Background Characteristics, Work Activities, and Compensation of Faculty andInstructional Staff in Postsecondary Institutions: Fall 1998. 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99)

摘要

This report describes faculty and instructional staff in public and private not-for-profit 2-year and above postsecondary institutions in the United States. It is the first publication based on the 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:99). For this study a nationally representative sample of faculty and instructional staff received questionnaires in 1999 that asked about their employment in the fall of 1998. Depending on their institution's policies, some faculty did not have instructional duties (e.g., teaching one or more classes, or advising or supervising students' academic activities), and some individuals with instructional duties did not have 'faculty' status. Further, all instructional duties for some individuals were related to noncredit courses or advising or supervising noncredit academic activities.