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Table 224.Full-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by faculty characteristics and field: Fall 1992

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                        |         |       |Agricul- |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        | Other
                        | Number, |  All  |ture and |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |  and
        Faculty         |   in    |fields |  home   |        |Educa- |Engineer-| Fine  |       |Humani- |Natural | Social |  not
    characteristics     |thousands|       |economics|Business| tion  |   ing   | arts  |Health |  ties  |sciences|sciences|reported
________________________|_________|_______|_________|________|_______|_________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________
           1            |    2    |   3   |    4    |   5    |   6   |    7    |   8   |   9   |   10   |   11   |   12   |   13
________________________|_________|_______|_________|________|_______|_________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________
   Total, in thousands .|     526 |   --- |      11 |     40 |    37 |      25 |    32 |    78 |     74 |    102 |     59 |     61
   Percent .............|     --- | 100.0 |     2.2 |    7.6 |   7.0 |     4.7 |   6.0 |  14.8 |   14.1 |   19.3 |   11.1 |   11.5
                        |         |=======|=========|========|=======|=========|=======|=======|========|========|========|========
                        |         |                                   Percentage distribution
                        |         |________________________________________________________________________________________________
   Total................|     526 | 100.0 |   100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0 |   100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0
                        |_________|_______|_________|________|_______|_________|_______|_______|________|________|________|________
Sex                     |         |       |         |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |
  Male..................|     355 |  67.5 |    76.1 |   69.8 |  49.9 |    94.1 |  67.8 |  50.6 |   59.1 |   80.3 |   73.2 |   70.3
  Female................|     171 |  32.5 |    23.9 |   30.2 |  50.1 |     5.9 |  32.2 |  49.4 |   40.9 |   19.7 |   26.8 |   29.7
                        |         |       |         |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |
Race/ethnicity          |         |       |         |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |
  White, non-Hispanic ..|     457 |  86.8 |    90.9 |   88.9 |  85.1 |    76.8 |  88.7 |  86.6 |   88.3 |   86.3 |   87.7 |   88.1
  Black, non-Hispanic ..|      26 |   4.9 |     3.8 |    3.9 |   9.0 |     2.7 |   5.7 |   5.2 |    4.1 |    3.4 |    5.9 |    5.9
  Hispanic..............|      13 |   2.5 |     1.8 |    1.4 |   3.3 |     2.9 |   2.4 |   2.0 |    4.0 |    1.8 |    2.7 |    2.6
  Asian.................|      28 |   5.2 |     2.9 |    4.9 |   1.6 |    16.9 |   2.7 |   6.0 |    3.2 |    8.1 |    3.3 |    2.9
  American Indian.......|       3 |   0.5 |     0.7 |    1.0 |   1.0 |     0.7 |   0.5 |   0.2 |    0.5 |    0.3 |    0.5 |    0.4
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Age                     |         |       |         |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |
  Under 30 .............|       8 |   1.4 |     0.4 |    1.2 |   1.1 |     1.3 |   1.3 |   1.1 |    1.6 |    1.5 |    0.8 |    2.4
  30 to 34 .............|      35 |   6.7 |     7.1 |    6.3 |   3.5 |    11.1 |   6.1 |   8.5 |    4.7 |    6.7 |    7.3 |    6.7
  35 to 39 .............|      66 |  12.6 |     9.1 |   13.5 |   7.8 |    13.2 |  13.0 |  16.2 |    9.5 |   13.9 |   12.9 |   12.1
  40 to 44 .............|      90 |  17.0 |    15.8 |   16.4 |  17.5 |    16.8 |  17.7 |  21.7 |   13.3 |   15.9 |   16.4 |   18.0
  45 to 49 .............|      97 |  18.5 |    17.6 |   20.9 |  19.6 |    14.7 |  18.4 |  19.3 |   20.0 |   17.1 |   17.8 |   17.9
  50 to 54 .............|      95 |  18.0 |    18.5 |   16.1 |  21.1 |    12.2 |  17.4 |  13.4 |   21.6 |   19.3 |   19.2 |   18.5
  55 to 59 .............|      67 |  12.7 |    14.5 |   11.9 |  14.2 |    15.0 |  14.1 |   9.5 |   14.6 |   13.3 |   12.3 |   12.3
  60 to 64 .............|      45 |   8.5 |    11.4 |    8.0 |  10.6 |    10.7 |   7.9 |   7.6 |    9.9 |    7.5 |    9.2 |    7.4
  65 or older ..........|      24 |   4.5 |     5.7 |    5.8 |   4.7 |     5.1 |   4.0 |   2.7 |    4.8 |    4.7 |    4.2 |    4.7
                        |         |       |         |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |
Degree                  |         |       |         |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |
  Less than bachelor's..|       6 |   1.2 |     0.2 |    0.5 |   0.3 |     2.0 |   0.7 |   1.2 |    \1\ |    0.2 |    0.1 |    6.3
  Bachelor's............|      21 |   4.0 |     5.5 |    4.5 |   2.9 |     5.1 |   5.3 |   5.9 |    1.2 |    2.8 |    0.7 |    8.4
  Master's..............|     154 |  29.4 |    21.7 |   37.9 |  30.3 |    18.4 |  56.0 |  29.6 |   31.6 |   21.9 |   18.9 |   34.1
  Professional..........|      57 |  10.9 |     4.4 |    4.5 |   3.0 |     2.3 |   4.4 |  43.3 |    2.4 |    4.5 |    3.5 |   15.8
  Doctoral..............|     285 |  54.5 |    68.2 |   52.6 |  63.6 |    72.2 |  33.6 |  20.0 |   64.8 |   70.7 |   76.8 |   35.4
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Rank                    |         |       |         |        |       |         |       |       |        |        |        |
  Full professor........|     161 |  30.6 |    41.8 |   24.9 |  24.6 |    36.9 |  32.3 |  21.5 |   33.3 |   37.3 |   37.2 |   26.4
  Associate professor...|     123 |  23.5 |    22.6 |   25.7 |  29.6 |    28.0 |  25.5 |  23.0 |   22.2 |   22.6 |   24.7 |   19.5
  Assistant professor...|     123 |  23.4 |    19.3 |   25.5 |  22.8 |    22.4 |  21.4 |  32.8 |   19.3 |   20.6 |   24.1 |   23.1
  Instructor............|      73 |  13.9 |    10.5 |   16.5 |  13.2 |    10.4 |  10.1 |  16.6 |   14.8 |   11.6 |    7.9 |   22.1
  Lecturer..............|      12 |   2.2 |     0.9 |    1.3 |   2.5 |     0.9 |   2.9 |   2.3 |    3.8 |    1.8 |    1.7 |    2.4
  Other.................|      17 |   3.2 |     3.2 |    2.1 |   5.5 |     0.5 |   3.2 |   2.4 |    1.9 |    2.4 |    2.0 |    3.5
  No rank ..............|      17 |   3.2 |     1.7 |    4.0 |   1.9 |     1.0 |   4.6 |   1.4 |    4.7 |    3.9 |    2.5 |    3.0
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\1\Less than 0.05 percent.
---Not applicable.

NOTE.--Because of rounding and survey item nonresponse, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U. S. Department of Education, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared May 1995.)


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