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ACADEMIC PERSONNEL 79 DOCTORAL INSTITUTION RESEARCH PERSONNEL The number of investigators (FTE)âfaculty and non-facultyâhas increased from 25,000 in 1958 to 63,000 by 1988. The public doctoral institutions share of investigators (FTE) rose from 50 percent in 1958 to 65 percent in 1988. Figure 2-74: Investigators (FTE) in Doctoral Institutions by Institution Governance Figure 2-75: Distribution of Investigators (FTE) in Doctoral Institutions by Institution Governance NOTE: Data series within the figures are not overlapped; top line represents total. DEFINITION OF TERMS: Investigators (FTE) include scientists and engineers (in the physical sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, life and health sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, and social and behavioral sciences) conducting separately budgeted academic R&D; their numbers are estimated by the fraction of faculty time spent in research activities, non-faculty scientists and engineers employed to conduct research in campus facilities (except FFRDCs), post- doctoral researchers working in academic institutions. Private doctoral institutions are higher education institutions that have granted an average of 10 or more Ph.D. degrees per year in the natural sciences or engineering over the past two decades, and are under the control ofâor affiliated withânon-profit, independent organizations with or without religious affiliation; they include 69 institutions. Public doctoral institutions are higher education institutions that have granted an average of 10 or more Ph.D. degrees per year in the natural sciences or engineering over the past two decades, and are under the control ofâ or affiliated withâfederal, state, local, state and local, or state-related agencies; they include 116 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 source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource Studies, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges.
