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Percentage of Faculty by Tenure Status, Five Year Trends

Tenure and Tenure Track| |Non-Tenure/Non-Tenure Track

Percentage of Instructional Faculty
By Rank, Gender, and Ethnic Background
Tenure and Tenure Track

                         

Rank

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

Professors

32.2%

33.3%

31.8%

30.0%

30.3%

Associate Professors

28.2%

29.5%

28.2%

26.8%

27.7%

Assistant Professors

31.2%

30.6%

33.8%

37.7%

38.7%

Instructors

3.5%

3.1%

3.9%

2.5%

0.4%

Lecturers

4.0%

3.5%

2.3%

3.0%

2.9%

TOTAL

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

% Part-Time
4%
4%
4%
4%
4%

Gender

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

% Male

57%

55%

54%

53%

53%

% Female

43%

45%

46%

47%

47%

Ethnic Background

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

African American

3.8%

4.0%

4.3%

4.3%

4.3%

Native American

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Asian American

9.4%

9.4%

9.9%

11.1%

10.7%

Hispanic

1.3%

1.5%

1.9%

2.3%

2.4%

White

85.1%

84.4%

82.3%

80.7%

79.9%

Foreign

0.2%

0.4%

1.4%

1.3%

1.6%

Other/Unknown

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.9%


Source: IPEDS, Employee Data System File.


Percentage of Instructional Faculty
By Rank, Gender, and Ethnic Background
Non-Tenure/Non-Tenure Track

                         

Rank

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

Professors

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

0.3%

Associate Professors

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.5%

0.8%

Assistant Professors

2.9%

4.0%

5.6%

4.4%

5.1%

Instructors

1.6%

1.4%

1.3%

1.7%

2.1%

Lecturers

95.4%

94.4%

92.9%

93.3%

91.7%

TOTAL

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

% Part-Time
83%
77%
74%
76%
75%

Gender

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

% Male

47%

46%

43%

43%

42%

% Female

53%

54%

57%

57%

58%

Ethnic Background

Fall '04

Fall '05

Fall '06

Fall '07

Fall '08

African American

5.3%

4.7%

4.8%

5.8%

5.5%

Native American

0.1%

0.3%

0.5%

0.4%

0.4%

Asian American

2.3%

2.8%

2.6%

2.6%

2.7%

Hispanic

2.0%

1.7%

1.8%

2.1%

1.6%

White

90.1%

90.6%

90.1%

87.6%

87.3%

Foreign

0.1%

0.0%

0.3%

0.6%

0.5%

Other/Unknown

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.9%

1.9%


Source: IPEDS, Employee Data System File.

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