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  Fall 1999 Fall 2001 Fall 2003 Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Change from Fall 99 to Fall 07
Number of Instructional Staff
 # %
Full-time tenure/on track Faculty
 391994 405323 416563 420289 429668 37674 9.6
Full-time non-tenure track Faculty
 182963 198446 207834 218740 234309 51346 28.1
Part-time/Adjunct Faculty
 410982 468471 509801 548729 581185 170203 41.4
Graduate Assistants
 237999 259458 292804 315664 329523 91524 38.5
Total
 1223938 1331698 1427002 1503422 1574685 350747 28.7


  Fall 1999 Fall 2001 Fall 2003 Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Change in % from Fall 99 to Fall 07
Percent Distribution of Instructional Staff
Full-time tenure/on track Faculty
 32.0 30.4 29.2 28.0 27.3 -4.7
Full-time non-tenure track Faculty
 14.9 14.9 14.6 14.5 14.9 0.0
Part-time/Adjunct Faculty
 33.6 35.2 35.7 36.5 36.9 3.3
Graduate Assistants
 19.4 19.5 20.5 21.0 20.9 1.5


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