The growing higher ed workforce

by E Wayne Ross on January 7, 2006

Inside Higher ed: A Growing Higher Ed Workforce

The number of people who work in higher education grew by about 4.4 percent from 2003 to 2004, to a total of more than 3.3 million, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics. Most of the growth occurred at public universities and at for-profit colleges, and much of it came among employees who provide instruction rather than among administrators.