|
|
1979-80
|
1983-84
|
1991-92
|
1993-94
|
1996-97
|
|
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
Female
|
Male
|
|
No. of PhDs reported
|
353
|
315
|
313
|
273
|
356
|
278
|
406
|
298
|
412
|
303
|
|
Percentage
|
52.8%
|
47.2%
|
53.4%
|
46.6%
|
56.2%
|
43.8%
|
57.7%
|
42.3%
|
57.6%
|
42.4%
|
|
Percent with unknown employment status
|
11.3%
|
5.4%
|
6.4%
|
2.2%
|
13.5%
|
10.4%
|
5.9%
|
6.7%
|
6.55%
|
4.95%
|
|
Teaching in higher education:
|
76.2%
|
74.4%
|
70.6%
|
86.1%
|
85.4%
|
78.3%
|
78.0%
|
77.3%
|
74.8%
|
77.4%
|
|
Tenure-track appointment
|
39.3%
|
43.3%
|
37.9%
|
47.2%
|
52.6%
|
46.6%
|
44.6%
|
40.9%
|
36.7%
|
45.6%
|
|
Full-time non-tenure-track appointment, renewable
|
15.7%
|
15.1%
|
14.3%
|
19.1%
|
13.6%
|
13.7%
|
17.9%
|
17.8%
|
20.0%
|
16.1%
|
|
Full-time non-tenure-track appointment, 1 yr
|
4.5%
|
5.0%
|
7.8
|
9.0%
|
3.6%
|
7.2%
|
5.0%
|
8.3%
|
6.8%
|
10.3%
|
|
Part-time appointment
|
12.1%
|
7.0%
|
7.8%
|
5.6%
|
11.0%
|
4.0%
|
8.2%
|
8.0%
|
11.2%
|
5.4%
|
|
Subtotal all full-time teaching appointments
|
59.4%
|
63.4%
|
60.1%
|
75.3%
|
69.8%
|
67.5%
|
67.5%
|
67.0%
|
63.6%
|
72.0%
|
|
Subtotal all full-time non-tenure-track appointments
|
20.2%
|
20.1%
|
22.1%
|
28.1%
|
17.2%
|
20.9%
|
22.9%
|
26.1%
|
26.8%
|
26.4%
|
|
Subtotal all non-tenure-track appointments
|
32.3%
|
27.1%
|
29.9%
|
33.7%
|
28.2%
|
24.9%
|
31.1%
|
34.1%
|
38.1%
|
31.8%
|
|
Other higher education placement:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Postdoctoral fellowship
|
1.0%
|
2.3%
|
1.4%
|
2.6%
|
1.9%
|
2.8%
|
1.8%
|
1.4%
|
1.6%
|
1.9%
|
|
Academic administration
|
1.9%
|
3.4%
|
1.4%
|
2.6%
|
1.6%
|
1.2%
|
0.3%
|
0.7%
|
1.1%
|
1.1%
|
|
Employed outside higher education:
|
18.2%
|
20.5%
|
20.5%
|
12.0%
|
8.8%
|
13.7%
|
12.3%
|
12.2%
|
9.0%
|
8.8%
|
|
Secondary or elementary school teaching
|
5.4%
|
5.7%
|
5.8%
|
3.4%
|
2.9%
|
3.2%
|
3.7%
|
3.3%
|
3.3%
|
3.4%
|
|
Govt, for-profit, or not-for-profit organization
|
12.8%
|
14.8%
|
14.7%
|
8.6%
|
5.9%
|
10.5%
|
8.6%
|
8.9%
|
4.9%
|
5.0%
|
|
Self-employed
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
5.2%
|
4.7%
|
0.8%
|
0.4%
|
|
Not employed
|
7.3%
|
3.4%
|
8.9%
|
1.9%
|
5.8%
|
8.0%
|
9.7%
|
10.4%
|
10.7%
|
8.0%
|
|
Tenure-track part-time appointment
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
0.0%
|
0.4%
|
|
Teaching, classification unknown
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
2.7%
|
2.3%
|
|
Basis for %s
|
313
|
298
|
293
|
267
|
313
|
298
|
379
|
276
|
385
|
288
|
Note: The numbers used to calculate placement percentages in Table 6 include all PhDs whose employment placements were reported as known.
