Figure 14.

Full-time-equivalent (FTE) students per staff member in public and private degree-granting institutions, by type of staff: 1976 and 2007

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), “Staff” survey, 1976, and “Fall Enrollment in Higher Education” survey, 1976; and 2007 Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Winter 2007–08 and Spring 2007.