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Characteristics of Full- and Part-Time Faculty
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Full time
(56% of total sample) |
Part time
(44% of total sample) |
| Male |
59% |
50% |
| Average age |
48 |
48 |
| Single, never married |
12% |
13% |
| White, non-Hispanic |
81% |
77% |
| Holds a PhD or first professional degree |
67% |
27% |
| Has dependent children |
51% |
47% |
| In first postsecondary job |
46% |
48% |
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| Average basic institutional income |
$65,407 |
$11,160 |
| Average total individual income |
$78,553 |
$51,628 |
| Average total household income |
$113,831 |
$91,798 |
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| Percent with a full-time “other” job |
2% |
46% |
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| Number of other jobs involving instruction: |
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| Zero |
97% |
79% |
| One |
3% |
17% |
| Two or more |
0% |
4% |
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| Percent whose first job was part time |
26% |
77% |
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| Fields of teaching: |
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| Visual and performing arts |
6% |
9% |
| Business, management, or marketing |
6% |
8% |
| Computer and information systems |
3% |
5% |
| Education |
8% |
12% |
| English language and literature |
6% |
8% |
| Health professions and clinical sciences |
13% |
11% |
| Mathematics and statistics |
5% |
6% |
| Social sciences (except psychology) and history |
9% |
7% |
| All other fields |
44% |
35% |
Note: Full sample includes 1,211,849 faculty members, 681,826 of whom are full time
and 530,023 of whom are part time.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (2004). |
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