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Table 237. Full-time and part-time instructional faculty and staff in degree-granting institutions, by race/ethnicity, sex, and program area: Fall 1992 and fall 1998

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                               |       |                                            Fall 1998
                               |Number,|___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
            Program            |  in   |          |       |                       |                       |                       |                        | American Indian/
             area              | thou- |  Number  | Per-  |  White non-Hispanic   |  Black non-Hispanic   |     Hispanic          |Asian/Pacific Islander  |  Alaska native
                               | sands |   in     | cent  |_______________________|_______________________|_______________________|________________________|_______________________
                               | 1992  | thousands|       |   Male    |  Female   |   Male    |  Female   |   Male    |  Female   |   Male     |  Female   |   Male    |  Female
_______________________________|_______|__________|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________
               1               |   2   |    3     |   4   |     5     |     6     |     7     |     8     |     9     |    10     |    11      |    12     |    13     |    14
_______________________________|_______|__________|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________
    Full-time instructional    |
       faculty and staff       |___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Total .........................|    528| 560 (4.8)| 100.0 | 54.5 (0.6)| 30.6 (0.6)|  2.6 (0.2)|  2.5 (0.2)|  2.0 (0.2)|  1.3 (0.1)|   4.0 (0.2)|  1.8 (0.2)|  0.5 (0.1)| 0.2  (0.0)
                               |_______|__________|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________
  Agriculture and              |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
    home economics ............|     11|  10 (0.4)| 100.0 | 74.3 (2.9)| 16.4 (2.4)|  1.7 (0.7)|  2.3 (1.0)|  1.2 (0.6)|  0.1 (0.1)|   2.2 (0.9)|  0.7 (0.4)|  1.0 (1.0)|   #   (#)
  Business ....................|     40|  39 (1.1)| 100.0 | 54.7 (2.2)| 32.0 (2.1)|  3.8 (0.7)|  1.5 (0.3)|  1.0 (0.3)|  0.7 (0.3)|   4.4 (0.7)|  0.8 (0.3)|  1.2 (0.8)| 0.1  (0.1)
  Communications ..............|     10|  10 (1.0)| 100.0 | 60.8 (5.0)| 26.7 (3.8)|  3.5 (1.1)|  1.9 (0.8)|  0.8 (0.3)|  2.3 (0.9)|   2.8 (1.7)|  1.0 (0.8)|    #   (#)| 0.3  (0.3)
  Education ...................|     37|  40 (1.4)| 100.0 | 37.9 (2.6)| 45.9 (2.4)|  2.4 (0.4)|  6.2 (1.4)|  1.4 (0.4)|  1.8 (0.4)|   0.7 (0.3)|  2.9 (0.9)|  0.1 (0.1)| 0.7  (0.3)
    Teacher education .........|     12|  14 (0.6)| 100.0 | 33.1 (3.4)| 52.6 (3.7)|  2.2 (0.6)|  7.7 (3.3)|  0.2 (0.1)|  1.2 (0.5)|   0.3 (0.4)|  2.5 (1.0)|    #   (#)| 0.3  (0.3)
