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Faculty and Staff
Detail of Faculty and Staff Headcount - West Lafayette Campus
(for Fall in Academic Years 2006-07 and 2007-08)
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Year
 
  2006-07 2007-08
  Academic, Associate, Assistant Deans 50 60
  Academic Department Heads 57 63
  Professors 744 753
  Associate Professors 556 547
  Assistant Professors 425 447
  Instructors 0 2
Subtotal Tenured/Tenure Track 1,832 1,872
  Clinical/Professional 74 77
  Research Faculty 18 29
  Faculty less than 50%1 N/A 3
  Continuing Lecturers 120 130
  Limited-Term Lecturers 156 150
  Visiting Faculty 147 126
  Post Doctoral 348 377
Subtotal Non-Tenure Track Faculty and Lecturers 863 892
  Adjunct Faculty 262 259
Subtotal Adjunct Faculty2 262 259
  
 
 
Year
 
 
2006-07
 2007-08
  Administrative Staff 1,397 990
  Management1 N/A 513
  Operations Assistant 379 357
Subtotal Administrative 1,776 1,860
  Professional 1,714 280
  Professional Assistant1 N/A 1,364
  Technical Assistant 167 161
Subtotal Professional 1,881 1,805
  Extension Educators 267 296
  Clerical 1,416 1,362
  Service 2,454 2,452
Subtotal Staff3 7,794 7,775
  Graduate Teaching Assistants 1,875 1,830
  Graduate Lecturers4 16 20
  Fellow Administered as Assistantship1 N/A 99
  Graduate Research Assistants 2,342 2,331
  Graduate Student Administratives 233 226
Subtotal Graduate Student Staff 4,466 4,505
Grand Total
15,217
 15,304

1New category as of 2007-08.
2Adjunct faculty are not compensated by Purdue University.
3Includes temporary employees.
4New staff category as of 2005-06.

Source: Human Resource Services

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