Primary Research Group has published The Survey of Small and Medium Sized College Staffing Plans, ISBN 1-57440-176-9. 

The study examines the staffing policies and plans of 21 American colleges with less than 10,000 full-time equivalent students, providing hard data on their hiring trends over the past three years, as well as projections for these trends looking forward. Covering several types of college employees, including adjunct and full-time faculty, and with a special emphasis on administrative staffing, the study provides statistics detailing employee age, employee salaries, overall spending, retiring trends, student employment trends, and more. Personnel from numerous departments are represented, including human resources, information technology, the academic library, student financial aid, the admissions office, public relations, the registrar’s office, accounts payable, the graduate studies office, career services, the office of the president, and many more. Data is broken out by institution size and public or private status, and statistics are given per full-time enrolled student.

Just a few of the many findings from this 102-page report are:

• The colleges in the sample employed a mean of 4 and a median of 3 full-time faculty members per 100 enrolled students
• The mean age of administrative employees was 46.31 years, with an average age range of 31 to 56
• In 2010, the colleges surveyed spent a mean of $3,690 per enrolled student on all salaries (excluding benefits) of full- and part-time staff
• 10% of current full-time faculty members are expected to retire within the next five years
• The colleges surveyed employed a mean of 60.64 students per 1,000 students in part-time positions at the college

This study is available in print and PDF format for $85.00. Site licenses are offered at $199.00. To view a table of contents and sample data, or to order a copy of the report, please visit the publication's page here.