Table 315.40.

Percentage distribution of part-time faculty and instructional staff in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution, selected instruction activities, and number of classes taught for credit: Fall 2003

[Standard errors appear in parentheses]
Instruction activity and number of classes	All institutions			Research						Doctoral						Comprehensive						Private liberal arts			Public 2-year			Other
				Public			Private			Public			Private			Public			Private
1	2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11
Number of part-time faculty and    instructional staff (in thousands)	530.0		(0.02)	39.7		(0.78)	23.2		(0.96)	20.8		(0.82)	15.4		(0.83)	60.3		(2.49)	53.5		(2.17)	28.4		(2.19)	230.1		(2.00)	58.7		(3.38)
Percentage distribution	100.0		(†)	7.5		(0.15)	4.4		(0.18)	3.9		(0.15)	2.9		(0.16)	11.4		(0.47)	10.1		(0.41)	5.4		(0.41)	43.4		(0.38)	11.1		(0.64)
Average hours worked per week	39.9		(0.30)	41.1		(0.85)	42.6		(1.24)	43.5		(1.37)	42.1		(1.29)	38.8		(1.01)	42.7		(1.14)	39.6		(1.23)	38.0		(0.45)	41.8		(1.18)
Paid activities within institution	13.7		(0.13)	19.0		(0.61)	14.0		(0.65)	16.4		(0.76)	13.5		(0.97)	14.9		(0.48)	12.1		(0.56)	13.5		(0.73)	12.5		(0.19)	14.2		(0.46)
Unpaid activities within institution	1.7		(0.06)	1.8		(0.25)	2.5		(0.25)	2.3		(0.28)	2.8		(0.37)	2.3		(0.19)	2.7		(0.12)	2.6		(0.17)	2.1		(0.08)	2.5		(0.17)
Paid activities outside institution	22.1		(0.28)	18.3		(0.98)	23.9		(1.34)	23.3		(1.55)	24.1		(1.40)	19.9		(1.00)	26.6		(1.38)	21.9		(0.98)	21.6		(0.41)	23.3		(1.06)
Unpaid activities outside institution	2.3		(0.06)	2.0		(0.25)	2.2		(0.25)	1.6		(0.28)	1.7		(0.37)	1.8		(0.19)	1.3		(0.12)	1.6		(0.17)	1.7		(0.08)	1.8		(0.17)
Work time distribution (percent)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Teaching	88.3		(0.32)	74.1		(1.79)	80.6		(1.89)	84.9		(1.71)	87.2		(1.87)	90.8		(0.83)	90.4		(0.70)	90.2		(1.20)	91.3		(0.43)	85.4		(1.19)
Research/scholarship	3.9		(0.80)	13.3		(1.62)	7.0		(0.97)	7.4		(1.35)	5.2		(1.42)	3.2		(0.46)	2.4		(0.49)	2.6		(0.54)	2.1		(0.21)	4.4		(0.61)
Other activities (administration,    professional growth, etc.)	7.8		(0.20)	12.6		(1.04)	12.4		(1.75)	7.6		(1.03)	7.6		(1.22)	6.0		(0.63)	7.2		(0.81)	7.2		(0.92)	6.6		(0.40)	10.3		(0.93)
Faculty/staff distribution by instruction      activity (percent)
Distribution by hours taught per week	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Less than 4.0	45.3		(0.80)	58.1		(2.25)	62.4		(3.87)	53.3		(2.71)	48.0		(2.67)	45.5		(1.68)	39.8		(2.34)	44.8		(2.96)	41.3		(1.30)	46.5		(2.46)
4.0 to 5.9	12.2		(0.48)	9.3		(1.25)	12.9		(2.46)	12.5		(1.49)	15.0		(1.57)	9.7		(1.25)	17.7		(2.07)	13.2		(1.73)	11.7		(0.71)	12.6		(1.62)
6.0 to 7.9	14.3		(0.57)	12.5		(1.50)	10.1		(1.69)	14.5		(1.76)	14.3		(2.01)	19.4		(1.68)	12.9		(2.14)	13.8		(1.98)	14.5		(1.04)	13.0		(1.72)
8.0 to 9.9	10.4		(0.47)	8.9		(1.22)	5.6		(1.46)	8.3		(1.82)	7.8		(1.58)	10.8		(1.11)	11.7		(1.93)	10.7		(1.54)	11.3		(0.73)	9.5		(1.45)
10.0 to 14.9	9.4		(0.47)	7.5		(1.27)	3.0	!	(1.16)	5.5		(1.29)	7.3		(2.03)	8.0		(1.27)	7.7		(1.29)	8.3		(1.55)	11.7		(0.99)	9.8		(1.27)
