In 1998, there were nearly 976,000 full-time instructional faculty and staff members at the nation's colleges and universities, and 53 percent of them were tenured. In engineering, 67 percent of the full-time instructional faculty were tenured.

 

Who's on Track?

Percentage of full-time instructional faculty and staff by tenure status:

	1992	1998
Tenured	54%	53%
On tenure-track	22%	19%
Not on tenure-track	16%	18%
No tenure system	8%	10%

 

Engineering Leads the Pack

Percentage of Full-time instructional faculty and staff in four-year institutions who are tenured in these disciplines:

 

Tenure By Gender

Percentage of full-time instructional faculty and staff at four-year institutions who are tenured by sex:

	Male	Female
Tenured	61%	40%
On tenure-track	17%	25%
Not on tenure-track	16%	30%
No tenure system	6%	7%

 

Tenure By Ethnicity

Percentage of Full-time instructional faculty and staff at four-year institutions who are tenured by ethnicity: