|
|
1979-80
|
1983-84
|
1991-92
|
1993-94
|
1996-97
|
|
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
|
No. of PhDs reported
|
465
|
463
|
465
|
363
|
623
|
459
|
574
|
409
|
706
|
519
|
|
Percentage
|
50.1%
|
49.9%
|
56.2%
|
43.3%
|
57.6%
|
42.4%
|
58.4%
|
41.6%
|
57.6%
|
42.4%
|
|
Percent with unknown employment status
|
11.6%
|
7.1%
|
8.4%
|
8.0%
|
16.7%
|
8.3%
|
10.1%
|
8.3%
|
8.4%
|
4.4%
|
|
Teaching in higher education:
|
77.0%
|
79.7%
|
69.4%
|
77.6%
|
82.9%
|
82.4%
|
77.3%
|
79.7%
|
74.0%
|
70.8%
|
|
Tenure-track appointment
|
41.6%
|
48.4%
|
34.3%
|
45.5%
|
52.8%
|
49.6%
|
46.9%
|
44.5%
|
32.8%
|
37.7%
|
|
Full-time non-tenure-track appointment, renewable
|
16.1%
|
19.3%
|
18.5%
|
17.1%
|
12.9%
|
16.4%
|
11.2%
|
16.3%
|
18.4%
|
14.9%
|
|
Full-time non-tenure-track appointment, 1 yr
|
5.4%
|
6.0%
|
3.5%
|
5.4%
|
5.4%
|
8.6%
|
7.0%
|
6.4%
|
8.8%
|
6.7%
|
|
Part-time appointment
|
13.9%
|
6.0%
|
13.1%
|
9.6%
|
11.8%
|
7.8%
|
12.2%
|
12.5%
|
14.1%
|
11.5%
|
|
Subtotal all full-time teaching appointments
|
63.1%
|
73.7%
|
56.3%
|
68.0%
|
71.1%
|
74.6%
|
65.1%
|
67.2%
|
60.0%
|
59.3%
|
|
Subtotal all full-time non-tenure-track appointments
|
21.5%
|
25.3%
|
22.0%
|
22.5%
|
18.3%
|
25.0%
|
18.2%
|
22.7%
|
27.2%
|
21.6%
|
|
Subtotal all non-tenure-track appointments
|
35.4%
|
31.3%
|
35.1%
|
32.1%
|
30.1%
|
32.8%
|
30.4%
|
35.2%
|
41.3%
|
33.1%
|
|
Other higher education placement:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Postdoctoral fellowship
|
1.5%
|
3.0%
|
0.7%
|
0.3%
|
1.0%
|
1.0%
|
1.9%
|
1.7%
|
3.1%
|
3.8%
|
|
Academic administration
|
2.2%
|
2.3%
|
3.5%
|
1.5%
|
3.1%
|
2.6%
|
0.3%
|
2.3%
|
3.1%
|
2.2%
|
|
Employed outside higher education:
|
12.4%
|
11.7%
|
18.6%
|
13.8%
|
9.7%
|
6.3%
|
9.0%
|
6.9%
|
9.9%
|
12.3%
|
|
Secondary or elementary school teaching
|
4.1%
|
3.0%
|
5.2%
|
3.6%
|
3.9%
|
2.9%
|
2.5%
|
2.4%
|
2.8%
|
3.6%
|
|
Govt, for-profit, or not-for-profit organization
|
8.3%
|
8.7%
|
13.4%
|
10.2%
|
3.9%
|
2.9%
|
2.5%
|
2.4%
|
5.9%
|
7.1%
|
|
Self-employed
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
0.0%
|
1.9%
|
0.5%
|
4.0%
|
2.1%
|
1.2%
|
1.6%
|
|
Not employed
|
7.1%
|
3.3%
|
9.9%
|
6.9%
|
6.4%
|
6.4%
|
11.4%
|
9.3%
|
8.8%
|
10.3%
|
|
Teaching, classification unknown
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.9%
|
0.6%
|
|
Basis for %s
|
411
|
430
|
426
|
334
|
519
|
421
|
375
|
516
|
647
|
496
|
Note: The numbers used to calculate placement percentages in Table 5 include all PhDs whose employment placements were reported as known.