15.0 or more	8.3		(0.43)	3.6		(0.90)	6.0	!	(1.94)	5.9		(1.50)	7.6		(1.26)	6.5		(1.05)	10.3		(1.61)	9.1		(2.38)	9.5		(0.67)	8.5		(1.19)
Distribution by number of students taught	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Less than 25	52.0		(0.82)	55.6		(2.16)	68.9		(3.98)	44.6		(2.68)	56.9		(3.29)	41.6		(2.07)	57.9		(2.45)	60.5		(2.34)	49.7		(1.37)	54.0		(3.15)
25 to 49	24.9		(0.58)	17.4		(1.54)	16.9		(2.13)	27.4		(2.51)	20.7		(2.48)	24.5		(2.10)	29.4		(1.90)	24.1		(1.76)	26.7		(0.97)	22.6		(2.74)
50 to 74	12.1		(0.54)	11.6		(1.23)	3.7	!	(1.15)	12.5		(1.71)	9.8		(2.48)	17.5		(1.52)	8.5		(0.77)	10.0		(1.65)	12.9		(0.95)	11.7		(1.55)
75 to 99	5.8		(0.30)	5.4		(0.89)	4.1	!	(1.57)	7.6		(1.52)	6.8		(1.62)	6.7		(1.22)	2.0		(0.44)	3.7		(0.97)	6.2		(0.48)	7.5		(1.18)
100 to 149	3.4		(0.23)	4.8		(1.07)	2.0	!	(0.72)	4.2	!	(1.46)	2.9	!	(0.89)	7.2		(1.14)	1.8	!	(0.55)	‡		(†)	3.2		(0.41)	2.4	!	(0.76)
150 or more	1.9		(0.19)	5.2		(0.96)	4.5		(1.35)	3.7		(0.94)	2.8	!	(1.12)	2.6		(0.59)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	1.2		(0.35)	1.7		(0.44)
Distribution by student classroom contact      hours per week1	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Less than 50	33.9		(0.80)	41.6		(2.52)	53.4		(3.89)	27.7		(2.98)	40.2		(2.67)	25.4		(1.88)	36.0		(2.52)	38.2		(2.66)	31.3		(1.34)	36.7		(3.40)
50 to 99	17.0		(0.54)	13.1		(1.46)	17.5		(2.13)	23.0		(3.38)	17.0		(2.30)	18.9		(1.40)	19.5		(1.53)	17.4		(1.97)	16.6		(0.96)	14.5		(1.65)
100 to 199	13.2		(0.49)	13.3		(1.51)	8.5		(1.44)	14.2		(2.34)	7.5		(1.56)	14.8		(1.72)	13.3		(1.65)	14.1		(2.01)	13.4		(0.82)	13.5		(2.19)
200 to 349	11.2		(0.46)	10.8		(1.29)	5.6		(1.42)	10.9		(1.97)	12.3		(1.88)	10.3		(1.80)	13.5		(0.93)	10.1		(1.26)	11.4		(0.66)	12.1		(1.62)
350 to 499	7.2		(0.34)	6.1		(0.98)	3.0	!	(0.96)	7.7		(1.74)	8.5		(1.74)	10.2		(1.0)	4.5		(0.64)	5.5		(0.95)	8.0		(0.69)	6.0		(0.93)
500 or more	17.5		(0.58)	15.1		(1.89)	12.1		(2.50)	16.5		(2.29)	14.5		(2.58)	20.3		(1.97)	13.3		(1.53)	14.6		(2.85)	19.3		(0.98)	17.2		(1.87)
Distribution by total classroom credit      hours	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
Less than 4.0	53.3		(0.89)	59.8		(2.39)	67.5		(3.65)	62.2		(2.96)	55.4		(2.34)	52.0		(2.05)	51.3		(2.05)	58.9		(2.14)	50.2		(1.43)	52.2		(3.00)
4.0 to 5.9	11.7		(0.52)	12.2		(1.52)	11.8		(2.12)	10.8		(1.63)	10.6		(1.81)	9.3		(1.09)	14.1		(1.77)	10.3		(1.68)	12.2		(0.75)	11.5		(1.68)
6.0 to 7.9	16.9		(0.55)	12.8		(1.61)	10.2		(2.20)	14.9		(1.96)	18.7		(2.12)	23.1		(2.10)	18.1		(1.22)	15.4		(1.81)	16.5		(0.98)	17.5		(1.62)
8.0 to 9.9	9.4		(0.42)	8.2		(0.92)	6.2		(1.22)	8.5		(1.64)	8.3		(2.03)	9.5		(0.99)	9.0		(1.08)	8.3		(1.34)	10.8		(0.81)	7.4		(1.33)
10.0 to 14.9	6.6		(0.35)	5.6		(1.48)	1.8	!	(0.75)	3.6		(0.97)	4.8		(1.22)	3.8		(0.81)	5.2		(0.82)	5.1	!	(1.57)	8.1		(0.62)	9.2		(1.54)
15.0 or more	2.1		(0.21)	1.4	!	(0.58)	2.5	!	(0.91)	‡		(†)	2.2	!	(0.78)	2.2		(0.57)	2.3		(0.64)	2.0	!	(0.80)	2.2		(0.31)	2.2		(0.63)
Faculty/staff distribution by number of      classes taught for credit (percent)
