Table 224. | Employees in degree-granting institutions of higher education, by primary occupation, employment status, and control of institution: Fall 1976, fall 1991, and fall 1999 |
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ | Fall 1976\1\ | Fall 1991\1\ | Fall 1999\2\ |_________________________________________________|______________________________________|_______________________________________ Primary occupation and | Total staff |Full-time equivalent| Total staff |Full-time equivalent| Total staff |Full-time equivalent control of institution | | staff | | staff | | staff |____________________________|____________________|_________________|____________________|__________________|____________________ | Number | Per- | Full- | Total |FTE stu- | Number | Per- | Total |FTE stu- | Number | Per- | Total |FTE stu- | | cent | time | |dents per| | cent | |dents per| | cent | |dents per | | | | |FTE staff| | | |FTE staff| | | |FTE staff _________________________________________|__________|______|__________|__________|_________|__________|______|__________|_________|___________|______|__________|_________ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 _________________________________________|__________|______|__________|__________|_________|__________|______|__________|_________|___________|______|__________|_________ Total, all institutions .................|1,863,790 |100.0 |1,339,911 |1,541,339 | 5.4 |2,545,235 |100.0 |2,094,628 | 4.9 | 2,883,175 |100.0 |2,285,525 | 4.8 Professional staff ....................|1,073,119 | 57.6 | 709,400 | 845,456 | 9.8 |1,595,460 | 62.7 |1,244,588 | 8.3 | 1,950,861 | 67.7 |1,467,852 | 7.5 Executive/administrative/managerial .| 101,263 | 5.4 | 97,003 | 98,972 | 84.0 | 144,755 | 5.7 | 141,718 | 73.1 | 159,888 | 5.5 | 156,571 | 69.9 Faculty (instruction and research) ..| 633,210 | 34.0 | 434,071 | 500,533 | 16.6 | 826,252 | 32.5 | 632,565 | 16.4 | 1,027,830 | 35.6 | 736,584 | 14.9 Instruction and research assistants .| 160,086 | 8.6 | 28,007 | 82,684 | 100.5 | 197,751 | 7.8 | 81,467 | 127.2 | 239,738 | 8.3 | 99,133 | 110.4 Non-faculty professionals ...........| 178,560 | 9.6 | 150,319 | 163,267 | 50.9 | 426,702 | 16.8 | 388,838 | 26.6 | 523,405 | 18.2 | 475,564 | 23.0 Nonprofessional staff .................| 790,671 | 42.4 | 630,511 | 695,883 | 11.9 | 949,775 | 37.3 | 850,040 | 12.2 | 932,314 | 32.3 | 817,674 | 13.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Public, total .......................... |1,329,122 |100.0 | 946,354 |1,092,558 | 5.8 |1,783,328 |100.0 |1,449,398 | 5.4 | 1,988,809 |100.0 |1,550,190 | 5.2 Professional staff ....................| 769,836 | 57.9 | 502,325 | 601,942 | 10.5 |1,133,264 | 63.5 | 868,112 | 9.1 | 1,352,325 | 68.0 | 994,132 | 8.1 Executive/administrative/managerial .| 60,733 | 4.6 | 58,649 | 59,579 | 106.6 | 84,446 | 4.7 | 82,835 | 94.9 | 85,795 | 4.3 | 84,110 | 95.4 Faculty (instruction and research) ..| 448,733 | 33.8 | 313,367 | 357,761 | 17.7 | 580,908 | 32.6 | 446,113 | 17.6 | 713,325 | 35.9 | 507,630 | 15.8 Instruction and research assistants .| 127,925 | 9.6 | 19,076 | 63,420 | 100.1 | 173,560 | 9.7 | 70,707 | 111.2 | 200,563 | 10.1 | 81,707 | 98.2 Non-faculty professionals ...........| 132,445 | 10.0 | 111,233 | 121,182 | 52.4 | 294,350 | 16.5 | 268,458 | 29.3 | 352,642 | 17.7 | 320,684 | 25.0 Nonprofessional staff .................| 559,286 | 42.1 | 444,029 | 490,616 | 12.9 | 650,064 | 36.5 | 581,286 | 13.5 | 636,484 | 32.0 | 556,058 | 14.4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Private, total ..........................| 534,668 |100.0 | 393,557 | 448,781 | 4.4 | 761,907 |100.0 | 645,231 | 3.9 | 894,366 |100.0 | 735,335 | 4.0 Professional staff ....................| 303,283 | 56.7 | 207,075 | 243,514 | 8.1 | 462,196 | 60.7 | 376,476 | 6.6 | 598,536 | 66.9 | 473,720 | 6.2 Executive/administrative/managerial .| 40,530 | 7.6 | 38,354 | 39,393 | 49.8 | 60,309 | 7.9 | 58,883 | 42.4 | 74,093 | 8.3 | 72,461 | 40.3 Faculty (instruction and research) ..| 184,477 | 34.5 | 120,704 | 142,772 | 13.7 | 245,344 | 32.2 | 186,452 | 13.4 | 314,505 | 35.2 | 228,954 | 12.8 Instruction and research assistants .| 32,161 | 6.0 | 8,931 | 19,264 | 101.9 | 24,191 | 3.2 | 10,760 | 232.1 | 39,175 | 4.4 | 17,426 | 167.8 Non-faculty professionals ...........| 46,115 | 8.6 | 39,086 | 42,085 | 46.6 | 132,352 | 17.4 | 120,380 | 20.7 | 170,763 | 19.1 | 154,879 | 18.9 Nonprofessional staff .................| 231,385 | 43.3 | 186,482 | 205,267 | 9.6 | 299,711 | 39.3 | 268,755 | 9.3 | 295,830 | 33.1 | 261,615 | 11.2 _________________________________________|__________|______|__________|__________|_________|__________|______|__________|_________|___________|______|__________|_________ |
\1\Data are for 4-year and 2-year institutions that were accredited by an agency or organization that was recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, or directly
recognized by the Secretary of Education.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS), "Staff, 1976" survey; and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff" surveys. (This table was prepared July 2001.) |