Table 5-11
S&E doctorate holders employed in academia, by involvement in research and position: Selected years, 1973–2003
 
Involvement in research and position 1973    1983    1993    2003
Thousands
All academic employment 118.0 176.1 213.8 258.3
Research as primary or secondary activity 82.3 104.7 150.1 178.7
Research as primary activity 27.8 48.9 80.2 102.9
Percent distribution
All academic employment 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full-time faculty 87.6 84.3 80.6 75.2
Postdocs 3.5 4.7 6.2 6.1
Other full- and part-time positions 8.9 11.0 13.1 18.7
Research as primary or secondary activity 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full-time faculty 87.5 83.0 81.1 76.5
Postdocs 4.9 7.1 8.9 8.6
Other full- and part-time positions 7.6 9.9 10.0 14.9
Research as primary activity 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Full-time faculty 71.3 68.7 70.9 69.5
Postdocs 13.8 14.5 15.8 13.7
Other full- and part-time positions 14.9 16.6 13.3 16.8
 

NOTES: Research includes basic or applied research, development, and design. Full-time faculty includes full, associate, and assistant professors plus instructors. Other full- and part-time positions include full-time nonfaculty such as research associates, adjunct positions, lecturers, administrative positions, and part-time positions of all kinds. Detail may not add to total because of rounding.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Doctorate Recipients, special tabulations. See appendix table 5-35.
 
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