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Table 222.Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by selected characteristics and type and control of institution: Fall 1992

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             Selected             | Number  |Percent| Public |Private | Public |Private |Public |Private|Private|Public |Other
         characteristics          |   in    | total |research|research|doctoral|doctoral|compre-|compre-|liberal|2-year |
                                  |thousands|       |        |        |        |        |hensive|hensive| arts  |       |
----------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------
                1                 |    2    |   3   |   4    |   5    |   6    |   7    |   8   |   9   |  10   |  11   |  12
----------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------
                                  |                  Full-time instructional faculty
                                  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total (in thousands) ............|     528 |   --- |    107 |     32 |     53 |     29 |    94 |    39 |    38 |   110 |   26
 Percent .........................|     --- | 100.0 |   20.3 |    6.1 |   10.0 |    5.4 |  17.9 |   7.3 |   7.2 |  20.8 |  5.0
                                  |============================================================================================
                                  |                                          Percentage distribution
                                  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total ...........................|     --- | 100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0
                                  |---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------
Sex                               |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Male ...........................|     353 |  66.8 |   76.7 |   69.1 |   69.9 |   76.4 |  66.1 |  64.9 |  61.1 |  54.7 | 70.5
  Female .........................|     176 |  33.2 |   23.3 |   30.9 |   30.1 |   23.6 |  33.9 |  35.2 |  38.9 |  45.3 | 29.5
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Race                              |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  White, non-Hispanic ............|     457 |  86.5 |   88.0 |   83.7 |   87.5 |   84.1 |  82.7 |  91.3 |  90.0 |  85.5 | 89.2
  Black, non-Hispanic ............|      27 |   5.2 |    2.8 |    5.0 |    3.1 |    4.9 |   9.1 |   3.5 |   5.4 |   6.2 |  3.7
  Hispanic .......................|      14 |   2.6 |    2.2 |    2.1 |    2.5 |    3.7 |   2.6 |   1.6 |   1.3 |   4.1 |  1.4
  Asian/Pacific Islander .........|      28 |   5.2 |    6.9 |    9.0 |    6.1 |    7.1 |   5.1 |   3.3 |   2.8 |   3.3 |  5.2
  American Indian/Alaskan Native .|       3 |   0.5 |    0.1 |    0.2 |    0.8 |    0.2 |   0.5 |   0.2 |   0.5 |   1.0 |  0.5
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Age                               |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  29 or younger ..................|       8 |   1.4 |    1.0 |    1.8 |    1.2 |    0.6 |   1.5 |   1.4 |   2.1 |   1.7 |  2.0
  30 to 34 .......................|      35 |   6.7 |    7.2 |    7.8 |    8.4 |    9.2 |   5.9 |   7.0 |   7.0 |   5.3 |  5.1
  35 to 39 .......................|      67 |  12.6 |   14.3 |   20.4 |   14.4 |   15.4 |  10.6 |  10.4 |  13.9 |   9.8 | 10.8
  40 to 44 .......................|      90 |  17.1 |   18.1 |   19.9 |   17.4 |   17.9 |  15.1 |  16.4 |  17.4 |  16.8 | 16.5
