(1.26) | 3.2(1.10) | 2.4(0.68) | 1.7(0.49) | 3.1(0.79) | 2.8 (0.71)| 2.1(0.40)
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†Not applicable. ‡Reporting standards not met. \1\Excludes history and philosophy. \2\Excludes computer sciences. \3\Includes history. \4\Includes philosophy, law, occupationally specific programs, computer sciences, and other. NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Detail may not sum to totals because of survey item nonresponse and rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993, 1999, and 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93;99;04). (This table was prepared September 2005.)
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