Full-time and Part-time Faculty
In 2007–08, the total number of full-time and part-time faculty at public and private institutions combined was 1,229,687 (Table 1). Of these, 864,835 (70 percent) taught in public institutions; the remaining 30 percent were at private institutions. Of particular note here is the fact that the percentages of part-time faculty teaching at both types of institutions are relatively similar. Forty-seven percent of total faculty at public institutions teach part time, compared with 44 percent at private institutions. Also, among public institutions, only associate institutions use more part-time faculty than full-time. In private institutions, both AA (a very small percentage of the private sector) and comprehensive institutions have more part-time faculty than full-time. Also, private doctoral institutions employ a larger percentage of part-time faculty than do their public counterparts.
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