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Table 4
Placement of Foreign Language PhDs, 1976-77 to 1996-97: Findings from Ten MLA Studies
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1976-77
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1977-78
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1978-79
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1979-80
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1981-82
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1983-84
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1986-87
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1991-92
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1993-94
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1996-97
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Tenure-track position
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46.0%
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43.3%
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39.0%
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41.2%
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34.8%
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41.4%
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49.8%
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48.8%
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42.7%
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40.1%
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Non-tenure-track position (full-time)
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18.7%
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20.0%
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18.4%
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20.1%
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28.4%
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25.1%
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24.7%
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20.9%
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24.5%
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25.9%
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Non-tenure-track position (part-time)
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9.5%
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8.5%
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8.9%
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9.7%
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10.2%
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7.2%
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4.9%
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8.6%
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8.4%
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8.3%
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Postdoctoral fellowship
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1.2%
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2.0%
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2.2%
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1.6%
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1.3%
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1.9%
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2.2%
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2.2%
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1.7%
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1.9%
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Academic administration
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0.0%
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0.0%
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3.1%
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2.6%
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2.6%
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2.6%
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2.2%
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1.4%
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0.5%
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1.3%
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Placement outside higher education
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13.6%
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15.8%
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20.3%
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19.3%
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16.7%
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16.1%
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13.1%
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11.0%
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12.2%
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9.2%
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Not employed
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11.0%
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10.4%
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8.1%
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5.4%
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6.0%
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5.8%
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3.3%
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6.7%
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10.0%
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10.1%
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Basis for %s
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674
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691
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675
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611
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532
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573
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450
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584
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662
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673
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Note: The numbers of PhDs used to calculate the placement percentages given in Table 4 include all PhDs whose employment placements were reported as known.
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