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Table 236. Percentage distribution of full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in institutions of higher education, by program area, race/ethnicity, and sex: Fall 1992
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           Program           |        |         |                  |             |             |   Asian/    |  American
            area             | Number |Percent  |   White,         |  Black,     |  Hispanic   |   Pacific   |  Indian/
                             |        |         |non-Hispanic      |non-Hispanic |             |   Islander  |Alaskan native
                             |        |         |__________________|_____________|_____________|_____________|______________
                             |        |         |  Male  |Female   |Male  |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female| Male |Female
_____________________________|________|_________|________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
              1              |   2    |    3    |   4    |    5    |  6   |  7   |  8   |  9   |  10  |  11  |  12  |  13
_____________________________|________|_________|________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
                             |                 Full-time instructional faculty and staff
                             |______________________________________________________________________________________________
Total\1\ ....................|528,260 |   100.0 |   58.0 |    28.4 |  2.7 |  2.4 |  1.8 |  0.9 |  3.9 |  1.3 |  0.3 |   0.2
                             |________|_________|________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
  Agriculture and            |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    home economics ..........| 11,366 |   100.0 |   70.4 |    20.3 |  2.3 |  1.6 |  1.6 |  0.2 |  1.0 |  1.9 |  --- |   0.7
  Business ..................| 39,928 |   100.0 |   61.3 |    27.2 |  2.0 |  2.2 |  1.0 |  0.6 |  3.9 |  0.8 |  0.6 |   0.3
  Communications ............| 10,296 |   100.0 |   55.9 |    30.4 |  2.9 |  2.7 |  1.5 |  --- |  4.3 |  1.2 |  0.8 |   0.3
  Education .................| 37,066 |   100.0 |   42.8 |    41.9 |  4.0 |  5.4 |  1.0 |  2.4 |  0.5 |  1.1 |  0.7 |   0.3
    Teacher education .......| 12,490 |   100.0 |   39.8 |    50.3 |  2.1 |  4.9 |  0.1 |  0.7 |  0.3 |  1.0 |  0.5 |   0.2
    Other education .........| 24,576 |   100.0 |   44.4 |    37.6 |  4.9 |  5.7 |  1.4 |  3.3 |  0.6 |  1.1 |  0.8 |   0.3
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Engineering ...............| 24,431 |   100.0 |   72.7 |     3.9 |  2.1 |  0.7 |  2.9 |  0.2 | 15.5 |  1.3 |  0.7 |   ---
  Fine arts .................| 31,659 |   100.0 |   59.6 |    29.0 |  3.8 |  1.9 |  2.1 |  0.3 |  1.2 |  1.5 |  0.3 |   0.2
  Health sciences ...........| 79,422 |   100.0 |   42.1 |    43.8 |  2.3 |  3.4 |  1.5 |  0.7 |  3.9 |  2.2 |  0.1 |   0.1
    First-professional ......| 36,867 |   100.0 |   63.3 |    19.0 |  3.6 |  1.0 |  2.8 |  0.9 |  7.2 |  2.1 |  0.2 |   ---
    Nursing .................| 21,776 |   100.0 |    0.9 |    87.5 |  0.5 |  7.1 |  --- |  0.9 |  0.1 |  2.9 |  --- |   0.2
    Other health sciences ...| 20,779 |   100.0 |   47.5 |    42.0 |  1.8 |  3.7 |  0.9 |  0.3 |  2.0 |  1.5 |  0.2 |   0.2
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Humanities ................| 73,923 |   100.0 |   52.8 |    35.2 |  2.1 |  2.1 |  2.1 |  2.0 |  1.2 |  1.9 |  0.3 |   0.1
    English and literature ..| 37,432 |   100.0 |   44.5 |    45.5 |  2.2 |  2.9 |  1.3 |  1.0 |  0.8 |  1.2 |  0.5 |   0.1
    Foreign languages .......| 13,722 |   100.0 |   39.5 |    36.8 |  1.2 |  0.6 |  5.7 |  7.5 |  1.8 |  6.4 |  --- |   0.4