    Other education ...........|     25|  26 (1.3)| 100.0 | 40.4 (3.5)| 42.3 (3.1)|  2.5 (0.6)|  5.4 (1.2)|  2.1 (0.6)|  2.2 (0.5)|   0.9 (0.4)|  3.1 (1.2)|  0.2 (0.2)| 0.9  (0.4)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Engineering .................|     24|  25 (0.9)| 100.0 | 69.9 (2.6)|  7.1 (1.6)|  2.3 (0.6)|  0.1 (0.1)|  3.5 (1.3)|  0.4 (0.2)|  14.5 (1.9)|  1.6 (0.8)|  0.6 (0.4)|   #   (#)
  Fine arts ...................|     32|  33 (1.4)| 100.0 | 60.7 (2.6)| 28.5 (2.3)|  4.6 (1.0)|  2.1 (0.6)|  0.9 (0.3)|  0.3 (0.1)|   1.9 (0.6)|  0.5 (0.2)|  0.5 (0.3)| 0.1  (0.1)
  Health sciences .............|     79|  84 (2.0)| 100.0 | 42.7 (1.7)| 42.8 (1.5)|  1.3 (0.3)|  3.1 (0.4)|  1.7 (0.3)|  1.6 (0.4)|   3.8 (0.6)|  2.4 (0.4)|  0.4 (0.2)| 0.4  (0.1)
    First-professional ........|     37|  40 (1.6)| 100.0 | 60.9 (2.5)| 22.9 (2.2)|  1.1 (0.3)|  1.7 (0.5)|  2.8 (0.7)|  0.8 (0.2)|   6.2 (1.1)|  3.4 (0.7)|  0.2 (0.2)| 0.1  (0.1)
    Nursing ...................|     22|  20 (0.6)| 100.0 |  3.5 (1.0)| 83.9 (2.1)|  0.0  0.0 |  6.4 (1.2)|  0.1 (0.1)|  3.6 (1.6)|   0.2 (0.2)|  1.4 (0.5)|    #   (#)| 0.9  (0.4)
    Other health sciences .....|     21|  24 (1.0)| 100.0 | 45.0 (3.2)| 41.8 (2.8)|  2.6 (0.9)|  2.6 (0.7)|  1.2 (0.5)|  1.4 (0.5)|   2.7 (1.0)|  1.5 (0.5)|  0.9 (0.5)| 0.3  (0.2)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Humanities ..................|     74|  81 (1.8)| 100.0 | 47.9 (1.7)| 36.0 (1.5)|  2.4 (0.7)|  2.1 (0.5)|  3.7 (0.7)|  2.8 (0.5)|   1.7 (0.5)|  3.0 (0.7)|  0.2 (0.1)| 0.1  (0.1)
    English and literature ....|     37|  40 (1.2)| 100.0 | 42.7 (2.4)| 45.8 (2.3)|  1.1 (0.3)|  2.8 (0.6)|  2.3 (0.8)|  2.1 (0.8)|   0.9 (0.3)|  2.1 (0.7)|  0.1 (0.1)| 0.1  (0.1)
    Foreign languages .........|     14|  15 (0.8)| 100.0 | 32.1 (3.5)| 35.7 (3.5)|  0.8 (0.4)|  0.7 (0.4)|  9.3 (2.1)|  8.3 (1.8)|   4.1 (2.2)|  8.2 (2.8)|  0.4 (0.4)| 0.4  (0.4)
    History ...................|     15|  14 (0.6)| 100.0 | 59.0 (3.7)| 26.2 (3.0)|  3.6 (1.1)|  3.5 (2.2)|  3.4 (2.1)|  1.3 (0.6)|   0.9 (0.5)|  1.5 (1.2)|  0.7 (0.5)|   #    (#)
    Philosophy ................|      8|  12 (0.8)| 100.0 | 72.1 (4.7)| 15.1 (2.9)|  7.0 (4.2)|  0.4 (0.3)|  2.0 (1.0)|  0.0  0.0 |   2.3 (2.0)|  1.0 (0.5)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Law .........................|      9|   8 (0.6)| 100.0 | 60.2 (5.3)| 29.8 (5.4)|  1.9 (0.8)|  3.0 (1.6)|  1.1 (0.5)|  0.2 (0.2)|   0.3 (0.4)|  2.1 (1.1)|  1.3 (0.9)|   #    (#)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Natural sciences ............|    102| 111 (2.1)| 100.0 | 63.7 (1.3)| 21.9 (1.1)|  2.1 (0.3)|  1.0 (0.2)|  2.2 (0.5)|  0.7 (0.3)|   6.9 (0.6)|  1.2 (0.2)|  0.2 (0.0)| 0.1  (0.1)
    Biological sciences .......|     34|  40 (1.3)| 100.0 | 60.3 (2.3)| 26.2 (2.0)|  2.0 (0.5)|  1.0 (0.3)|  1.6 (0.4)|  0.3 (0.2)|   6.4 (1.1)|  1.6 (0.4)|  0.3 (0.2)| 0.1  (0.1)
    Physical sciences .........|     28|  27 (0.8)| 100.0 | 76.9 (2.1)| 11.0 (1.5)|  1.8 (0.6)|  0.6 (0.5)|  1.3 (0.4)|  1.2 (1.0)|   5.7 (1.0)|  1.2 (0.4)|  0.2 (0.2)| 0.1  (0.1)
