Full-time instructional faculty in institutions of higher education, by race/ethnicity, academic rank, and sex: Fall 1995

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Table 231

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                          |         |         |   Minority      |        |        |Asian or |American|  Non-  |  Race/
  Academic rank and sex   |  Total  | White,  |_________________| Black, |        | Pacific |Indian/ |resident|ethnicity
                          |         |  non-   | Number  | Per-  |  non-  |Hispanic|Islander |Alaskan | alien  | unknown
                          |         |Hispanic |         |cent\1\|Hispanic|        |         | Native |        |
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|_________|________|________|_________
            1             |    2    |    3    |    4    |   5   |   6    |   7    |    8    |   9    |   10   |   11
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|_________|________|________|_________
Men and women, all ranks .| 550,822 | 468,518 |  69,505 |  12.9 | 26,835 | 12,942 |  27,572 |  2,156 | 10,853 |   1,946
  Professors .............| 159,333 | 142,819 |  15,254 |   9.6 |  4,768 |  2,470 |   7,643 |    373 |    975 |     285
  Associate professors ...| 125,082 | 108,953 |  14,710 |  11.9 |  5,634 |  2,607 |   6,119 |    350 |  1,179 |     240
  Assistant professors ...| 129,682 | 104,037 |  20,725 |  16.6 |  8,011 |  3,736 |   8,459 |    519 |  4,311 |     609
  Instructors ............|  66,708 |  55,211 |  10,223 |  15.6 |  4,857 |  2,530 |   2,323 |    513 |    848 |     426
  Lecturers ..............|  12,874 |  10,533 |   1,838 |  14.9 |    798 |    429 |     557 |     54 |    426 |      77
  Other faculty ..........|  57,143 |  46,965 |   6,755 |  12.6 |  2,767 |  1,170 |   2,471 |    347 |  3,114 |     309
                          |=========|=========|=========|=======|========|========|=========|========|========|=========
  Men, all ranks .........| 360,150 | 307,498 |  43,258 |  12.3 | 13,847 |  7,864 |  20,285 |  1,262 |  8,161 |   1,233
    Professors ...........| 130,940 | 117,844 |  11,987 |   9.2 |  3,085 |  1,912 |   6,691 |    299 |    879 |     230
    Associate professors .|  85,313 |  74,160 |   9,985 |  11.9 |  3,214 |  1,723 |   4,826 |    222 |    989 |     179
    Assistant professors .|  73,141 |  57,580 |  11,952 |  17.2 |  3,897 |  2,068 |   5,734 |    253 |  3,225 |     384
    Instructors ..........|  33,067 |  27,239 |   5,037 |  15.6 |  2,154 |  1,345 |   1,244 |    294 |    551 |     240
    Lecturers ............|   5,889 |   4,809 |     812 |  14.4 |    351 |    193 |     241 |     27 |    233 |      35
    Other faculty ........|  31,800 |  25,866 |   3,485 |  11.9 |  1,146 |    623 |   1,549 |    167 |  2,284 |     165
                          |=========|=========|=========|=======|========|========|=========|========|========|=========
   Women, all ranks ......| 190,672 | 161,020 |  26,247 |  14.0 | 12,988 |  5,078 |   7,287 |    894 |  2,692 |     713
    Professors ...........|  28,393 |  24,975 |   3,267 |  11.6 |  1,683 |    558 |     952 |     74 |     96 |      55
    Associate professors .|  39,769 |  34,793 |   4,725 |  12.0 |  2,420 |    884 |   1,293 |    128 |    190 |      61
    Assistant professors .|  56,541 |  46,457 |   8,773 |  15.9 |  4,114 |  1,668 |   2,725 |    266 |  1,086 |     225
    Instructors ..........|  33,641 |  27,972 |   5,186 |  15.6 |  2,703 |  1,185 |   1,079 |    219 |    297 |     186
    Lecturers ............|   6,985 |   5,724 |   1,026 |  15.2 |    447 |    236 |     316 |     27 |    193 |      42
    Other faculty ........|  25,343 |  21,099 |   3,270 |  13.4 |  1,621 |    547 |     922 |    180 |    830 |     144
__________________________|_________|_________|_________|_______|________|________|_________|________|________|_________

\1\Based on the number of faculty members who were U.S. citizens and who were reported by race/ethnicity. NOTE.
--Data exclude faculty employed by system offices. Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Fall Staff" survey. (This table was prepared June 1998.)

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