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Table 235.Full-time instructional faculty with tenure for institutions reporting tenure status, by academic rank, sex, and type and control of institution: 1980-81, 1990-91, 1993-94, and 1994-95

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                         |                       Percent with tenure, by rank                      | Percent with tenure,
                         |                                                                         |       by sex
                         |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------
  Academic year, type,   |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
     and control of      |            |         |Associate|Assistant|          |         |   No    |          |
       institution       | All ranks  |Professor|professor|professor|Instructor|Lecturer |academic |   Men    |  Women
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |  rank   |          |
-------------------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|----------|----------
            1            |     2      |    3    |    4    |    5    |    6     |    7    |    8    |    9     |    10
-------------------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|----------|---------|---------|----------|----------
         1980-81         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
All institutions ........|       64.8 |    95.8 |    82.9 |    27.9 |      9.2 |    11.9 |    77.4 |     70.0 |     49.7
  4-year ................|       62.7 |    95.8 |    82.2 |    24.1 |      6.6 |    10.7 |    24.7 |     68.3 |     44.0
    University ..........|       64.5 |    96.7 |    83.7 |    15.3 |      5.4 |     4.3 |     3.5 |     70.0 |     41.0
    Other 4-year ........|       61.3 |    94.9 |    81.2 |    29.7 |      7.1 |    17.8 |    32.4 |     67.0 |     45.5
  2-year ................|       74.5 |    95.6 |    89.2 |    58.9 |     19.8 |    34.8 |    81.1 |     78.8 |     66.6
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Public institutions .....|       68.0 |    96.6 |    85.9 |    32.5 |     11.8 |    14.3 |    79.4 |     72.8 |     54.0
  4-year ................|       65.7 |    96.6 |    85.3 |    27.6 |      8.7 |    12.8 |    12.2 |     71.1 |     47.5
    University ..........|       66.0 |    96.9 |    86.5 |    16.8 |      6.1 |     4.9 |     4.5 |     71.3 |     42.8
    Other 4-year ........|       65.5 |    96.3 |    84.4 |    35.5 |     10.0 |    21.4 |    17.2 |     70.9 |     50.2
  2-year ................|       75.2 |    95.9 |    89.5 |    59.5 |     20.3 |    35.8 |    81.8 |     79.3 |     67.5
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Private institutions ....|       55.9 |    93.8 |    75.2 |    17.5 |      3.0 |     1.5 |    43.4 |     62.2 |     37.2
  4-year ................|       56.0 |    93.8 |    75.2 |    17.4 |      2.8 |     1.5 |    37.5 |     62.2 |     37.2
    University ..........|       60.4 |    96.3 |    75.8 |    11.5 |      3.5 |     1.8 |     0.6 |     66.3 |     36.5
    Other 4-year ........|       53.6 |    92.0 |    74.9 |    20.2 |      2.6 |     1.2 |    43.4 |     59.8 |     37.4
  2-year ................|       49.5 |    84.7 |    77.3 |    35.2 |      8.8 |     --- |    52.2 |     57.3 |     39.5
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
         1990-91         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
All institutions ........|       61.2 |    95.6 |    80.8 |    18.6 |      6.8 |     6.9 |    36.3 |     67.8 |     45.3
  4-year ................|       61.7 |    95.7 |    80.4 |    15.8 |      4.1 |     6.0 |    19.1 |     68.6 |     43.9
    University ..........|       65.2 |    97.2 |    85.4 |     9.0 |      3.5 |     2.1 |     1.4 |     71.6 |     43.6
    Other 4-year ........|       59.4 |    94.6 |    77.1 |    19.7 |      4.3 |     9.2 |    30.2 |     66.3 |     44.0
  2-year ................|       57.1 |    93.7 |    85.3 |    50.7 |     16.3 |    26.6 |    39.8 |     60.9 |     51.9
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Public institutions .....|       62.9 |    96.3 |    83.7 |    21.7 |      8.6 |     8.4 |    36.6 |     69.4 |     47.4
  4-year ................|       64.0 |    96.5 |    83.5 |    18.0 |      5.3 |     7.3 |    11.3 |     70.8 |     45.9
    University ..........|       66.3 |    97.3 |    88.3 |     9.7 |      4.2 |     2.4 |     0.4 |     72.8 |     44.5
    Other 4-year ........|       62.3 |    95.9 |    79.9 |    23.4 |      5.7 |    10.6 |    23.5 |     69.1 |     46.7
  2-year ................|       57.3 |    93.7 |    85.6 |    51.4 |     16.7 |    26.7 |    39.7 |     61.0 |     52.2
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Private institutions ....|       56.7 |    93.9 |    73.8 |    11.8 |      1.5 |     1.0 |    33.3 |     63.7 |     39.8