    Mathematics ...............|     25|  26 (1.0)| 100.0 | 59.3 (2.8)| 21.4 (1.9)|  3.3 (0.8)|  1.1 (0.5)|  3.7 (1.6)|  1.1 (0.4)|   9.2 (1.6)|  1.0 (0.4)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    Computer sciences .........|     14|  17 (0.9)| 100.0 | 57.2 (3.6)| 29.4 (3.4)|  1.1 (0.4)|  1.3 (0.5)|  2.7 (0.9)|  0.4 (0.2)|   6.6 (1.2)|  0.7 (0.4)|  0.6 (0.4)|   #    (#)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Social sciences .............|     58|  58 (1.3)| 100.0 | 58.0 (1.8)| 26.0 (1.5)|  3.1 (0.5)|  3.6 (0.7)|  1.8 (0.3)|  1.2 (0.4)|   3.7 (0.7)|  1.3 (0.4)|  1.0 (0.3)| 0.3  (0.2)
    Economics .................|     10|   9 (0.6)| 100.0 | 67.6 (4.4)| 16.2 (3.1)|  2.5 (0.9)|  0.0  0.0 |  1.1 (0.6)|  0.3 (0.2)|  10.7 (3.6)|  0.5 (0.4)|  0.4 (0.5)| 0.6  (0.6)
    Political science .........|      9|   8 (0.5)| 100.0 | 69.7 (4.1)| 17.5 (3.0)|  3.5 (1.3)|  2.9 (2.0)|  3.2 (1.3)|  1.1 (0.8)|   1.3 (0.9)|  0.8 (0.6)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    Psychology ................|     18|  20 (0.7)| 100.0 | 54.8 (3.1)| 31.7 (2.9)|  2.3 (0.7)|  3.4 (1.1)|  1.5 (0.5)|  1.6 (0.6)|   2.0 (0.6)|  1.0 (0.4)|  1.7 (0.7)| 0.2  (0.2)
    Sociology .................|     10|   9 (0.4)| 100.0 | 55.0 (4.2)| 31.1 (4.0)|  2.5 (0.9)|  3.9 (1.4)|  1.6 (0.7)|  0.4 (0.4)|   2.2 (0.9)|  2.7 (1.9)|  0.5 (0.5)|   #    (#)
    Other social sciences .....|     12|  13 (0.6)| 100.0 | 51.6 (3.7)| 25.5 (2.9)|  5.0 (1.3)|  6.4 (2.2)|  2.0 (0.7)|  1.7 (1.2)|   4.1 (1.4)|  1.8 (0.8)|  1.2 (0.7)| 0.8  (0.4)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Occupationally specific      |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
    programs ..................|     15|  16 (0.8)| 100.0 | 72.6 (3.2)| 12.9 (2.3)|  3.5 (0.9)|  2.5 (1.0)|  2.7 (1.7)|  0.1 (0.1)|   3.0 (1.4)|  0.5 (0.4)|  2.4 (0.9)| 0.0   0.0
  All other programs ..........|     28|  44 (1.2)| 100.0 | 49.0 (2.2)| 36.6 (2.1)|  3.8 (0.7)|  3.2 (0.6)|  1.6 (0.7)|  1.1 (0.3)|   2.1 (0.4)|  2.1 (0.6)|  0.0 (0.0)| 0.4  (0.2)
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   Part-time instructional     |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
       faculty and staff       |_______|__________|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________
Total .........................|    377| 416 (5.9)| 100.0 | 45.9 (1.0)| 41.7 (1.0)|  2.4 (0.3)|  2.1 (0.2)|  2.1 (0.3)|  1.7 (0.2)|   1.5 (0.2)|  1.7 (0.4)|  0.3 (0.1)| 0.6  (0.2)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Agriculture and              |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
    home economics ............|      3|   3 (0.2)| 100.0 | 31.5 (7.8)| 56.8 (9.5)|  0.0  0.0 |  1.3 (1.3)|  3.1 (3.1)|  0.8 (0.8)|     #   (#)|  6.7 (6.4)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
  Business ....................|     35|  32 (1.8)| 100.0 | 57.8 (4.0)| 33.3 (4.2)|  2.4 (0.8)|  3.0 (1.0)|  0.8 (0.3)|  0.6 (0.2)|   0.9 (0.4)|  1.3 (0.5)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
  Communications ..............|     10|  10 (1.0)| 100.0 | 43.6 (6.9)| 50.2 (7.1)|  1.7 (0.9)|  1.0 (0.6)|  1.4 (1.2)|  0.6 (0.6)|   1.1 (0.8)|  0.4 (0.4)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
  Education ...................|     31|  34 (1.6)| 100.0 | 25.4 (2.5)| 63.8 (3.0)|  1.9 (0.8)|  3.1 (0.8)|  0.6 (0.3)|  2.8 (1.0)|     #   (#)|  0.5 (0.3)|  0.2 (0.2)| 1.7  (1.3)