  45 to 49 .......................|      98 |  18.5 |   17.0 |   15.3 |   16.8 |   19.7 |  18.8 |  18.9 |  19.7 |  20.8 | 17.8
  50 to 54 .......................|      95 |  18.0 |   15.9 |   11.5 |   17.4 |   12.8 |  21.5 |  16.7 |  14.7 |  21.9 | 18.2
  55 to 59 .......................|      67 |  12.7 |   12.8 |    9.1 |   11.7 |   10.0 |  14.4 |  12.8 |  11.9 |  13.5 | 14.4
  60 to 64 .......................|      45 |   8.4 |    8.9 |    8.3 |    8.2 |    8.0 |   8.2 |  11.3 |   8.5 |   7.1 |  9.6
  65 or older ....................|      24 |   4.5 |    4.8 |    5.9 |    4.5 |    6.5 |   3.9 |   5.1 |   4.8 |   3.2 |  5.8
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Highest degree                    |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Doctoral .......................|     284 |  54.0 |   70.8 |   63.7 |   62.6 |   58.2 |  68.1 |  60.8 |  58.4 |  16.6 | 40.7
  Professional ...................|      58 |  11.1 |   17.0 |   24.9 |   20.1 |   29.4 |   4.3 |   7.7 |   3.2 |   2.3 |  9.7
  Master's .......................|     156 |  29.7 |   10.6 |   10.2 |   16.0 |   10.5 |  26.4 |  29.3 |  35.3 |  63.9 | 42.1
  Bachelor's .....................|      21 |   4.0 |    1.6 |    1.1 |    1.3 |    1.9 |   1.1 |   2.1 |   3.1 |  11.9 |  6.6
  Less than bachelor's ...........|       6 |   1.2 |    0.1 |    0.1 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |   0.2 |   0.1 | (\1\) |   5.4 |  0.9
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Academic rank                     |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Full professor .................|     161 |  30.4 |   39.8 |   33.3 |   31.3 |   30.5 |  34.3 |  26.8 |  28.7 |  19.1 | 27.8
  Associate professor ............|     124 |  23.4 |   26.4 |   22.7 |   26.3 |   26.8 |  26.9 |  29.0 |  25.3 |  12.9 | 23.4
  Assistant professor ............|     124 |  23.5 |   22.7 |   27.0 |   31.2 |   29.1 |  26.1 |  31.9 |  29.9 |  11.3 | 21.8
  Instructor .....................|      74 |  14.0 |    4.0 |    4.6 |    7.6 |    9.1 |   8.6 |   8.0 |   9.2 |  39.7 | 12.5
  Lecturer .......................|      12 |   2.2 |    3.9 |    6.7 |    1.7 |    1.8 |   2.6 |   1.2 |   1.6 |   0.4 |  0.7
  Other ..........................|      17 |   3.2 |    3.2 |    4.8 |    1.8 |    2.6 |   1.4 |   1.9 |   3.7 |   5.7 |  2.9
  No rank ........................|      17 |   3.2 |    0.2 |    1.0 |    0.2 |    0.1 |   0.2 |   1.3 |   1.7 |  11.0 | 10.9
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Base salary                       |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Under $10,000 ..................|      14 |   2.6 |    2.0 |    3.0 |    2.1 |    2.7 |   2.1 |   2.7 |   2.5 |   3.5 |  3.6
  $10,000 to 24,999 ..............|      29 |   5.6 |    3.6 |    5.1 |    4.7 |    2.8 |   5.5 |   5.3 |  10.0 |   6.2 | 10.7
  $25,000 to 39,999 ..............|     182 |  34.4 |   19.5 |   14.4 |   29.0 |   24.5 |  37.1 |  44.0 |  53.5 |  47.2 | 36.9
  $40,000 to 54,999 ..............|     164 |  31.0 |   29.4 |   28.5 |   29.8 |   24.9 |  34.0 |  32.1 |  24.6 |  33.8 | 35.5
  $55,000 to 69,999 ..............|      77 |  14.5 |   22.7 |   15.7 |   17.0 |   19.8 |  16.9 |  10.0 |   6.0 |   8.0 |  6.5
  $70,000 to 84,999 ..............|      32 |   6.1 |   12.1 |   13.0 |    9.0 |    9.9 |   3.3 |   3.6 |   2.2 |   0.8 |  4.0
  $85,000 to 99,999 ..............|      11 |   2.1 |    4.4 |    3.7 |    2.3 |    7.7 |   0.7 |   1.0 |   0.6 |   0.1 |  1.6
