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        Primary occupation, sex,         |          |  White,  | Black, |        | Asian/ |Indian/ |  Non-  |  Race/
 employment status, and type and control |  Total   |   non-   |  non-  |Hispanic|Pacific |Alaskan |resident|ethnicity
             of institution              |          | Hispanic |Hispanic|        |Islander| native | alien  | unknown
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Total, all institutions .................|2,752,504 |2,087,599 |275,582 |120,715 |116,012 | 15,354 | 87,995 |  49,247
  Professional staff ....................|1,835,916 |1,451,703 |114,082 | 56,043 | 86,111 |  8,468 | 80,377 |  39,132
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  151,363 |  129,040 | 13,242 |  4,256 |  2,863 |    769 |    422 |     771
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  989,813 |  817,723 | 50,246 | 28,478 | 44,881 |  4,145 | 19,112 |  25,228
    Instruction and research assistants .|  222,724 |  133,958 |  8,850 |  6,901 | 15,969 |  1,037 | 48,311 |   7,698
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  472,016 |  370,982 | 41,744 | 16,408 | 22,398 |  2,517 | 12,532 |   5,435
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  916,588 |  635,896 |161,500 | 64,672 | 29,901 |  6,886 |  7,618 |  10,115
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Men, total ..............................|1,315,311 |  998,843 |106,677 | 55,154 | 62,194 |  6,876 | 57,609 |  27,958
  Professional staff ....................|  982,870 |  775,140 | 47,888 | 28,059 | 50,520 |  4,161 | 54,090 |  23,012
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   81,931 |   71,181 |  6,001 |  2,144 |  1,539 |    409 |    242 |     415
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  587,420 |  486,171 | 24,694 | 16,086 | 30,039 |  2,266 | 13,344 |  14,820
    Instruction and research assistants .|  125,873 |   71,726 |  3,680 |  3,483 |  9,500 |    504 | 32,603 |   4,377
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  187,646 |  146,062 | 13,513 |  6,346 |  9,442 |    982 |  7,901 |   3,400
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  332,441 |  223,703 | 58,789 | 27,095 | 11,674 |  2,715 |  3,519 |   4,946
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Women, total ............................|1,437,193 |1,088,756 |168,905 | 65,561 | 53,818 |  8,478 | 30,386 |  21,289
  Professional staff ....................|  853,046 |  676,563 | 66,194 | 27,984 | 35,591 |  4,307 | 26,287 |  16,120
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   69,432 |   57,859 |  7,241 |  2,112 |  1,324 |    360 |    180 |     356
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  402,393 |  331,552 | 25,552 | 12,392 | 14,842 |  1,879 |  5,768 |  10,408
    Instruction and research assistants .|   96,851 |   62,232 |  5,170 |  3,418 |  6,469 |    533 | 15,708 |   3,321
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  284,370 |  224,920 | 28,231 | 10,062 | 12,956 |  1,535 |  4,631 |   2,035
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  584,147 |  412,193 |102,711 | 37,577 | 18,227 |  4,171 |  4,099 |   5,169
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Full-time, total ........................|1,828,507 |1,410,745 |212,371 | 83,884 | 74,625 | 10,652 | 27,350 |   8,880
  Professional staff ....................|1,104,834 |  907,884 | 76,715 | 32,642 | 52,796 |  5,179 | 23,739 |   5,879
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|  144,529 |  123,289 | 12,712 |  4,075 |  2,736 |    749 |    393 |     575
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  568,719 |  477,130 | 27,723 | 14,768 | 31,259 |  2,291 | 12,968 |   2,580
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  391,586 |  307,465 | 36,280 | 13,799 | 18,801 |  2,139 | 10,378 |   2,724
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  723,673 |  502,861 |135,656 | 51,242 | 21,829 |  5,473 |  3,611 |   3,001
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Part-time, total ........................|  923,997 |  676,854 | 63,211 | 36,831 | 41,387 |  4,702 | 60,645 |  40,367
  Professional staff ....................|  731,082 |  543,819 | 37,367 | 23,401 | 33,315 |  3,289 | 56,638 |  33,253
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|    6,834 |    5,751 |    530 |    181 |    127 |     20 |     29 |     196