    History .................| 14,574 |   100.0 |   70.2 |    20.2 |  3.0 |  2.3 |  1.3 |  0.4 |  1.7 |  0.4 |  0.3 |   ---
    Philosophy ..............|  8,195 |   100.0 |   82.1 |    12.5 |  1.7 |  0.2 |  1.2 |  0.3 |  1.5 |  0.2 |  0.2 |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Law .......................|  8,524 |   100.0 |   57.6 |    30.1 |  5.4 |  3.0 |  1.2 |  1.0 |  0.2 |  1.4 |  --- |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Natural sciences ..........|101,505 |   100.0 |   68.2 |    17.6 |  2.6 |  1.0 |  1.6 |  0.4 |  7.3 |  1.0 |  0.2 |   0.1
    Biological sciences .....| 34,289 |   100.0 |   67.1 |    20.8 |  3.2 |  1.5 |  1.1 |  0.5 |  4.5 |  0.9 |  0.3 |   0.1
    Physical sciences .......| 28,313 |   100.0 |   76.7 |    10.2 |  2.2 |  0.3 |  2.0 |  0.1 |  7.7 |  0.9 |  --- |   ---
    Mathematics .............| 25,325 |   100.0 |   61.3 |    21.6 |  2.7 |  1.0 |  1.7 |  0.6 |  9.1 |  1.2 |  0.5 |   0.4
    Computer sciences .......| 13,578 |   100.0 |   65.8 |    17.8 |  2.1 |  1.3 |  1.7 |  0.1 | 10.3 |  0.8 |  --- |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Social sciences ...........| 58,232 |   100.0 |   64.6 |    22.7 |  3.1 |  3.1 |  1.9 |  0.8 |  2.6 |  0.7 |  0.3 |   0.2
    Economics ...............|  9,778 |   100.0 |   69.8 |    12.3 |  3.9 |  0.3 |  3.0 |  1.1 |  7.8 |  1.7 |  --- |   ---
    Political science .......|  9,324 |   100.0 |   75.0 |    14.8 |  3.6 |  1.9 |  2.7 |  0.5 |  1.1 |  0.2 |  0.1 |   ---
    Psychology ..............| 17,784 |   100.0 |   56.9 |    32.3 |  2.3 |  4.3 |  1.5 |  0.8 |  1.1 |  0.3 |  0.1 |   0.2
    Sociology ...............|  9,511 |   100.0 |   67.4 |    20.6 |  2.7 |  3.3 |  2.3 |  0.5 |  1.3 |  0.8 |  0.9 |   ---
    Other social sciences ...| 11,835 |   100.0 |   61.3 |    25.0 |  3.4 |  4.3 |  0.8 |  1.1 |  2.7 |  0.6 |  0.3 |   0.6
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Occupationally specific    |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    programs ................| 15,268 |   100.0 |   75.7 |    13.8 |  3.6 |  0.9 |  2.9 |  0.3 |  1.9 |  0.2 |  0.5 |   0.2
  All other programs ........| 27,717 |   100.0 |   57.4 |    30.7 |  2.8 |  3.4 |  2.0 |  0.6 |  2.2 |  0.6 |  --- |   0.1
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                             |                 Part-time instructional faculty and staff
                             |______________________________________________________________________________________________
Total\1\ ....................|376,675 |   100.0 |   48.6 |    39.8 |  2.7 |  2.1 |  1.8 |  1.1 |  1.9 |  1.4 |  0.4 |   0.2
                             |________|_________|________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______
  Agriculture and            |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    home economics ..........|  2,758 |   100.0 |   46.9 |    52.0 |  --- |  --- |  1.1 |  --- |  --- |  --- |  --- |   ---
  Business ..................| 34,679 |   100.0 |   63.6 |    25.9 |  3.3 |  1.9 |  2.0 |  0.7 |  1.0 |  1.1 |  0.2 |   0.4
  Communications ............| 10,307 |   100.0 |   43.2 |    49.9 |  4.0 |  0.9 |  --- |  0.6 |  0.5 |  0.3 |  0.3 |   0.1
  Education .................| 30,758 |   100.0 |   28.9 |    58.8 |  2.5 |  5.5 |  0.7 |  1.3 |  0.4 |  1.1 |  0.3 |   0.6
    Teacher education .......| 12,390 |   100.0 |   20.0 |    68.5 |  2.3 |  6.6 |  0.6 |  0.8 |  0.5 |  0.8 |  --- |   ---
    Other education .........| 18,368 |   100.0 |   34.9 |    52.2 |  2.7 |  4.8 |  0.7 |  1.6 |  0.3 |  1.3 |  0.5 |   1.0
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Engineering ...............| 11,632 |   100.0 |   79.3 |     7.2 |  1.9 |  --- |  2.0 |  --- |  6.8 |  0.8 |  1.9 |   ---
