Full-time and part-time senior instructional faculty\1\ in institutions of higher education, by employment status, control, and type of institution: Fall 1970 to fall 1991

Table 217.

Full-time and part-time senior instructional faculty\1\ in institutions of higher education, by employment status, control, and type of institution: Fall 1970 to fall 1991 [In thousands]

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          |       | Employment status |    Control    |     Type
   Year   | Total |___________________|_______________|_______________
          |       |  Full-  |  Part-  |Public |Private|4-year |2-year
          |       |  time   |  time   |       |       |       |
__________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
    1     |   2   |    3    |    4    |   5   |   6   |   7   |   8
__________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______
1970 .....|   474 |     369 |     104 |   314 |   160 |   382 |    92
1971\2\ ..|   492 |     379 |     113 |   333 |   159 |   387 |   105
1972 .....|   500 |     380 |     120 |   343 |   157 |   384 |   116
1973\2\ ..|   527 |     389 |     138 |   365 |   162 |   401 |   126
1974\2\ ..|   567 |     406 |     161 |   397 |   170 |   427 |   140
          |       |         |         |       |       |       |
1975\2\ ..|   628 |     440 |     188 |   443 |   185 |   467 |   161
1976 .....|   633 |     434 |     199 |   449 |   184 |   467 |   166
1977 .....|   678 |     448 |     230 |   492 |   186 |   485 |   193
1979\2\ ..|   675 |     445 |     230 |   488 |   187 |   494 |   182
1980\2\ ..|   686 |     450 |     236 |   495 |   191 |   494 |   192
          |       |         |         |       |       |       |
1981 .....|   705 |     461 |     244 |   509 |   196 |   493 |   212
1982\2\ ..|   710 |     462 |     248 |   506 |   204 |   493 |   217
1983 .....|   724 |     471 |     254 |   512 |   212 |   504 |   220
1984\2\ ..|   717 |     462 |     255 |   505 |   212 |   504 |   213
1985\2\ ..|   715 |     459 |     256 |   503 |   212 |   504 |   211
          |       |         |         |       |       |       |
1986\2\ ..|   722 |     459 |     263 |   510 |   212 |   506 |   216
1987\3\ ..|   793 |     523 |     270 |   553 |   240 |   548 |   246
1989\3\ ..|   824 |     524 |     300 |   577 |   247 |   584 |   241
1991\3\ ..|   826 |     536 |     291 |   581 |   245 |   591 |   235
__________|_______|_________|_________|_______|_______|_______|_______

\1\Includes faculty members with the title of professor, associate professor, assistant professor, instructor, lecturer, assisting professor, adjunct professor, or interim professor (or the equivalent). Excluded are graduate students with titles such as graduate or teaching fellow who assist senior faculty.
\2\Estimated on the basis of enrollment.
\3\Because of revised survey methods, data are not directly comparable with figures for years prior to 1987.

NOTE.--Data exclude faculty employed by system offices. Some data have been revised from previously published figures. For methodological details on estimates and projections, see Projections of Education Statistics to 2000. Because of rounding, details may not add to totals.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Employees in Institutions of Higher Education, various years; Projections of Education Statistics to 2000; Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), "Staff" survey; and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Higher Education Staff Information Report File, 1977, 1981, and 1983. (This table was prepared April 1994.)

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