RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
CUPA-HR’s research publications and interactive graphics highlight trends and issues around higher ed workforce planning, pay equity, representation of women and racial/ethnic minorities, and more.
Two Decades of Change: Faculty Discipline Trends in Higher Education
This report investigates trends over the past 20 years in the salaries, tenure status and number of faculty across acade...
The Higher Education Environmental Health, Safety, and Security Workforce
This report offers insights on environmental health, safety, and security employees in higher ed, including staffing, pa...
The Non-Exempt Higher Education Staff Workforce: Trends in Composition, Size, and Pay Equity
This report provides an overview of the makeup of and trends in the higher education staff workforce over the past nine ...
Title IX Positions in Higher Education
This report examines the staffing trends of Title IX positions in higher education, highlighting the importance of prope...
The Higher Ed Professional Workforce: Composition and Pay Equity by Gender and Race/Ethnicity From 2016-17 to 2023-24
This report explores the representation and pay equity of professional women and people of color overall and by the tota...
The Higher Education Financial Aid Workforce: Pay, Representation, Pay Equity, and Retention
This report examines the higher education financial aid workforce, including pay and pay equity, staffing, representatio...
Representation and Pay Equity in Higher Education Faculty: A Review and Call to Action
This report uses CUPA-HR data to assess the current state of representation and pay equity for women and racial/ethnic m...
Higher Ed Administrators: Trends in Diversity and Pay Equity From 2002 to 2022
This report investigates representation and pay equity of women and people of color within the higher ed administrator w...
The CUPA-HR 2023 Higher Education Employee Retention Survey
This report provides an overview of what proportion of the higher ed workforce is at risk of leaving, why employees are ...
The Higher Ed Admissions Workforce: Pay, Diversity, Equity, and Years in Position
This report provides a deep dive into the admissions workforce in higher ed, including pay and size of admissions positi...