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  Fall 2001 Fall 2003 Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Fall 2009 Change from Fall 01 to Fall 09
Number of Tenured Faculty by Rank
 # %
Professor
Total
 160805 166078 169917 174345 179213 18408 11.4
Tenured
 141660 146206 147693 150252 153524 11864 8.4
On tenure track
 4301 3791 3621 3718 3690 -611 -14.2
Non-tenure track
 14844 16081 18603 20375 21999 7155 48.2
Associate
Total
 128325 132667 139073 144218 149852 21527 16.8
Tenured
 92827 95012 97593 101956 106231 13404 14.4
On tenure track
 16259 16448 17085 16470 16007 -252 -1.5
Non-tenure track
 19239 21207 24395 25792 27614 8375 43.5
Assistant
Total
 143749 153136 160848 168676 172766 29017 20.2
Tenured
 14281 14028 12973 12970 12296 -1985 -13.9
On tenure track
 83760 91347 94857 97596 100469 14293 31.3
Non-tenure track
 45708 47761 53018 58110 60001 14293 31.3
Instructor
Total
 82524 83083 86009 86851 87301 4777 5.8
Tenured
 19241 19350 18400 18335 18670 -571 -3.0
On tenure track
 15634 13248 13028 13560 12317 -3317 -21.2
Non-tenure track
 47649 50485 54581 54956 56314 8665 18.2
Lecturer
Total
 18832 23336 27068 31099 33700 14868 79.0
Tenured
 565 479 497 428 585 20 3.5
On tenure track
 504 536 479 582 605 101 20.0
Non-tenure track
 17763 22321 26092 30089 32510 14747 83.0
Other faculty
Total
 62132 59259 53532 57438 60625 -1507 -2.4
Tenured
 8985 9949 9700 9908 10357 1372 15.3
On tenure track
 3727 2959 3010 3057 3027 -700 -18.8
Non-tenure track
 49420 46351 40822 44473 47241 -2179 -4.4
Total
Total
 596423 617559 636447 662627 683457 87034 14.6
Tenured
 277559 285024 286856 293849 301663 24104 8.7
On tenure track
 124185 128329 132080 134983 136115 11930 9.6
Non-tenure track
 194679 204206 217511 233795 245679 51000 26.2

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  Fall 2001 Fall 2003 Fall 2005 Fall 2007 Fall 2009 Change in % from Fall 01 to Fall 09
Percent Distribution of Tenured Faculty by Rank
Professor
Total
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Tenured
 88.1 88.0 86.9 86.2 85.7 -2.4
On tenure track
 2.7 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.1 -0.6
Non-tenure track
 9.2 9.7 10.9 11.7 12.3 3.0
Associate
Total
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Tenured
 72.3 71.6 70.2 70.7 70.9 -1.4
On tenure track
 12.7 12.4 12.3 11.4 10.7 -2.0
Non-tenure track
 15.0 16.0 17.5 17.9 18.4 3.4
Assistant
Total
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Tenured
 9.9 9.2 8.1 7.7 7.1 -2.8
On tenure track
 58.3 59.7 59.0 57.9 58.2 -0.1
Non-tenure track
 31.8 31.2 33.0 34.5 34.7 2.9
Instructor
Total
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Tenured
 23.3 23.3 21.4 21.1 21.4 -1.9
On tenure track
 18.9 15.9 15.1 15.6 14.1 -4.8
Non-tenure track
 57.7 60.8 63.5 63.3 64.5 6.8
Lecturer
Total
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Tenured
 3.0 2.1 1.8 1.4 1.7 -1.3
On tenure track
 2.7 2.3 1.8 1.9 1.8 -0.9
Non-tenure track
 94.3 95.7 96.4 96.8 96.5 2.1
Other faculty
Total
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Tenured
 14.5 16.8 18.1 17.2 17.1 2.6
On tenure track
 6.0 5.0 5.6 5.3 5.0 -1.0
Non-tenure track
 79.5 78.2 76.3 77.4 77.9 -1.6
Total
Total
 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0
Tenured
 46.5 46.2 45.1 44.3 44.1 -2.4
On tenure track
 20.8 20.8 20.8 20.4 19.9 -0.9
Non-tenure track
 32.6 33.1 34.2 35.3 35.9 3.3