About 1.9 million people were involved in university teaching or research in 2011, including graduate assistants, according to data released by the National Centre for Education Statistics on 7 August.
The figures reveal that overall, including administration-related jobs, about 3.9 million people were employed in the higher education sector—a rise of about 300,000 from the previous year. Of the total, about 2.5 million were employed full-time and about 1.4 million part-time.
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