  Fine arts .................| 32,814 |   100.0 |   46.2 |    43.1 |  3.4 |  1.8 |  1.3 |  1.3 |  0.4 |  1.9 |  0.5 |   0.2
  Health sciences ...........| 44,763 |   100.0 |   36.8 |    51.4 |  3.0 |  2.6 |  1.0 |  0.7 |  2.3 |  1.7 |  0.4 |   0.1
    First-professional ......| 17,710 |   100.0 |   57.6 |    27.7 |  6.1 |  1.1 |  0.6 |  0.3 |  4.9 |  1.8 |  --- |   ---
    Nursing .................| 10,498 |   100.0 |    5.4 |    84.0 |  --- |  6.6 |  --- |  0.9 |  --- |  2.4 |  --- |   0.6
    Other health sciences ...| 16,555 |   100.0 |   34.5 |    56.0 |  1.7 |  1.8 |  2.0 |  0.9 |  0.9 |  1.2 |  1.1 |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Humanities ................| 60,041 |   100.0 |   35.8 |    51.5 |  1.1 |  2.2 |  2.7 |  3.1 |  1.1 |  1.7 |  0.3 |   0.5
    English and literature ..| 37,395 |   100.0 |   29.4 |    60.9 |  0.6 |  2.9 |  2.0 |  1.5 |  0.6 |  1.2 |  0.4 |   0.6
    Foreign languages .......| 10,566 |   100.0 |   27.0 |    44.7 |  1.1 |  1.7 |  5.9 | 12.1 |  2.2 |  4.9 |  --- |   0.5
    History .................|  7,812 |   100.0 |   61.9 |    30.7 |  2.9 |  0.7 |  1.7 |  0.2 |  1.5 |  --- |  0.3 |   ---
    Philosophy ..............|  4,268 |   100.0 |   66.3 |    24.6 |  2.6 |  0.3 |  2.7 |  --- |  2.3 |  1.2 |  --- |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Law .......................| 13,552 |   100.0 |   68.2 |    23.6 |  3.7 |  2.7 |  0.3 |  0.2 |  1.3 |  --- |  --- |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Natural sciences ..........| 60,242 |   100.0 |   58.3 |    29.2 |  3.1 |  1.0 |  2.1 |  0.4 |  3.6 |  1.6 |  0.7 | (\2\)
    Biological sciences .....| 11,747 |   100.0 |   50.3 |    37.4 |  3.2 |  1.1 |  2.1 |  0.6 |  1.8 |  3.5 |  --- |   ---
    Physical sciences .......| 10,626 |   100.0 |   67.6 |    21.2 |  1.5 |  0.4 |  1.1 |  0.9 |  5.5 |  1.9 |  --- |   ---
    Mathematics .............| 24,559 |   100.0 |   52.8 |    34.5 |  4.6 |  0.9 |  2.4 |  0.2 |  3.4 |  0.7 |  0.4 |   0.1
    Computer sciences .......| 13,310 |   100.0 |   68.2 |    18.4 |  1.7 |  1.4 |  2.3 |  0.3 |  4.0 |  1.2 |  2.4 |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Social sciences ...........| 33,854 |   100.0 |   48.8 |    38.3 |  3.7 |  2.9 |  1.8 |  0.9 |  2.2 |  0.9 |  0.4 |   0.1
    Economics ...............|  3,038 |   100.0 |   69.0 |    13.8 |  1.7 |  1.0 |  2.7 |  --- |  9.1 |  2.5 |  --- |   ---
    Political science .......|  3,055 |   100.0 |   72.4 |    18.6 |  4.6 |  0.4 |  3.4 |  0.5 |  --- |  --- |  --- |   ---
    Psychology ..............| 15,617 |   100.0 |   45.6 |    45.7 |  2.5 |  1.5 |  1.5 |  0.5 |  2.0 |  0.3 |  0.2 |   0.3
    Sociology ...............|  4,384 |   100.0 |   33.2 |    52.5 |  6.3 |  4.0 |  1.2 |  0.2 |  1.5 |  1.0 |  --- |   ---
    Other social sciences ...|  7,760 |   100.0 |   47.0 |    32.8 |  4.9 |  7.0 |  1.7 |  2.4 |  1.0 |  1.9 |  1.2 |   ---
                             |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
  Occupationally specific    |        |         |        |         |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |
    programs ................| 16,490 |   100.0 |   71.2 |    18.0 |  3.5 |  0.8 |  5.1 |  --- |  1.3 |  --- |  0.1 |   ---
  All other programs ........| 19,769 |   100.0 |   44.7 |    43.5 |  1.9 |  1.5 |  2.3 |  1.6 |  2.4 |  2.1 |  --- |   ---
_____________________________|________|_________|________|_________|______|______|______|______|______|______|______|_______

---Not Available.
\1\Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding and nonresponse to program area question.
\2\Less than 0.05 percent.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF), 1993. (This table was prepared September 1996.)


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