In the fall of 2004, 50.6 of professional full-time employees in higher education (excluding medical schools) were faculty members. In the fall of 2006, for which data were released Tuesday, [1] 48.6 percent of professional, full-time jobs in higher education were held by faculty members.
Faculty jobs remain the majority among full-time positions at two-year colleges and in public higher education, but because there are far more full-time jobs at four-year institutions than at two-year institutions, the balance has tilted away from professorial positions. (Adding part-time positions would of course also swell the faculty ranks across sectors, but this data set focuses on full-time positions.)
Full-Time Professional Positions in Higher Education, Fall 2004 and Fall 2006
|
Category |
2004 Faculty |
2004 Administrators |
2006 Faculty |
2006 Administrators |
|
Total |
50.6% |
49.4% |
48.6% |
51.4% |
|
Public |
53.1% |
46.9% |
51.1% |
48.9% |
|
Private nonprofit |
45.6% |
54.4% |
44.0% |
56.0% |
|
Private for-profit |
48.0% |
52.0% |
44.1% |
55.9% |
|
4-year colleges |
47.3% |
52.7% |
45.5% |
54.5% |
|
2-year colleges |
63.6% |
36.4% |
61.4% |
38.6% |
— Scott Jaschik [2]
The original story and user comments can be viewed online at http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/03/12/jobs [3].