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Trends in Higher Education Labor Force: Identifying Changes in Worker Composition and Productivity
Publication Date: April 2009
Publisher(s): Center for College Affordability and Productivity
Author(s): Daniel Bennett
Topic: Education (Education policy and planning)
Education (Education personnel and population)
Education (Adult, technical, and vocational education)
Education (Colleges and universities)
Keywords: Worker Composition; Worker Productivity; Higher Education; Labor Force
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This report will analyze employment trends and labor productivity at institutions of higher education over the past twenty years. What I find is that colleges have altered the composition of their work force by steadily increasing the number of managerial positions and support/service staff, while at the same time disproportionately increasing the number of part-time staff that provides instruction. Meanwhile, employee productivity relative to enrollment and degrees awarded has been relatively flat in the midst of rising compensation.