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Table 218.Full-time instructional faculty in institutions of higher education, by race/ethnicity, academic rank, and sex: Fall 1991

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                               |          |                         Race/ethnicity
                               |          |___________________________________________________________
     Academic rank and sex     |  Total   |            |            |          | Asian or | American
                               |          |   White,   |   Black,   |          | Pacific  | Indian/
                               |          |non-Hispanic|non-Hispanic| Hispanic | Islander | Alaskan
                               |          |            |            |          |          |  Native
_______________________________|__________|____________|____________|__________|__________|__________
               1               |    2     |     3      |     4      |    5     |    6     |    7
_______________________________|__________|____________|____________|__________|__________|__________
     Men and women, all ranks .|  520,324 |    456,222 |     24,516 |   11,422 |   26,510 |    1,654
                               |__________|____________|____________|__________|__________|__________
Professors ....................|  144,341 |    132,065 |      3,572 |    2,038 |    6,371 |      295
Associate professors ..........|  116,631 |    103,918 |      4,942 |    2,107 |    5,391 |      273
Assistant professors ..........|  126,344 |    106,557 |      7,524 |    3,246 |    8,649 |      368
Instructors ...................|   78,082 |     67,539 |      5,223 |    2,532 |    2,326 |      462
Lecturers .....................|   11,275 |      9,603 |        739 |      397 |      483 |       53
Other faculty .................|   43,651 |     36,540 |      2,516 |    1,102 |    3,290 |      203
                               |==========|============|============|==========|==========|==========
     Men, all ranks ...........|  355,111 |    313,205 |     13,056 |    7,353 |   20,481 |    1,016
                               |__________|____________|____________|__________|__________|__________
Professors ....................|  123,173 |    113,097 |      2,466 |    1,654 |    5,721 |      235
Associate professors ..........|   84,311 |     75,341 |      2,924 |    1,490 |    4,363 |      193
Assistant professors ..........|   76,129 |     63,573 |      3,884 |    1,964 |    6,511 |      197
Instructors ...................|   41,124 |     35,776 |      2,328 |    1,421 |    1,339 |      260
Lecturers .....................|    5,362 |      4,599 |        326 |      183 |      225 |       29
Other faculty .................|   25,012 |     20,819 |      1,128 |      641 |    2,322 |      102
                               |==========|============|============|==========|==========|==========
     Women, all ranks .........|  165,213 |    143,017 |     11,460 |    4,069 |    6,029 |      638
                               |__________|____________|____________|__________|__________|__________
Professors ....................|   21,168 |     18,968 |      1,106 |      384 |      650 |       60
Associate professors ..........|   32,320 |     28,577 |      2,018 |      617 |    1,028 |       80
Assistant professors ..........|   50,215 |     42,984 |      3,640 |    1,282 |    2,138 |      171
Instructors ...................|   36,958 |     31,763 |      2,895 |    1,111 |      987 |      202
Lecturers .....................|    5,913 |      5,004 |        413 |      214 |      258 |       24
Other faculty .................|   18,639 |     15,721 |      1,388 |      461 |      968 |      101
_______________________________|__________|____________|____________|__________|__________|__________

NOTE.--Data exclude faculty employed by system offices. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies.

SOURCE: U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEO-6 Higher Education Staff Information, 1991. (This table was prepared November 1993.)


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