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  421,094 |  340,593 | 22,523 | 13,710 | 13,622 |  1,854 |  6,144 |  22,648
    Instruction and research assistants .|  222,724 |  133,958 |  8,850 |  6,901 | 15,969 |  1,037 | 48,311 |   7,698
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|   80,430 |   63,517 |  5,464 |  2,609 |  3,597 |    378 |  2,154 |   2,711
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  192,915 |  133,035 | 25,844 | 13,430 |  8,072 |  1,413 |  4,007 |   7,114
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Public 4-year ...........................|1,418,661 |1,054,107 |144,654 | 59,139 | 69,213 |  8,781 | 63,522 |  19,245
  Professional staff ....................|  932,972 |  716,226 | 55,929 | 27,176 | 53,645 |  4,626 | 60,157 |  15,213
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   61,984 |   52,527 |  5,886 |  1,666 |  1,230 |    331 |    162 |     182
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  404,109 |  329,776 | 19,396 | 10,357 | 24,513 |  1,710 | 11,912 |   6,445
    Instruction and research assistants .|  182,481 |  111,212 |  6,235 |  5,662 | 13,394 |    899 | 40,587 |   4,492
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  284,398 |  222,711 | 24,412 |  9,491 | 14,508 |  1,686 |  7,496 |   4,094
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  485,689 |  337,881 | 88,725 | 31,963 | 15,568 |  4,155 |  3,365 |   4,032
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Private 4-year ..........................|  786,634 |  604,854 | 81,064 | 29,313 | 32,219 |  2,052 | 20,487 |  16,645
  Professional staff ....................|  517,485 |  418,403 | 30,998 | 12,262 | 22,879 |  1,101 | 17,823 |  14,019
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   62,580 |   54,402 |  4,917 |  1,460 |  1,187 |    124 |    167 |     323
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  278,541 |  232,663 | 11,964 |  5,792 | 12,497 |    531 |  5,293 |   9,801
    Instruction and research assistants .|   36,064 |   19,892 |  2,006 |    946 |  2,435 |    108 |  7,721 |   2,956
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|  140,300 |  111,446 | 12,111 |  4,064 |  6,760 |    338 |  4,642 |     939
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  269,149 |  186,451 | 50,066 | 17,051 |  9,340 |    951 |  2,664 |   2,626
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Public 2-year ...........................|  512,086 |  399,940 | 47,396 | 30,470 | 13,756 |  4,229 |  3,897 |  12,398
  Professional staff ....................|  358,367 |  294,273 | 25,452 | 15,562 |  8,963 |  2,581 |  2,314 |   9,222
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|   22,822 |   18,694 |  2,199 |    985 |    385 |    272 |     85 |     202
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|  290,451 |  240,952 | 17,965 | 11,814 |  7,467 |  1,833 |  1,847 |   8,573
    Instruction and research assistants .|    3,561 |    2,360 |    571 |    249 |    116 |     27 |      3 |     235
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|   41,533 |   32,267 |  4,717 |  2,514 |    995 |    449 |    379 |     212
  Nonprofessional staff .................|  153,719 |  105,667 | 21,944 | 14,908 |  4,793 |  1,648 |  1,583 |   3,176
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Private 2-year ..........................|   35,123 |   28,698 |  2,468 |  1,793 |    824 |    292 |     89 |     959
  Professional staff ....................|   27,092 |   22,801 |  1,703 |  1,043 |    624 |    160 |     83 |     678
    Executive/administrative/managerial .|    3,977 |    3,417 |    240 |    145 |     61 |     42 |      8 |      64
    Faculty (instruction and research) ..|   16,712 |   14,332 |    921 |    515 |    404 |     71 |     60 |     409
    Instruction and research assistants .|      618 |      494 |     38 |     44 |     24 |      3 |      0 |      15
    Non-faculty professionals ...........|    5,785 |    4,558 |    504 |    339 |    135 |     44 |     15 |     190
  Nonprofessional staff .................|    8,031 |    5,897 |    765 |    750 |    200 |    132 |      6 |     281
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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff, 1997" survey. (This table was prepared February 2000.)