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Newly Hired Instructional Staff Members, by Gender and Race or Ethnicity, Fall 2013 and Fall 2016

Almanac 2018 August 19, 2018

Two-year and four-year for-profit institutions were the sectors that had the highest percentages of racial and ethnic minorities among their newly hired full-time instructional staff members, though the percentages of blacks newly hired at those colleges declined from 2013 to 2016, while the percentage of Hispanics increased. Between 2013 and 2016, all sectors except two-year for-profit institutions increased the percentages of new instructional-staff hires who were members of minority groups. Two-year public institutions saw the greatest increase, of nearly six percentage points.

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Two-year and four-year for-profit institutions were the sectors that had the highest percentages of racial and ethnic minorities among their newly hired full-time instructional staff members, though the percentages of blacks newly hired at those colleges declined from 2013 to 2016, while the percentage of Hispanics increased. Between 2013 and 2016, all sectors except two-year for-profit institutions increased the percentages of new instructional-staff hires who were members of minority groups. Two-year public institutions saw the greatest increase, of nearly six percentage points.


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4-year public institutions

New hires by yearTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more racesNonresident aliensRace unknown
New instructional staff, fall 2016 26,553 13,083 128 2,770 1,501 1,339 31 15,236 300 3,407 1,841
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 49.3% 0.6% 13.0% 7.0% 6.3% 0.1% 71.5% 1.4% 12.8% 6.9%
New instructional staff, fall 2013 21,282 10,297 100 1,882 1,159 917 32 13,088 185 2,438 1,481
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 48.4% 0.6% 10.8% 6.7% 5.3% 0.2% 75.4% 1.1% 11.5% 7.0%

4-year private nonprofit institutions

New hires by yearTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more racesNonresident aliensRace unknown
New instructional staff, fall 2016 18,522 9,640 64 1,951 1,349 826 20 11,800 236 1,356 920
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 52.0% 0.4% 12.0% 8.3% 5.1% 0.1% 72.6% 1.5% 7.3% 5.0%
New instructional staff, fall 2013 13,867 7,128 36 1,294 819 560 33 9,356 149 968 652
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 51.4% 0.3% 10.6% 6.7% 4.6% 0.3% 76.4% 1.2% 7.0% 4.7%

4-year for-profit institutions

New hires by yearTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more racesNonresident aliensRace unknown
New instructional staff, fall 2016 1,250 821 11 79 170 113 3 771 27 2 74
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 65.7% 0.9% 6.7% 14.5% 9.6% 0.3% 65.7% 2.3% 0.2% 5.9%
New instructional staff, fall 2013 678 410 1 35 101 33 1 434 16 2 55
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 60.5% 0.2% 5.6% 16.3% 5.3% 0.2% 69.9% 2.6% 0.3% 8.1%

2-year public institutions

New hires by yearTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more racesNonresident aliensRace unknown
New instructional staff, fall 2016 6,472 3,599 39 292 673 538 12 4,518 67 50 283
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 55.6% 0.6% 4.8% 11.0% 8.8% 0.2% 73.6% 1.1% 0.8% 4.4%
New instructional staff, fall 2013 4,882 2,767 35 189 405 308 5 3,742 37 33 128
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 56.7% 0.7% 4.0% 8.6% 6.5% 0.1% 79.3% 0.8% 0.7% 2.6%

2-year private nonprofit institutions

New hires by yearTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more racesNonresident aliensRace unknown
New instructional staff, fall 2016 177 118 5 2 30 10 3 122 0 0 5
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 66.7% 2.9% 1.2% 17.4% 5.8% 1.7% 70.9% 0.0% 0.0% 2.8%
New instructional staff, fall 2013 105 58 3 2 19 5 0 75 1 0 0
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 55.2% 2.9% 1.9% 18.1% 4.8% 0.0% 71.4% 1.0% 0.0% 0.0%

2-year for-profit institutions

New hires by yearTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more racesNonresident aliensRace unknown
New instructional staff, fall 2016 900 536 6 34 155 109 0 543 27 7 19
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 59.6% 0.7% 3.9% 17.7% 12.5% 0.0% 62.1% 3.1% 0.8% 2.1%
New instructional staff, fall 2013 559 390 2 23 133 41 3 313 12 1 31
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 69.8% 0.4% 4.4% 25.2% 7.8% 0.6% 59.4% 2.3% 0.2% 5.5%

All institutions

New hires by yearTotalFemaleAmerican Indian or Alaska NativeAsianBlackHispanicNative Hawaiian or Pacific IslanderWhite2 or more racesNonresident aliensRace unknown
New instructional staff, fall 2016 53,874 27,797 253 5,128 3,878 2,935 69 32,990 657 4,822 3,142
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 51.6% 0.6% 11.2% 8.4% 6.4% 0.2% 71.9% 1.4% 9.0% 5.8%
New instructional staff, fall 2013 41,373 21,050 177 3,425 2,636 1,864 74 27,008 400 3,442 2,347
Percentage of all new instructional staff 100.0% 50.9% 0.5% 9.6% 7.4% 5.2% 0.2% 75.9% 1.1% 8.3% 5.7%

Note: This table shows all newly hired full-time instructional staff members at two-year and four-year degree-granting institutions in the United States that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid. Individuals hired from November 1, 2015, to October 31, 2016, are considered new hires for the fall of 2016, and people hired from November 1, 2012, to October 31, 2013, are considered new hires for the fall of 2013. Percentages of nonresident aliens and people whose race or ethnicity was unknown are shown as their share of the total, but percentages of the seven racial or ethnic groups were calculated by dividing them into the total minus the numbers of nonresident aliens and people whose race was unknown. “Hispanic” instructional-staff members may be of any race. Questions or comments on the Almanac should be sent to the Almanac editor.

Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data

A version of this article appeared in the August 24, 2018, issue.
Read other items in The Profession: Almanac 2018.
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