Employees in Postsecondary Institutions, Fall 2009, and Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Staff, 2009-10: First Look - This report presents findings from the Human Resources Component of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) winter 2009-10 data collection. The purpose of the report is to introduce new data through the presentation of tables containing descriptive information. As a result only selected findings are presenting. These findings have been chosen to demonstrate the range of information available when using the IPEDS data rather than to discuss all of the observed differences and they are not meant to emphasize any particular issue. (Institute of Education Sciences, November 2010)...

Back to College - Did you know that the percentage of workers employed by colleges and universities has doubled since 1960? This Bureau of Labor Statistics report has interesting data on colleges and universities. (Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2010)...

American Academic: National Survey of Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty - This survey makes it clear that part-time/adjunct faculty members are committed to their teaching and eager to serve. The survey also demonstrates that the working conditions and job security of America's part-time/adjunct faculty leave a great deal to be desired. AFT is conducting an extensive national campaign to bring equitable salary and working conditions to contingent faculty and also to build a stronger corp of full-time tenured faculty in higher education. (AFT Higher Education, March 2010)...

Part-Time Faculty and Teaching/Research Assistants Now Outnumber Full-Time Faculty at Public Colleges and Universities - One of the ways public colleges and universities are adjusting to changing financial circumstances is by hiring more part-time faculty and teaching/research assistants than full-time faculty. This bulletin from the Southern Regional Education Board gives data for use of part-time faculty and teaching/research assistants in SREB states at both two- and four-year public colleges and universities. The table on page 2 breaks out the data – from the 1993-94 school year as compared with 2003-04 – by state as well as by part-time faculty or teaching/research assistants. (Southern Regional Education Board, December 2005)...