Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS): Salaries, Tenure, and Fringe Benefits of Full-Time Faculty, 1996-1997

<p>The primary purpose of this survey is to collect data on the salaries, tenure, and fringe benefits of full-time instructional faculty by contract length, sex, and academic rank. These data permit analysis, from a national perspective, of the number and tenure status of full-time faculty members in relation to enrollment and number of degrees granted, and the evaluation of faculty compensation in relation to institutional financial resources, for an indication of the economic status of institutions. These data also enable trend analysis of average full-time salaries for an assessment of the economic status of full-time faculty. Salary data include total salary outlays and the total number of instructional faculty that were paid those outlays. Tenure data include number of faculty with tenure, number on tenure track, and number not on tenure track. Benefits data include fringe benefit expenditures and the number of full-time faculty covered by retirement, medical/dental, and group life insurance plans. (Source: downloaded from ICPSR 7/13/10)</p>
<p><strong>Please Note</strong>: This dataset is part of the historical CISER Data Archive Collection and is also available at ICPSR at <a href="https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02681.v1">https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02681.v1</a>. We highly recommend using the ICPSR version as they may make this dataset available in multiple data formats in the future.</p>

本调查的核心目的是收集按合同期限、性别及学术职称分类的全职教学人员的薪资、终身教职（tenure）及附加福利数据。这些数据可从全国视角开展分析：一是探究全职教职人员数量及终身教职状态与招生人数、授予学位数量的关联；二是评估教职人员薪酬与机构财务资源的关系，以反映机构的经济状况。此外，这些数据还能支持全职教职人员平均薪资的趋势分析，从而评估其经济地位。薪资数据涵盖总薪资支出及获得该支出的全职教学人员总数；终身教职数据包括拥有终身教职的人数、处于终身教职轨道的人数及非终身教职轨道的人数；福利数据则包含附加福利支出，以及参与退休、医疗/牙科及团体人寿保险计划的全职教职人员数量。