  $100,000 or more ...............|      20 |   3.7 |    6.5 |   16.6 |    6.2 |    7.7 |   0.4 |   1.4 |   0.5 |   0.4 |  1.2
                                  |---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------
                                  |                  Part-time instructional faculty
                                  |--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total (in thousands) ............|     377 |   --- |     25 |     17 |     21 |     18 |    47 |    37 |    21 |   166 |   24
 Percent .........................|     --- | 100.0 |    6.7 |    4.6 |    5.5 |    4.8 |  12.5 |   9.7 |   5.6 |  44.2 |  6.5
                                  |============================================================================================
                                  |                                          Percentage distribution
                                  |--------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Total ...........................|     --- | 100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 |  100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |100.0
                                  |---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------
Sex                               |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Male ...........................|     209 |  55.4 |   56.8 |   58.7 |   55.4 |   63.1 |  49.1 |  56.4 |  46.6 |  56.6 | 56.1
  Female .........................|     168 |  44.6 |   43.3 |   41.3 |   44.6 |   36.9 |  51.0 |  43.7 |  53.4 |  43.4 | 44.0
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Race                              |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  White, non-Hispanic ............|     333 |  88.3 |   87.8 |   89.5 |   91.4 |   87.7 |  85.0 |  90.8 |  89.6 |  87.9 | 90.8
  Black, non-Hispanic ............|      18 |   4.8 |    2.5 |    4.4 |    3.3 |    7.1 |   7.2 |   5.0 |   5.9 |   4.6 |  3.2
  Hispanic .......................|      11 |   3.0 |    3.2 |    2.7 |    1.6 |    1.5 |   3.0 |   1.1 |   2.9 |   4.0 |  1.1
  Asian/Pacific Islander .........|      12 |   3.2 |    6.6 |    3.0 |    3.3 |    3.5 |   4.1 |   2.5 |   1.6 |   2.7 |  3.8
  American Indian/Alaskan Native .|       2 |   0.6 |  (\1\) |    0.4 |    0.4 |    0.2 |   0.7 |   0.5 |   0.1 |   0.8 |  1.1
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Age                               |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  29 or younger ..................|      20 |   5.4 |    4.0 |    2.7 |    8.3 |    1.9 |   7.7 |   4.0 |   2.7 |   6.1 |  5.0
  30 to 34 .......................|      36 |   9.5 |    6.5 |   18.5 |    6.5 |    7.4 |  10.1 |   6.9 |   8.0 |  10.0 | 11.7
  35 to 39 .......................|      59 |  15.6 |   15.7 |   13.8 |   16.8 |   27.3 |  15.0 |  14.6 |  19.3 |  14.6 | 14.5
  40 to 44 .......................|      70 |  18.6 |   20.1 |   11.8 |   19.4 |   16.0 |  17.9 |  18.4 |  21.4 |  19.5 | 16.1
  45 to 49 .......................|      68 |  18.0 |   19.0 |   19.0 |   17.1 |   18.9 |  16.1 |  20.9 |  21.8 |  17.5 | 16.7
  50 to 54 .......................|      45 |  12.0 |   12.9 |   12.1 |   10.5 |    9.9 |  11.0 |  11.8 |   9.3 |  12.7 | 13.4
  55 to 59 .......................|      29 |   7.6 |    8.1 |   11.1 |    6.2 |    3.8 |  10.0 |   9.3 |   6.1 |   7.2 |  6.3
  60 to 64 .......................|      23 |   6.1 |    5.0 |    8.1 |    5.4 |    6.5 |   5.9 |   6.5 |   4.2 |   6.5 |  4.9
