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Contract Lengths of Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members, Fall 2016

Almanac 2018
August 19, 2018

Close to 45 percent of all non-tenure-track faculty members were both part time and held less-than-annual contracts. Non-tenure-track faculty members at two-year and four-year for-profit institutions and at two-year private nonprofit colleges were more likely than those in other sectors to have multiyear contracts.


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Close to 45 percent of all non-tenure-track faculty members were both part time and held less-than-annual contracts. Non-tenure-track faculty members at two-year and four-year for-profit institutions and at two-year private nonprofit colleges were more likely than those in other sectors to have multiyear contracts.


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SectorEmployment statusMultiyear
contract
Percent
multiyear
Annual
contract
Percent
annual
Less-than-annual
contract
Percent
less-than-annual
Not on
tenure track
Percent not on
tenure track
4-year public full-time 52,669 15.3% 101,081 29.3% 7,764 2.2% 161,514 46.8%
4-year public part-time 20,686 6.0% 43,558 12.6% 119,589 34.6% 183,833 53.2%
4-year public total 73,355 21.2% 144,639 41.9% 127,353 36.9% 345,347 100.0%
4-year private nonprofit full-time 46,153 18.2% 60,017 23.6% 3,948 1.6% 110,118 43.3%
4-year private nonprofit part-time 12,668 5.0% 21,103 8.3% 110,176 43.4% 143,947 56.7%
4-year private nonprofit total 58,821 23.2% 81,120 31.9% 114,124 44.9% 254,065 100.0%
4-year for-profit full-time 9,790 14.1% 2,055 3.0% 535 0.8% 12,380 17.9%
4-year for-profit part-time 18,089 26.1% 13,430 19.4% 25,429 36.7% 56,948 82.1%
4-year for-profit total 27,879 40.2% 15,485 22.3% 25,964 37.5% 69,328 100.0%
2-year public full-time 7,992 3.5% 40,547 17.8% 4,832 2.1% 53,371 23.4%
2-year public part-time 10,536 4.6% 14,328 6.3% 149,814 65.7% 174,678 76.6%
2-year public total 18,528 8.1% 54,875 24.1% 154,646 67.8% 228,049 100.0%
2-year private nonprofit full-time 845 35.5% 406 17.1% 50 2.1% 1,301 54.7%
2-year private nonprofit part-time 177 7.4% 57 2.4% 843 35.4% 1,077 45.3%
2-year private nonprofit total 1,022 43.0% 463 19.5% 893 37.6% 2,378 100.0%
2-year for-profit full-time 4,255 35.1% 421 3.5% 550 4.5% 5,226 43.1%
2-year for-profit part-time 3,479 28.7% 123 1.0% 3,295 27.2% 6,897 56.9%
2-year for-profit total 7,734 63.8% 544 4.5% 3,845 31.7% 12,123 100.0%
All institutions full-time 121,704 13.4% 204,527 22.4% 17,679 1.9% 343,910 37.7%
All institutions part-time 65,635 7.2% 92,599 10.2% 409,146 44.9% 567,380 62.3%
All institutions total 187,339 20.6% 297,126 32.6% 426,825 46.8% 911,290 100.0%

Note: The data cover medical and nonmedical staff who perform faculty duties like instruction, research, and/or public service at 4,367 degree-granting institutions in the United States that are eligible to participate in the Title IV federal student-aid program, and who have neither tenured nor tenure-track status, or who work at colleges with no tenure system. Medical schools are counted in the data. Employees with multiyear contracts include those with continuing contracts or indefinite at-will employment agreements. Non-tenure-track faculty members include faculty memnbers at institutions with no tenure system, and adjuncts. Percentage columns show the percentage of faculty members with a particular contract arrangement within the indicated sector. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data</small></p>

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A version of this article appeared in the August 24, 2018, issue.
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