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This report presents salary data for the contract year 1995-96 for full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month and 11- and 12-month contracts at postsecondary institutions in the United States. Analysis of the data shows that: (1) average salaries ranged from $64,540 for full professors to $30,344 for instructors; (2) average salaries of full-time faculty increased by 3.13 percent between 1994 and 1995; (3) full-time faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts were more likely to hold professorial rank than those on 11- and 12-month contracts; (4) average salaries of full-time faculty varied by type of institution, with those in private institutions earning slightly more than those in public institutions; (5) full-time faculty in 4-year institutions earned more than those in 2-year institutions; (6) average salaries of male faculty continued to be higher than those for female faculty; and (7) statewide average salaries varied considerably, from a high in New Jersey to a low in North Dakota. Nineteen tables summarize data by state, by length of contract, by academic rank and sex, and by type of institution. Three appendixes describe the survey and the methodology and include a copy of the survey instrument. (CH)

The U.S. Department of Education has collected data on full-time instructional faculty at institutions of higher education since 1968. This report presents the results of analyses of data on salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts at postsecondary education institutions. The data were collected through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) for the academic years 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, and 1994-995. Salary data were requested from 3,767 postsecondary institutions in 1994 for an overall response rate of almost 92 percent. The report presents information on the following: the number of full-time instructional faculty on 9- or 10-month contracts; average salaries; a comparison of average schools across different academic ranks and across the years 1989-90 through 1994-95; average salaries by academic ranks and sex for the same year; and academic salaries by institutional control, academic rank, and state. The average salary for all ranks of full-time instructional faculty was $47,800, which varied by rank. In 1994-95, the salary increases for all ranks outpaced inflation except for the salaries of lecturers and those with no academic rank. In 1994-95, average salaries for male full-time instructional faculty were approximately $10,000 higher (24 percent) than the average salaries for female full-time instructional faculty. However, when rank was considered, men's and women's average salaries were somewhat more comparable. Average salaries also varied by institutional control and level and by state. Eleven tables are included. Appendices contain descriptions of the survey and the survey methodology. (LMI)

This publication presents 3 figures and 20 tables of data on higher education faculty salaries from 1980 to 1991. An opening section details the source and scope of the data collection. The figures show annual percentage change in average salaries of full-time instructional faculty, average faculty salaries in constant dollars and percentage of full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10- month and 11- and 12-month contracts for 1990-91. The first 16 tables present the following types of data primarily for 9- and 10-month contracts: (1) salaries for the 50 states and the District of Columbia; (2) salaries by academic rank, type and control of institution; (3) salaries by academic rank and sex; (4) salaries by academic rank, sex, and type and control of institutions; (5) Consumer Price Index factors; (6) fringe benefits; (7) salaries by academic rank and state; (8) salaries in public institutions; (9) salaries in private institutions; (10) salaries in four-year, higher education institutions; (11) salaries in two-year institutions; (12) salaries in four-year public institutions; (13) salaries in two-year public institutions; (14) salaries in four-year private institutions; (15) total full-time faculty; (16) total full-time faculty with tenure; (17) salaries of full-time faculty on 11- and 12-month contracts; (18) salaries of full-time faculty on 11- and 12-month contracts by rank, sex and control of institution; (19) total 11- and 12-month faculty; and (20) salaries of faculty on 11- and 12-month contracts by rank and state. An appendix contains the survey instrument. (JB)

This report presents the results of data in two figures and 22 tables on salaries of full-time instructional faculty on 9- and 10-month contracts; the data were collected through the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System for the academic years 1987-88 and 1989-90. The figures show percentage change in average salaries adjusted for inflation and average salaries in constant dollars by academic rank 1979 to 1990. The 22 tables display the data in various combinations using the following variables: academic year, rank, academic rank, type of institution (private, public, two-year), sex, Consumer Price Index, and state. The document also discusses survey methodology, scope, follow-up, editing, and imputations, and includes a copy of the instrument. The analysis found that salary increases continue to outpace inflation, that the average salary in 1989-90 was $39,965, that salaries at public 2-year institutions are far more that at private two-year institutions, that salaries are consistently higher for men than women, and that the proportion of women faculty in higher education is slowly increasing. (JB)

This is the first edition of a report that brings together comparable data for a number of key education areas, by state, for a consecutive 5-year period, and a comparison for a 10-year period. This report provides data for 1975 and for 1981 through 1985, as well as a state-by-state comparison of 1975 with 1985. The first section, which covers elementary and secondary education, includes 11 tables and charts of state-by-state figures and percentages for enrollment, teachers, pupil-teacher ratios, average teacher salaries, employment of staff, pupil-staff ratios, public high school graduates, current expenditures, and expenditures per pupil. The second section, covering higher education, includes 13 tables and charts of state-by-state figures for enrollment in public and private 4-year and 2-year institutions, full-time-equivalent enrollment, average faculty salaries, degrees conferred, and current-fund expenditures for public and private institutions. Appended are selected price indices for 1974-75 and 1986-87, a glossary of key terms and definitions, and a guide to data sources. (TE)