    Teacher education .........|     12|  13 (1.0)| 100.0 | 20.2 (3.4)| 65.0 (5.0)|  2.4 (1.5)|  4.4 (1.9)|  1.1 (0.7)|  2.6 (1.2)|     #   (#)|    #   (#)|  0.6 (0.6)| 3.7  (3.1)
    Other education ...........|     18|  20 (1.2)| 100.0 | 28.7 (3.4)| 63.0 (3.8)|  1.7 (0.9)|  2.2 (0.6)|  0.3 (0.2)|  3.0 (1.4)|     #   (#)|  0.8 (0.6)|    #   (#)| 0.3  (0.4)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Engineering .................|     12|   9 (0.8)| 100.0 | 72.6 (6.0)|  2.3 (1.4)|  4.2 (2.4)|  0.7 (0.5)| 11.2 (5.7)|    #   (#)|   6.9 (1.8)|  1.2 (0.7)|  0.9 (0.9)|   #    (#)
  Fine arts ...................|     33|  38 (1.5)| 100.0 | 43.7 (3.0)| 48.6 (3.1)|  2.5 (0.8)|  0.3 (0.2)|  1.5 (1.2)|  1.5 (0.6)|   0.2 (0.2)|  0.8 (0.3)|  0.5 (0.3)| 0.2  (0.2)
  Health sciences .............|     45|  49 (2.2)| 100.0 | 37.4 (3.3)| 52.9 (3.2)|  0.5 (0.2)|  2.3 (0.6)|  1.1 (0.4)|  0.8 (0.2)|   2.3 (0.8)|  1.4 (0.5)|  0.1 (0.1)| 1.2  (0.8)
    First-professional ........|     18|  15 (1.3)| 100.0 | 53.4 (5.7)| 36.4 (5.3)|    #   (#)|  1.1 (0.5)|  2.1 (1.2)|  0.6 (0.4)|   4.5 (2.4)|  1.9 (1.2)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    Nursing ...................|     10|  12 (0.8)| 100.0 |  3.5 (1.7)| 84.9 (3.8)|  0.3 (0.3)|  4.1 (1.5)|  0.3 (0.3)|  1.4 (0.7)|     #   (#)|  1.8 (0.9)|    #   (#)| 3.7  (3.1)
    Other health sciences .....|     17|  21 (1.7)| 100.0 | 44.6 (5.4)| 47.0 (5.0)|  0.9 (0.4)|  2.1 (1.0)|  0.8 (0.3)|  0.6 (0.3)|   2.0 (0.9)|  0.9 (0.5)|  0.3 (0.3)| 0.8  (0.8)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Humanities ..................|     60|  74 (2.1)| 100.0 | 39.1 (2.2)| 47.6 (2.2)|  1.3 (0.4)|  1.4 (0.4)|  2.4 (0.7)|  3.4 (0.7)|   1.0 (0.3)|  2.7 (0.8)|  0.6 (0.3)| 0.7  (0.4)
    English and literature ....|     37|  43 (1.4)| 100.0 | 31.1 (2.6)| 58.5 (2.8)|  0.9 (0.4)|  1.9 (0.6)|  1.0 (0.4)|  2.1 (1.1)|   1.0 (0.5)|  2.4 (0.7)|    #   (#)| 1.1  (0.7)
    Foreign languages .........|     11|  12 (1.2)| 100.0 | 18.8 (6.1)| 52.0 (6.3)|  0.5 (0.5)|    #   (#)|  7.9 (3.6)| 12.5 (2.6)|   0.9 (0.7)|  7.5 (3.8)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    History ...................|      8|  11 (0.7)| 100.0 | 66.3 (4.9)| 21.8 (4.1)|  3.8 (1.8)|  2.0 (1.7)|  2.6 (1.1)|  1.3 (0.8)|     #   (#)|  0.0  0.0 |  2.1 (1.2)|   #    (#)
    Philosophy ................|      4|   9 (0.6)| 100.0 | 72.8 (5.0)| 18.6 (4.4)|  0.8 (0.8)|    #   (#)|  1.6 (1.0)|    #   (#)|   2.4 (1.3)|  0.5 (0.5)|  2.6 (1.5)| 0.7  (0.5)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Law .........................|     14|  11 (0.8)| 100.0 | 67.2 (5.2)| 19.9 (3.9)|  2.7 (1.6)|  0.3 (0.3)|  2.9 (1.4)|  2.2 (2.0)|   2.9 (2.5)|  1.2 (0.8)|  0.7 (0.7)|   #    (#)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Natural sciences ............|     60|  65 (2.2)| 100.0 | 54.4 (2.5)| 32.4 (2.3)|  3.9 (0.9)|  2.0 (0.5)|  1.4 (0.3)|  1.1 (0.3)|   2.9 (0.7)|  1.4 (0.4)|  0.2 (0.2)| 0.3  (0.3)
    Biological sciences .......|     12|  11 (0.9)| 100.0 | 54.6 (6.0)| 36.7 (5.8)|  2.2 (1.1)|  1.0 (0.8)|  0.2 (0.2)|  0.7 (0.7)|   1.2 (0.8)|  2.7 (1.3)|  0.7 (0.7)|   #    (#)
