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	Fall 1999	Fall 2001	Fall 2003	Fall 2005	Fall 2007	Change from Fall 99 to Fall 07
Number of Tenured Faculty by Rank						#	%
Professor
Total	33106	36342	39701	43130	46687	13581	41.0
Tenured	28194	30819	33797	36174	38861	10667	37.8
On tenure track	977	1053	1013	1101	1205	228	23.3
Non-tenure track	3935	4470	4891	5855	6621	2686	68.3
Associate
Total	44923	47650	50499	54280	57557	12634	28.1
Tenured	32747	34365	36310	38340	40748	8001	24.4
On tenure track	5612	5966	6002	6314	6335	723	12.9
Non-tenure track	6564	7319	8187	9626	10474	3910	59.6
Assistant
Total	59869	64730	69935	74460	80049	20180	33.7
Tenured	7583	7183	7056	6470	6497	-1086	-14.3
On tenure track	33589	36619	40387	42581	45023	9832	52.6
Non-tenure track	18697	20928	22492	25409	28529	9832	52.6
Instructor
Total	37892	43079	44309	46923	48236	10344	27.3
Tenured	9159	8934	9218	9183	9307	148	1.6
On tenure track	7129	8464	7301	7285	7762	633	8.9
Non-tenure track	21604	25681	27790	30455	31167	9563	44.3
Lecturer
Total	8507	10065	12262	14213	16520	8013	94.2
Tenured	271	288	237	236	215	-56	-20.7
On tenure track	413	265	253	230	269	-144	-34.9
Non-tenure track	7823	9512	11772	13747	16036	8213	105.0
Other faculty
Total	28481	27996	27687	26370	29120	639	2.2
Tenured	3574	4173	4686	4544	4802	1228	34.4
On tenure track	1377	1817	1552	1629	1651	274	19.9
Non-tenure track	23530	22006	21449	20197	22667	-863	-3.7
Total
Total	212778	229918	244393	259376	278169	65391	30.7
Tenured	81528	85762	91304	94947	100430	18902	23.2
On tenure track	49097	54184	56508	59140	62245	13148	26.8
Non-tenure track	82153	89972	96581	105289	115494	33341	40.6

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	Fall 1999	Fall 2001	Fall 2003	Fall 2005	Fall 2007	Change in % from Fall 99 to Fall 07
Percent Distribution of Tenured Faculty by Rank
Professor
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Tenured	85.2	84.8	85.1	83.9	83.2	-1.9
On tenure track	3.0	2.9	2.6	2.6	2.6	-0.4
Non-tenure track	11.9	12.3	12.3	13.6	14.2	2.3
Associate
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Tenured	72.9	72.1	71.9	70.6	70.8	-2.1
On tenure track	12.5	12.5	11.9	11.6	11.0	-1.5
Non-tenure track	14.6	15.4	16.2	17.7	18.2	3.6
Assistant
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Tenured	12.7	11.1	10.1	8.7	8.1	-4.5
On tenure track	56.1	56.6	57.7	57.2	56.2	0.1
Non-tenure track	31.2	32.3	32.2	34.1	35.6	4.4
Instructor
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Tenured	24.2	20.7	20.8	19.6	19.3	-4.9
On tenure track	18.8	19.6	16.5	15.5	16.1	-2.7
Non-tenure track	57.0	59.6	62.7	64.9	64.6	7.6
Lecturer
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Tenured	3.2	2.9	1.9	1.7	1.3	-1.9
On tenure track	4.9	2.6	2.1	1.6	1.6	-3.2
Non-tenure track	92.0	94.5	96.0	96.7	97.1	5.1
Other faculty
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Tenured	12.5	14.9	16.9	17.2	16.5	3.9
On tenure track	4.8	6.5	5.6	6.2	5.7	0.8
Non-tenure track	82.6	78.6	77.5	76.6	77.8	-4.8
Total
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	0.0
Tenured	38.3	37.3	37.4	36.6	36.1	-2.2
On tenure track	23.1	23.6	23.1	22.8	22.4	-0.7
Non-tenure track	38.6	39.1	39.5	40.6	41.5	2.9

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