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IPEDS EMPLOYEE POSITION

This is a deminsion table for IPEDS Employee by Assigned Positions. The table contains the characteristics of a position, such as: the description of the position (Full time non-medical, Full time medical only, etc.), primary function of the position (eg. Executive/Secretarial, Primarily Research, Technical/Paraprofessional, etc.) and the tenure status of the position.


Field Name Description Data Type Length
IPEDS_EMPLOYEE_POSITION_KEY Use this field to join together the IPEDS EMPLOYEE POSITION and the IPEDS EMPLOYEE POS DETAIL tables to get the number of employees by position, primary function and tenure status. VARCHAR2 10
POSITION_DESCRIPTION Descriptive text for POSITION_DESCRIPTION_CODE VARCHAR2 30
POSITION_DESCRIPTION_CODE Codes for Position Description - Part Time, Full Time, Medical or Non Medical VARCHAR2 6
PRIMARY_FUNCTION Primary function of the position. Possible values are: "Primarily instruction", "Instrcution combined w/ research / public service", "Primarily Research", "Primarily Public Service (extension)", "Executive / Administrative / Managerial", "Other Professional (Support / Service)", "Techinical / Paraprofessional", "Clerical / Secretarial", "Skilled Crafts", "Service / Maintanence". VARCHAR2 60
PRIMARY_FUNCTION_CODE Code for Primary Function: 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,10,11 VARCHAR2 2
TENURE_STATUS Tenure status of the position. Possible values are: "Tenured", "Tenure Track", "Not Tenure Track", "W/O Faculty Status", 'Grad Assistants". VARCHAR2 30
TENURE_STATUS_CODE Code for tenure status: 1,2,3,4,5 VARCHAR2 2
WAREHOUSE_LOAD_DATE The date the records were last loaded/updated in this table in the Data Warehouse DATE 7

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