  65 or older ....................|      27 |   7.1 |    8.9 |    2.8 |   10.0 |    8.4 |   6.4 |   7.6 |   7.2 |   6.1 | 11.6
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Highest degree                    |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Doctoral .......................|      59 |  16.0 |   30.4 |   26.3 |   17.5 |   26.0 |  19.0 |  21.5 |  21.8 |   8.1 | 17.6
  Professional ...................|      40 |  10.7 |   18.5 |   23.7 |   29.2 |   34.4 |   5.2 |  10.5 |   3.2 |   5.1 | 15.0
  Master's .......................|     190 |  51.6 |   39.1 |   43.2 |   41.4 |   31.5 |  61.1 |  58.4 |  58.7 |  53.0 | 50.3
  Bachelor's .....................|      63 |  17.0 |   12.1 |    6.8 |   11.7 |    7.9 |  14.0 |   9.3 |  15.7 |  24.0 | 13.3
  Less than bachelor's ...........|      17 |   4.7 |  (\1\) |  (\1\) |    0.2 |    0.2 |   0.7 |   0.2 |   0.6 |   9.8 |  3.8
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Academic rank                     |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Full professor .................|      32 |   8.6 |   11.6 |   18.6 |    9.5 |   14.0 |   6.6 |  15.2 |  11.5 |   4.1 | 15.1
  Associate professor ............|      23 |   6.0 |   17.3 |   15.5 |   13.5 |   11.6 |   3.2 |   6.4 |   4.7 |   2.4 |  7.0
  Assistant professor ............|      24 |   6.4 |   14.2 |   12.6 |   11.6 |   19.9 |   4.1 |   7.5 |  11.3 |   2.4 |  5.8
  Instructor .....................|     215 |  57.2 |   24.7 |   27.8 |   40.1 |   27.4 |  51.3 |  43.5 |  53.6 |  76.4 | 52.7
  Lecturer .......................|      45 |  12.0 |   24.2 |   18.1 |   12.9 |   18.9 |  23.1 |  17.6 |  10.4 |   5.2 |  7.4
  Other ..........................|      28 |   7.3 |    7.8 |    5.9 |   10.9 |    7.3 |  11.0 |   7.9 |   7.8 |   5.7 |  7.7
  No rank ........................|       9 |   2.5 |    0.3 |    1.6 |    1.4 |    0.8 |   0.8 |   1.9 |   0.7 |   3.8 |  4.3
                                  |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
Base salary                       |         |       |        |        |        |        |       |       |       |       |
  Under $10,000 ..................|     281 |  74.5 |   51.8 |   70.9 |   65.1 |   66.3 |  69.2 |  79.4 |  70.0 |  81.7 | 72.2
  $10,000 to 24,999 ..............|      68 |  18.1 |   30.8 |   19.3 |   21.8 |   23.3 |  23.0 |  16.4 |  23.1 |  13.2 | 19.3
  $25,000 to 39,999 ..............|      16 |   4.2 |    8.8 |    5.0 |    8.1 |    4.2 |   5.1 |   2.9 |   4.4 |   2.9 |  4.7
  $40,000 to 54,999 ..............|       5 |   1.4 |    2.6 |    1.9 |    2.8 |    2.2 |   1.0 |   0.7 |   1.1 |   1.1 |  2.1
  $55,000 to 69,999 ..............|       2 |   0.6 |    3.5 |    0.9 |    0.5 |    0.5 |   0.3 |   0.5 |   0.1 |   0.3 |(\1\)
  $70,000 to 84,999 ..............|       1 |   0.3 |    0.2 |  (\1\) |    0.6 |    1.4 |   0.2 | (\1\) |   0.1 |   0.2 |  0.9
  $85,000 to 99,999 ..............|       1 |   0.3 |    1.7 |    1.6 |    0.1 |    0.2 | (\1\) | (\1\) |   0.1 |   0.1 |(\1\)
  $100,000 or more ...............|       3 |   0.7 |    0.6 |    0.4 |    1.0 |    1.9 |   1.1 |   0.1 |   1.1 |   0.5 |  0.9
----------------------------------|---------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|-------|-------|-------|------

\1\Less than 0.05 percent.

---Data not applicable.

NOTE.--Data have been revised from previously published figures. Data may not add to totals because of rounding or missing data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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