PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY

ACIT FACULTY SURVEY

SPRING 1999

SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS

Respondents

Non-Respondents

All Recipients

Characteristic

#

%

#

%

#

%

N

295

411

706

Gender

Female

138

46.78

172

41.85

310

43.91

Male

157

53.22

239

58.15

396

56.09

Ethnicity

Asian

11

3.73

22

5.35

33

4.67

African American

6

2.03

11

2.68

17

2.41

Caucasian

237

80.34

325

79.08

562

79.60

Hispanic

5

1.69

3

0.73

8

1.13

Native American

4

1.36

4

0.97

8

1.13

Multiple Ethnicities

-

-

2

0.49

2

0.28

Unknown

32

10.85

44

10.71

76

10.76

Full-time/Part-time Status

Full-time

274

92.88

345

83.94

619

87.68

Part-time

21

7.12

66

16.06

87

12.32

Rank

Professor

106

35.93

139

33.82

245

34.70

Associate Professor

55

18.64

76

18.49

131

18.56

Assistant Professor

74

25.08

83

20.19

157

22.24

Instructor

29

9.83

62

15.09

91

12.89

Lecturer

3

1.02

10

2.43

13

1.84

Research Associate

8

2.71

9

2.19

17

2.41

Research Assistant

18

6.10

32

7.79

50

7.08

No Rank Faculty

2

0.68

-

-

2

0.28

Tenure

Indefinite

147

49.83

191

46.47

338

47.88

Annual (Tenure Track)

55

18.64

38

9.25

93

13.17

Fixed

93

31.53

182

44.28

275

38.95