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APPENDIX C: CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTIONS AND FACULTY
Pages 128-136

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From page 128...
... Many factors affect this variation: size of the institution, with enrollments ranging from less than 200 to more than 50,000 students, and faculty sizes ranging from several dozen to several thousand; · origin, from the oldest, Harvard, established in 1636 to train young men for the ministry, to more recent church-sponsored colleges, many also now secular; to the land grant colleges established under the 1861 Morrill Act; to the historically black colleges founded both before and after the Civil War; to former teacher-training colleges; to new institutions and branches of institutions serving newly developed or previously underserved areas; · control, from colleges established and run by a church, to land grant institutions run by a state board of higher education, to private secular institutions whose trustees may be chosen from the local community or all over the world; · specialization, from the International Bible College to the Colorado 128
From page 129...
... Research Universities II include 26 public and 7 private universities,
From page 130...
... Doctorate-Granting Universities II include 34 public and 25 private universities, including Northern Arizona University, Pepperdine University, the Colorado School of Mines, and Drexel University. Like Doctorate I universities, they offer a full range of baccalaureate programs, and their mission includes a commitment to graduate education through the doctoral degree.
From page 131...
... According to Carnegie, `'[t~hese highly selective institutions are primarily undergraduate colleges that award more than half of their baccalaureate degrees in arts and science fields." Carnegie also includes in this category three institutions with a "liberal arts tradition" that meet the criteria for Doctorate-Granting University II: Bryn Mawr College, Wesleyan University, and Drew University. Liberal Arts Colleges II include 30 public and 409 private institutions, among them Spelman College, Berry College, Oakland City College, and the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
From page 132...
... Martin Luther King College in Minnesota; scowls offenag religious i~nst~ction, such as the American IFIdian Bible College in Arizona and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; accredited corporate colleges and universities, such as the RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies; and over specialized institutions, such as the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. According to Carnegie, "these institutions offer degrees ranging from the bachelor's to the doctorate.
From page 133...
... Some of our policy recommendations apply to faculty representatives as well as to administrators, particularly at institutions with formal collective bargaining processes. Table A-S shows the number of institutions with faculty unions by broad type of institution.
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From page 135...
... 32,340 30,000 26,840 Lecturer 31,290 34,460 28,080 31,810 All ranks 47,650 57,320 47,520 49,320 Comprehensive institutions Professor 52,19() 52,820 51,180 52,180 Associate professor 41,570 41,050 40,700 41.390 Assistant professor 34,460 33,020 33,950 34,160 Instructor 26,170 24,250 27,310 25,980 Lecturer 26,500 28,380 33,560 26,920 All ranks 42,170 4D,730 41,010 41,830 Baccalaureate institutions Professor 44,900 49,610 40,040 44,S70 Associate professor 37,550 38,200 33,080 35,980 Assistant professor 31,390 31,570 28,020 29,980 Instructor 26,510 25,470 23,600 24,760 Lecturer 27,110 32,840 22,470 28,030 All ranks 36,410 38,620 32,440 35,480 2-year institutions with academic ranks Professor 45,050 35,08~)
From page 136...
... 136 TABLE A-S Unionized Institutions by Type and Control APPENDIX C Number of Institutions (percent) Type of Institution Unionized Not Unionized 4-year public 351 (62)


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