  4-year ................|       56.8 |    93.9 |    73.8 |    11.6 |      1.4 |     1.0 |    31.2 |     63.7 |     39.8
    University ..........|       62.2 |    96.9 |    77.4 |     7.3 |      1.4 |     1.4 |     6.5 |     68.5 |     41.3
    Other 4-year ........|       53.9 |    91.9 |    72.0 |    13.5 |      1.5 |     0.5 |    36.3 |     60.9 |     39.2
  2-year ................|       45.7 |    90.2 |    70.9 |    29.0 |      4.3 |     --- |    49.7 |     53.1 |     39.3
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
         1993-94         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
All institutions ........|       64.2 |    96.0 |    81.8 |    17.0 |      7.0 |     2.2 |    76.2 |     71.0 |     49.9
  4-year ................|       62.3 |    96.3 |    81.6 |    14.2 |      4.0 |     1.8 |    22.8 |     69.8 |     44.8
    University ..........|       66.4 |    97.6 |    86.5 |     7.9 |      2.6 |     1.8 |     3.8 |     73.5 |     45.2
    Other 4-year ........|       59.7 |    95.3 |    78.4 |    17.6 |      4.5 |     1.9 |    30.7 |     67.1 |     44.6
  2-year ................|       72.9 |    92.6 |    84.1 |    46.9 |     15.9 |     8.4 |    80.4 |     78.1 |     66.2
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Public institutions .....|       67.0 |    96.9 |    85.5 |    20.2 |      8.9 |     2.4 |    78.0 |     73.7 |     53.3
  4-year ................|       65.1 |    97.4 |    85.7 |    16.3 |      5.2 |     2.0 |    13.6 |     72.5 |     47.1
    University ..........|       68.2 |    98.0 |    90.0 |     8.6 |      3.2 |     1.9 |     2.0 |     75.3 |     46.7
    Other 4-year ........|       62.8 |    96.9 |    82.4 |    21.1 |      6.1 |     2.0 |    20.0 |     70.2 |     47.3
  2-year ................|       73.2 |    93.0 |    84.4 |    47.8 |     16.2 |     8.4 |    80.6 |     78.4 |     66.6
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Private institutions ....|       57.0 |    93.9 |    73.7 |    10.6 |      1.6 |     1.4 |    52.8 |     64.4 |     40.9
  4-year ................|       56.9 |    94.0 |    73.8 |    10.6 |      1.6 |     1.4 |    32.5 |     64.4 |     40.7
    University ..........|       61.9 |    96.4 |    77.4 |     6.2 |      0.8 |     1.5 |     6.8 |     68.9 |     41.6
    Other 4-year ........|       54.5 |    92.5 |    72.1 |    12.3 |      1.8 |     1.1 |    40.0 |     61.8 |     40.4
  2-year ................|       61.9 |    66.7 |    67.3 |    19.2 |      1.8 |     --- |    73.6 |     70.2 |     49.8
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
       1994-95\1\        |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
All institutions ........|       64.3 |    96.0 |    82.2 |    16.8 |      7.4 |     1.5 |    75.9 |     71.3 |     50.3
  4-year ................|       62.5 |    96.2 |    82.1 |    13.9 |      3.9 |     1.5 |    22.8 |     70.2 |     45.3
    University ..........|       66.6 |    97.4 |    87.0 |     7.5 |      2.7 |     1.3 |     3.7 |     74.0 |     45.7
    Other 4-year ........|       59.9 |    95.3 |    78.9 |    17.2 |      4.2 |     1.7 |    31.2 |     67.5 |     45.1
  2-year ................|       73.3 |    93.4 |    84.0 |    48.5 |     18.4 |     0.3 |    79.9 |     78.2 |     67.1
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Public institutions .....|       67.2 |    97.0 |    86.1 |    20.0 |      9.3 |     1.6 |    77.1 |     74.0 |     53.6
  4-year ................|       65.3 |    97.4 |    86.3 |    15.9 |      5.0 |     1.6 |    13.0 |     73.0 |     47.4
    University ..........|       68.7 |    98.1 |    90.7 |     8.5 |      3.4 |     1.5 |     1.3 |     76.0 |     47.6
    Other 4-year ........|       62.8 |    96.9 |    83.0 |    20.3 |      5.6 |     1.7 |    19.2 |     70.6 |     47.3
  2-year ................|       73.4 |    93.4 |    84.3 |    49.1 |     18.1 |     0.3 |    79.9 |     78.2 |     67.3
                         |            |         |         |         |          |         |         |          |
Private institutions ....|       57.3 |    93.7 |    73.8 |    10.6 |      2.2 |     1.2 |    56.1 |     64.8 |     41.7
  4-year ................|       57.2 |    93.7 |    73.8 |    10.5 |      1.7 |     1.2 |    34.9 |     64.6 |     41.4
    University ..........|       61.6 |    95.9 |    77.1 |     5.4 |      0.9 |     0.7 |     7.6 |     68.9 |     41.3
    Other 4-year ........|       55.0 |    92.3 |    72.3 |    12.5 |      1.9 |     2.0 |    44.4 |     62.2 |     41.5
  2-year ................|       68.2 |    89.7 |    66.4 |    27.2 |     29.9 |     --- |    80.4 |     75.8 |     57.3
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\1\Preliminary data.

---Data not available or not applicable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Faculty Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Instructional Faculty" surveys. (This table was prepared November 1995.)


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