January 20, 2006

Growth in Part-Timers Slowed in Past Decade, Education Department Finds

By JOHN GRAVOIS

The proportion of part-timers in the American professoriate held steady between 1992 and 2003, according to a recent report, but the proportion of full-time faculty members working off the tenure track climbed continuously during the same period.

The report, put out by the U.S. Department of Education and released in late December, is called "Background Characteristics, Work Activities, and Compensation of Instructional Faculty and Staff: Fall 2003." The Education Department carried

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