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Table 2
Placement of 1996-97 PhDs in Classics, Modern Languages, and Linguistics
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Classics
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Comp. Lit.
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English
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For. Lang.
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Linguistics
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All Fields
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|
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No.
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%
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No.
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%
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No.
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%
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No.
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%
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No.
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%
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No.
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%
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Teaching in higher education:
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37
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71.2%
|
67
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70.5%
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801
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72.4%
|
476
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76.0%
|
87
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61.7%
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1468
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72.7%
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Tenure-track appointment
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16
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30.8%
|
41
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43.2%
|
372
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33.6%
|
253
|
40.4%
|
40
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28.4%
|
722
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35.7%
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Full-time non-tenure-track appointment, renewable
|
9
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17.3%
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11
|
11.6%
|
191
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17.3%
|
115
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18.4%
|
23
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16.3%
|
349
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17.3%
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Full-time non-tenure-track appointment, 1 yr
|
9
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17.3%
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7
|
7.4%
|
90
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8.1%
|
52
|
8.3%
|
11
|
7.8%
|
169
|
8.4%
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|
Part-time appointment
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3
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5.8%
|
8
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8.4%
|
147
|
13.3%
|
55
|
8.8%
|
13
|
9.2%
|
226
|
11.2%
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|
Subtotal all full-time teaching appointments
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34
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65.4%
|
59
|
62.1%
|
653
|
59.0%
|
420
|
67.1%
|
74
|
52.5%
|
1240
|
61.4%
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Subtotal all full-time non-tenure-track appointments
|
18
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34.6%
|
18
|
18.9%
|
281
|
25.4%
|
167
|
26.7%
|
34
|
24.1%
|
518
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25.6%
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|
Subtotal all non-tenure-track appointments
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21
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40.4%
|
26
|
27.4%
|
428
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38.7%
|
222
|
35.5%
|
47
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33.3%
|
744
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36.8%
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Other higher education placement:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Postdoctoral fellowship
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3
|
5.8%
|
6
|
6.3%
|
38
|
3.4%
|
11
|
1.8%
|
15
|
10.6%
|
73
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3.6%
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Academic administration
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1
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1.9%
|
3
|
3.2%
|
31
|
2.8%
|
7
|
1.1%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
42
|
2.1%
|
|
Employed outside higher education:
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4
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7.7%
|
4
|
4.2%
|
123
|
11.1%
|
56
|
8.9%
|
21
|
14.9%
|
208
|
10.3%
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Secondary or elementary school teaching
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2
|
3.8%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
36
|
3.3%
|
21
|
3.4%
|
1
|
0.7%
|
61
|
3.0%
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Govt, for-profit, or not-for-profit organization
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2
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3.8%
|
2
|
2.1%
|
72
|
6.5%
|
31
|
5.0%
|
20
|
14.2%
|
127
|
6.3%
|
|
Self-employed
|
0
|
0.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
15
|
1.4%
|
4
|
0.6%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
20
|
1.0%
|
|
Not employed:
|
7
|
13.5%
|
14
|
14.7%
|
106
|
9.6%
|
60
|
9.6%
|
16
|
11.3%
|
203
|
10.0%
|
|
Seeking employment
|
6
|
11.5%
|
13
|
13.7%
|
87
|
7.9%
|
52
|
8.3%
|
16
|
11.3%
|
174
|
8.6%
|
|
Not seeking employment
|
1
|
1.9%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
19
|
1.7%
|
8
|
1.3%
|
0
|
0.0%
|
29
|
1.4%
|
|
Teaching, classification unknown
|
0
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0.0%
|
1
|
1.1%
|
7
|
0.6%
|
16
|
2.6%
|
2
|
1.4%
|
26
|
1.3%
|
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Basis for %s
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52
|
95
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1,106
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626
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141
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2,020
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Note: The numbers of PhDs used to calculate the placement percentages given in Table 2 exclude PhDs whose employment placements were reported as unknown and foreign nationals with temporary residency status in the US who returned to their countries of origin after receiving their degrees.
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