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Gender – The CHE collects gender information on all enrolled students and faculty following the federal Integrated Postsecondary Education Data

System (IPEDS) policy which currently does not distinguish between sex and gender and requires institutions to report gender as either
female or male. Institutions are allowed to determine the method for reporting individuals as male or female when gender is unknown or self-

report as neither female nor male.

Hispanic/Latino – A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture of origin, regardless of race.
This category is mutually exclusive with the race categories. CHE methodology does not permit the reporting of these staff under additional
race categories.

International Faculty – A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and
does not have the right to remain indefinitely. This category is mutually exclusive with the other race/ethnicity categories. CHE methodology

does not permit the reporting of these faculty under additional race or ethnicity categories.

Other Full-Time Faculty – These faculty members are full-time staff at an institution who hold faculty status but do not have teaching or instruction
as their current principal activity. For example, these faculty members may be chancellors, provost, deans, or other administrative personnel

without regular teaching duties who either previously held a teaching position, may occasionally teach as part of their current position, or
teach below a full course load per semester as determined by the institution.

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

Race/Ethnicity – Categories developed in 1997 by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) used to describe groups to which individuals
belong or identify with. The categories do not denote scientific definitions of anthropological origins. These categories are assigned to U.S.
citizens, resident aliens, and other eligible non-citizens. CHEMIS methodology states individuals who select Hispanic/Latino or are non-

resident aliens are not assigned an additional race category.

Tenure Status – Tenure status is determined by the institution and is separate from faculty rank.

Two or More Races – A person selects more than one race category. This category is mutually exclusive with the other race/ethnicity categories.
CHE methodology does not count these staff in the headcounts for the individual races they selected.

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