    Physical sciences .........|     11|  11 (0.8)| 100.0 | 71.9 (4.4)| 19.4 (3.7)|  1.3 (0.8)|  1.3 (0.8)|  0.8 (0.4)|  0.7 (0.7)|   4.3 (2.4)|  0.4 (0.4)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    Mathematics ...............|     25|  24 (1.4)| 100.0 | 45.9 (4.2)| 36.5 (4.0)|  6.6 (2.2)|  2.3 (0.9)|  1.9 (0.6)|  1.8 (0.7)|   2.8 (0.9)|  1.7 (0.7)|  0.3 (0.3)|   #    (#)
    Computer sciences .........|     13|  19 (1.2)| 100.0 | 55.3 (4.6)| 31.9 (4.4)|  2.9 (1.2)|  2.7 (1.2)|  1.6 (0.7)|  0.6 (0.4)|   3.1 (1.4)|  0.9 (0.5)|    #   (#)| 1.0  (1.0)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Social sciences .............|     34|  41 (2.4)| 100.0 | 46.2 (3.8)| 39.0 (3.5)|  4.2 (1.5)|  3.9 (1.0)|  3.5 (1.4)|  1.4 (0.5)|   0.5 (0.2)|  0.5 (0.2)|  0.7 (0.4)| 0.2  (0.2)
    Economics .................|      3|   4 (0.5)| 100.0 | 73.9 (8.8)| 16.9 (6.8)|    #   (#)|  5.2 (5.1)|  1.3 (1.0)|    #   (#)|   2.7 (1.7)|    #   (#)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    Political science .........|      3|   4 (0.4)| 100.0 | 75.8 (6.5)| 17.6 (5.8)|  3.4 (1.9)|  0.9 (0.9)|  2.4 (1.3)|    #   (#)|     #   (#)|    #   (#)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    Psychology ................|     16|  18 (2.1)| 100.0 | 45.4 (7.1)| 47.4 (6.8)|  2.6 (1.3)|  1.8 (0.8)|  1.8 (0.8)|  0.8 (0.6)|     #   (#)|  0.2 (0.2)|    #   (#)|   #    (#)
    Sociology .................|      4|   6 (0.5)| 100.0 | 37.8 (7.3)| 43.7 (7.2)|  5.4 (3.3)|  3.9 (1.8)|  0.8 (0.6)|  4.6 (2.2)|     #   (#)|  1.3 (1.0)|  1.1 (1.1)| 1.2  (1.2)
    Other social sciences .....|      8|  10 (0.9)| 100.0 | 31.4 (5.5)| 37.4 (6.2)|  8.2 (5.4)|  8.4 (3.0)|  9.1 (5.2)|  1.4 (1.2)|   1.0 (0.7)|  0.9 (0.6)|  2.3 (1.3)|   #    (#)
                               |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
  Occupationally specific      |       |          |       |           |           |           |           |           |           |            |           |           |
    programs ..................|     16|  17 (1.1)| 100.0 | 68.6 (4.2)| 11.8 (3.1)|  2.2 (0.8)|  2.2 (1.3)|  2.9 (1.4)|  0.6 (0.6)|   0.9 (0.7)|  8.0 (0.7)|    #   (#)| 2.7  (2.7)
  All other programs ..........|     20|  35 (1.6)| 100.0 | 45.0 (3.4)| 40.6 (3.3)|  2.4 (0.8)|  3.6 (1.2)|  2.6 (0.8)|  1.9 (0.8)|   1.6 (0.5)|  1.9 (0.6)|    #   (#)| 0.3  (0.3)
_______________________________|_______|__________|_______|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|___________|____________|___________|___________|___________

# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Totals may differ from figures reported in other tables because of varying survey methodologies. Standard errors appear in parentheses. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding and nonresponse to program area question.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:93) and 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99). (This table was prepared September 2001.)


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