Who teaches undergraduates in postsecondary institutions?
(From NSOPF:1999; “Teaching Undergraduates in U.S. Postsecondary Institutions: Fall 1998,” NCES 2002-209) While 81% of full-time instructional faculty provided some form of instruction, only 74% taught classes, and only 71.3% of credit hours were assigned to full-time instructional faculty. Of full-time faculty, 28% were off the tenure track and generally taught a higher percentage of undergraduate classes. Also, in four-year institutions, 71.4% of part-time faculty reported teaching only undergraduate credit classes while the number for full-time faculty was 58.2%. One should note that, of full-time tenured and tenure track faculty who did report teaching at least one undergraduate credit course, 78.4% also reported having one or more teaching assistants, while only 32.7 of full-time non-tenure track faculty reported having teaching assistants. It is also interesting to note that, of all faculty in four year institutions, 67.9% of female faculty reported teaching exclusively undergrad
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