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Black Issues in Higher Education, Oct 25, 2001 by Phaedra Brotherton

Tenure Rates of Tenure-Track Faculty

                             1989                  1997

                      Total   Men   Women   Total   Men   Women

White, non-Hispanic    72%    76%    60%     75%    80%    64%
Black, non-Hispanic    61%    63%    59%     61%    64%    57%
Hispanic               64%    66%    58%     64%    68%    59%
* Asian American       60%    61%    54%     66%    70%    54%
** American Indian     67%    71%    57%     63%    71%    51%

* Asian American includes Pacific Islanders.
** American Indian includes Alaska native.
Full-Time Administrators in Higher Education

                        1989              1997

                   Number    Per-    Number    Per-     Per-     Per-
                             cent              cent     cent     cent
                              of                of     change   change
                             total             total   1989-     1995-
                                                         97       97

WHITE,
  NON-HISPANIC
  Total ^          120,111   87.3%   123,321   85.9%     2.7%     2.6%
  Men *             75,045   88.9%    68,768   87.7%    -8.4%    -0.4%
  Women #           45,066   84.7%    54,553   83.7%    21.1%     6.5%
BLACK,
    NON-HISPANIC
  Total             11,796    8.6%    12,714    8.9%     7.3%     0.5%
  Men                5,997    7.1%     5,737    7.3%    -1.3%    -1.7%
  Women              5,799   10.9%     6,977   10.7%    20.3%     2.3%
HISPANIC
  Total              3,183    2.3%     4,076    2.8%    28.1%     7.4%
  Men                1,860    2.2%     2,047    2.6%    10.1%     4.1%
  Women              1,323    2.5%     2,029    3.1%    53.4%    10.9%
ASIAN AMERICAN
  Total              1,980    1.4%     2,736    1.9%    38.2%     9.0%
  Men                1,191    1.4%     1,470    1.9%    23.4%     5.9%
  Women                789    1.5%     1,266    1.9%    60.5%    12.7%
AMERICAN INDIAN
  Total                491    0.4%       749    0.5%    52.5%     5.6%
  Men                  289    0.3%       401    0.5%    38.8%     9.0%
  Women                202    0.4%       348    0.5%    72.3%     2.1%

^ Full-time faculty members in this group as a percentage of all
full-time faculty that year.

* Full-time faculty members who are men in this group as a percentage
of all full-time faculty men that year.

# Full-time faculty members who are women in this group as a percentage
of all full-time faculty women that year.

Note: Asian American includes Pacific Islanders and American Indian
includes Alaska Natives.
Full-Time Faculty in Higher Education

                        1989              1997

                   Number    Per-    Number    Per-     Per-     Per-
                             cent              cent     cent     cent
                              of                of     change   change
                             total             total   1989-     1995-
                                                         97       97

WHITE,
  NON-HISPANIC
  Total ^          455,600   88.5%   477,281   86.3%     4.8%     1.9%
  Men *            319,330   89.1%   306,374   86.8%    -4.1%    -0.4%
  Women #          136,270   87.3%   170,907   85.3%    25.4%     6.1%
BLACK,
    NON-HISPANIC
  Total             23,225    4.5%    27,728    5.0%    19.4%     3.3%
  Men               12,483    3.5%    14,061    4.0%    12.6%     1.5%
  Women             10,742    6.9%    13,667    6.8%    27.2%     5.2%
HISPANIC
  Total             10,087    2.0%    14,772    2.7%    46.4%    14.1%
  Men                6,757    1.9%     8,795    2.5%    30.2%    11.8%
  Women              3,330    2.1%     5,977    3.0%    79.5%    17.7%
ASIAN AMERICAN
  Total             24,125    4.7%    31,283    5.7%    29.7%    13.5%
  Men               19,006    5.3%    22,339    6.3%    17.5%    10.1%
  Women              5,119    3.3%     8,944    4.5%    74.7%    22.7%
AMERICAN INDIAN
  Total              1,498    0.3%     2,291    0.4%    52.9%     6.3%
  Men                  986    0.3%     1,321    0.4%    34.0%     4.7%
  Women                512    0.3%       970    0.5%    89.5%     8.5%

^ Full-time faculty members in this group as a percentage of all
full-time faculty that year.

* Full-time faculty members who are men in this group as a percentage
of all full-time faculty men that year.

# Full-time faculty members who are women in this group as a percentage
of all full-time faculty women that year.

Note: Asian American includes Pacific Islanders and American Indian
includes Alaska Natives.

SOURCE: AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EDUCATION