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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED344625 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Characteristics and Trends of Illinois Public
Community College Faculty and Staff, Fall Terms 1989-1991.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1992
NOTE: 81 p.
ABSTRACT: In 1992, characteristics of Illinois public
community college faculty and staff were compiled for fall
terms 1989 through 1991. The study answered broad questions
about college faculty and staff, and reviewed each of the
five professional employee groups in greater detail,
examining employees' highest earned degree, age,
race/ethnicity, and length of service. In addition, the
study ascertained the tenure status and primary teaching
areas for faculty. Major findings included the following:
(1) between 1989 and 1991, full-time employees increased at
a faster rate (3.4%) than part-time faculty (0.2%); (2)
employee groups registering increases during this 3-year
period included custodians, supervisors, clerical staff,
full-time faculty, administrators, and other personnel; (3)
employee groups that were predominantly female included
clerical, academic support, professional/technical, and
supervisory, while administrators, full-time faculty, and
custodial personnel were mostly male; (4) 83.8% of
full-time faculty and over two-thirds of administrators
held a master's or more advanced degree in 1991; (5) a
master's degree remained the most frequently cited highest
degree earned by academic support employees, while
supervisors typically held either a bachelor's (28.3%) or
master's (23.9%) degree; and (6) the overall racial/ethnic
distribution of community college employees shifted, with
an increase in the number of Hispanics (8.5%), Asians (6%),
Whites (3.8%), and Blacks (1.3%). Detailed data tables are
appended. (JMC)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrator-Characteristics; Educational
Attainment; Ethnicity-; Longitudinal-Studies; Race-; School
Personnel; State-Surveys; Tables-Data; Teacher
Characteristics; Trend-Analysis; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Faculty; *Community-Colleges;
*Personnel-Data; *Professional-Personnel
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