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SUMMARY OF MAJOR TRENDS 39 DOCTORAL INSTITUTION GROWTH PATTERNS: PERSONNEL An index of doctoral institution personnel reveals strong growth for total faculty until 1970s, and no growth in the 1980s; for scientists and engineers, it shows uninterrupted growth for three decades. For research personnel it shows growth through the 1960s, a levelling off in the 1970s, and strong increases in 1980s. Figure 2-7: Index of Doctoral Institution Employment of Total Faculty, FTE Scientists and Engineers, and FTE Investigators DEFINITION OF TERMS: Total Faculty include all instructional members of the instruction or research staff of doctoral institutions whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with release time for research. S&E Personnel include all scientists and engineers including both faculty and non-faculty personnel and post-doctorates, employed by higher education institutions (plus a full-time equivalent for part-time employees), within the following broad fields: physical sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, life and health sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, and social and behavioral sciences. FTE Investigators (full-time equivalent) include those scientists and engineers conducting funded (separately budgeted) academic R&D; the full-time equivalent is an estimate, derived from the fraction of faculty time spent in those research activities, non-faculty scientists and engineers employed to conduct research in campus facilities (except FFRDCs), and post-doctoral researchers working in academic institutions. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis. Database: CASPAR. Some of the data within this database are estimates, incorporated where there are discontinuities within data series or gaps in data collection. Primary data sources: U.S. Department of Education, national Center for Education Statistics, Higher Education General Information Survey (HEGIS): Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-time Instructional Faculty; American Council on Education; National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource Studies, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges.