Faculty/staff with undergraduate classes      only, by total for-credit courses	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)
1	49.2		(0.90)	53.1		(3.85)	62.3		(5.20)	58.8		(4.27)	45.4		(4.58)	48.4		(2.43)	54.1		(2.78)	53.7		(3.42)	47.9		(1.20)	43.2		(3.57)
2	29.7		(0.86)	31.2		(3.04)	28.5		(5.51)	26.9		(3.12)	39.8		(4.33)	33.1		(2.35)	29.2		(2.27)	25.0		(2.20)	29.3		(1.24)	29.7		(2.70)
3	12.5		(0.47)	9.4		(1.83)	6.9	!	(2.33)	11.5		(2.36)	13.1		(3.15)	10.8		(1.26)	9.4		(1.35)	10.2		(1.62)	13.9		(0.84)	13.7		(1.71)
4	5.3		(0.41)	4.6	!	(1.41)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.0		(1.06)	5.4		(1.08)	5.6	!	(1.95)	5.9		(0.65)	6.9		(1.73)
5 or more	3.3		(0.32)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	2.6	!	(1.27)	‡		(†)	3.7		(0.95)	1.8	!	(0.77)	5.5	!	(1.69)	3.1		(0.44)	6.5		(1.87)
Faculty/staff with graduate classes only,      by total for-credit courses	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	‡		(†)	100.0		(†)
1	72.6		(1.73)	71.7		(5.24)	81.7		(4.89)	81.8		(4.93)	72.2		(5.28)	74.8		(5.62)	62.2		(3.67)	69.9		(6.67)	‡		(†)	75.6		(5.21)
2	16.6		(1.30)	20.6		(4.61)	7.4	!	(3.23)	10.8	!	(4.07)	16.2		(4.50)	12.9	!	(4.45)	23.3		(2.37)	18.8	!	(5.77)	‡		(†)	16.4		(3.91)
3	5.3		(0.93)	‡		(†)	5.7	!	(2.74)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	7.6	!	(2.41)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
4	3.1		(0.81)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	4.0	!	(1.41)	‡		(†)	3.9	!	(1.32)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
5 or more	2.4		(0.53)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	2.9	!	(1.38)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	3.0	!	(1.45)
Faculty/staff with both undergraduate and      graduate classes, by total for-credit      courses	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	100.0		(†)	‡		(†)	100.0		(†)
1	46.5		(2.05)	51.3		(5.19)	46.4		(10.59)	59.3		(5.24)	63.7		(8.93)	38.0		(6.03)	38.9		(4.23)	44.1		(8.69)	‡		(†)	47.4		(6.18)
2	28.7		(1.96)	29.6		(4.47)	36.3		(8.39)	18.5	!	(6.24)	18.1	!	(5.75)	30.7		(3.91)	32.7		(5.11)	35.1		(9.57)	‡		(†)	23.9		(5.54)
3	13.5		(1.79)	11.3		(3.25)	‡		(†)	16.9	!	(6.27)	‡		(†)	17.8		(4.04)	16.6		(3.72)	12.3	!	(4.69)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)
4	5.9		(1.19)	3.3	!	(1.63)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	7.9	!	(3.54)	‡		(†)	5.8	!	(2.25)	‡		(†)	10.0	!	(4.03)
5 or more	5.4		(1.18)	4.4	!	(2.08)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	5.7	!	(2.75)	6.4	!	(2.36)	‡		(†)	‡		(†)	9.2	!	(4.56)

†Not applicable.

!Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent.

‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater.

1 Distribution by student classroom contact hours per week is based on the number of contact hours that faculty and instructional staff spend each week with students during classroom instruction multiplied by the number of students taught.

NOTE: Degree-granting institutions grant associate’s or higher degrees and participate in Title IV federal financial aid programs. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04). (This table was prepared December 2008.)