From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 09:03:02 -0400 The standard source of comprehensive information on the academic workforce is the human resources components of the US Department of Education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS). Participation in the IPEDS is required of all U. S. postsecondary institutions that participate in federal student aid programs authorized under Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965. More than 7,500 institutions complete IPEDS surveys each year. The data reported by individual institutions can be accessed several ways at the IPEDS Web site (http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/). The MLA's Academic Workforce Data Center provides an easy-to-use interface to look up information about numbers and percentages of faculty members in tenured, tenure-track, and full- and part-time non-tenure-track positions at 4,246 degree-granting institutions in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The URL for the MLA Data Center is: http://www.mla.org/acad_work_search. David Laurence Director, Office of Research and ADE Modern Language Association New York, NY 10004-1789 [log in to unmask] From: "Sem C. Sutter" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 19:22:18 -0400 Yes--IPEDS, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, is compiled and maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics. It should contain these data. http://nces.ed.gov/IPEDS/ Best, Sem C. Sutter Head of Collection Development Georgetown University Library Washington DC 20057-1174 ---- Original message ---- From: Sean Andrews <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 09:55:30 -0500 Sorry for cross posting: I am doing some research on higher education in the United States and I am curious if there is a national database of some kind which would show or keep track of the number and percentage of adjunct faculty or other contingent faculty working at particular institutions? Good aggregate data is useful too, but I'm trying to compare a handful of places. Thanks very much and have a great day. Best, Sean Andrews