Purdue University Data Digest 2006-07

Instruction and Student Life

All Classes by Instructor Position and Type of Instruction - West Lafayette Campus
(for Fall 2005-06)

			Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty	Non-Tenured Faculty	Graduate Lecturer	Graduate Teaching Assistant	All Other Instructors	Total	Percent of All Sections

ORGANIZED CLASS INSTRUCTION
	Non-laboratory Class Instruction:
		Lecture	2,154	771	6	924	202	4,057
		Lecture	2,154	771	6	924	202	4,057
		Recitation	64	68	0	880	93	1,105
		Total Non- laboratory	2,218	839	6	1,804	295	5,162	57.5%
		Percent of Total Non- laboratory Classes	43.0%	16.3%	0.1%	34.9%	5.7%	100.0%

	Laboratory Class Instruction:
		Laboratory	654	215	2	1,224	518	2,613
		Laboratory Preparatory	33	1	0	8	3	45
		Clinics	145	144	0	0	869	1,158
		Total Laboratory Classes	832	360	2	1,232	1,390	3,816	42.5%
		Percent of All Laboratory Classes	21.8%	9.4%	0.1%	32.3%	36.4%	100.0%

ALL ORGANIZED CLASSES			3,050	1,199	8	3,036	1,685	8,978	100.0%
		Percent of All Organized Classes	34.0%	13.4%	0.1%	33.8%	18.8%	100.0%

SECTIONS OF INDEPENDENT STUDY
		Distance Education	59	2	0	3	47	111
		Individual Study	831	61	0	18	106	1,016
		Experiential Learning	147	44	0	18	28	237
		Thesis Research 698s/699s	1,439	54	0	1	7	1,501

ALL SECTIONS OF INDEPENDENT STUDY			2,476	161	0	40	188	2,865
		Percent of Independent Study Total	86.4%	5.6%	0.0%	1.4%	6.6%	100.0%