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Table 217.Employees in institutions of higher education by race, primary occupation, control of institution, sex, and employment status: Fall 1993

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                                         |          |          |        |        |        |American|         |
       Primary occupation, control       |          |  White,  | Black, |        | Asian/ |Indian/ |  Non-   |  Race/
          of institution, sex,           |  Total   |   non-   |  non-  |Hispanic|Pacific |Alaskan |resident |ethnicity
          and employment status          |          | Hispanic |Hispanic|        |Islander| native |  alien  | unknown
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                    1                    |    2     |    3     |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |    8    |    9
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Total, all institutions .................|2,602,612 |2,021,998 |274,555 |100,990 | 95,831 | 12,615 |  70,359 |  26,264
  Professional staff ....................|1,687,287 |1,375,939 |103,327 | 44,085 | 70,518 |  6,829 |  64,097 |  22,492
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  143,675 |  123,737 | 12,619 |  3,715 |  2,395 |    745 |     279 |     185
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  915,474 |  779,041 | 45,172 | 22,312 | 35,289 |  3,407 |  14,878 |  15,375
    Instruction and research assistants .|  202,819 |  131,242 |  7,487 |  5,245 | 14,832 |    677 |  37,751 |   5,585
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  425,319 |  341,919 | 38,049 | 12,813 | 18,002 |  2,000 |  11,189 |   1,347
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  915,325 |  646,059 |171,228 | 56,905 | 25,313 |  5,786 |   6,262 |   3,772
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Public, total ...........................|1,812,513 |1,408,756 |183,885 | 71,862 | 65,685 | 10,495 |  54,921 |  16,909
  Professional staff ....................|1,193,284 |  966,121 | 72,658 | 33,120 | 49,711 |  5,679 |  51,820 |  14,175
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   81,209 |   69,596 |  7,268 |  2,206 |  1,340 |    559 |     147 |      93
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  650,434 |  551,205 | 33,895 | 17,217 | 24,308 |  2,870 |  11,179 |   9,760
    Instruction and research assistants .|  173,678 |  113,600 |  5,966 |  4,547 | 12,616 |    610 |  32,966 |   3,373
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  287,963 |  231,720 | 25,529 |  9,150 | 11,447 |  1,640 |   7,528 |     949
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  619,229 |  442,635 |111,227 | 38,742 | 15,974 |  4,816 |   3,101 |   2,734
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Private, total ..........................|  790,099 |  613,242 | 90,670 | 29,128 | 30,146 |  2,120 |  15,438 |   9,355
  Professional staff ....................|  494,003 |  409,818 | 30,669 | 10,965 | 20,807 |  1,150 |  12,277 |   8,317
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   62,466 |   54,141 |  5,351 |  1,509 |  1,055 |    186 |     132 |      92
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  265,040 |  227,836 | 11,277 |  5,095 | 10,981 |    537 |   3,699 |   5,615
    Instruction and research assistants .|   29,141 |   17,642 |  1,521 |    698 |  2,216 |     67 |   4,785 |   2,212
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  137,356 |  110,199 | 12,520 |  3,663 |  6,555 |    360 |   3,661 |     398
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  296,096 |  203,424 | 60,001 | 18,163 |  9,339 |    970 |   3,161 |   1,038
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Men, total ..............................|1,256,037 |  980,640 |106,290 | 46,953 | 53,029 |  5,827 |  48,411 |  14,887
  Professional staff ....................|  930,933 |  758,678 | 44,270 | 22,778 | 43,072 |  3,534 |  45,347 |  13,254
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   82,748 |   72,585 |  6,097 |  2,026 |  1,314 |    421 |     185 |     120
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  561,123 |  478,654 | 22,660 | 12,966 | 24,695 |  1,955 |  11,122 |   9,071
    Instruction and research assistants .|  120,384 |   73,979 |  3,415 |  2,767 |  9,627 |    354 |  26,836 |   3,406
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  166,678 |  133,460 | 12,098 |  5,019 |  7,436 |    804 |   7,204 |     657
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  325,104 |  221,962 | 62,020 | 24,175 |  9,957 |  2,293 |   3,064 |   1,633
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Women, total ............................|1,346,575 |1,041,358 |168,265 | 54,037 | 42,802 |  6,788 |  21,948 |  11,377
  Professional staff ....................|  756,354 |  617,261 | 59,057 | 21,307 | 27,446 |  3,295 |  18,750 |   9,238
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   60,927 |   51,152 |  6,522 |  1,689 |  1,081 |    324 |      94 |      65
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  354,351 |  300,387 | 22,512 |  9,346 | 10,594 |  1,452 |   3,756 |   6,304
    Instruction and research assistants .|   82,435 |   57,263 |  4,072 |  2,478 |  5,205 |    323 |  10,915 |   2,179
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  258,641 |  208,459 | 25,951 |  7,794 | 10,566 |  1,196 |   3,985 |     690
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  590,221 |  424,097 |109,208 | 32,730 | 15,356 |  3,493 |   3,198 |   2,139
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Full-time, total ........................|1,783,510 |1,392,311 |219,074 | 73,960 | 62,034 |  9,229 |  23,912 |   2,990
  Professional staff ....................|1,039,094 |  871,647 | 71,263 | 26,700 | 42,946 |  4,446 |  20,284 |   1,808
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  137,834 |  118,651 | 12,232 |  3,580 |  2,243 |    726 |     246 |     156
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  545,706 |  468,770 | 25,658 | 12,076 | 25,269 |  1,997 |  10,829 |   1,107
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  355,554 |  284,226 | 33,373 | 11,044 | 15,434 |  1,723 |   9,209 |     545
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  744,416 |  520,664 |147,811 | 47,260 | 19,088 |  4,783 |   3,628 |   1,182
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Part-time, total ........................|  819,102 |  629,687 | 55,481 | 27,030 | 33,797 |  3,386 |  46,447 |  23,274
  Professional staff ....................|  648,193 |  504,292 | 32,064 | 17,385 | 27,572 |  2,383 |  43,813 |  20,684
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|    5,841 |    5,086 |    387 |    135 |    152 |     19 |      33 |      29
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  369,768 |  310,271 | 19,514 | 10,236 | 10,020 |  1,410 |   4,049 |  14,268
    Instruction and research assistants .|  202,819 |  131,242 |  7,487 |  5,245 | 14,832 |    677 |  37,751 |   5,585
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|   69,765 |   57,693 |  4,676 |  1,769 |  2,568 |    277 |   1,980 |     802
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  170,909 |  125,395 | 23,417 |  9,645 |  6,225 |  1,003 |   2,634 |   2,590
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Staff" survey. (This table was prepared January 1996.)


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