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Inclusion Criteria

Faculty Atlas targets U.S. postsecondary institutions using a policy-safe, transparent inclusion standard. Last reviewed: February 22, 2026.

Core Eligibility (Required)

Institution is in the United States.
Institution is postsecondary and classified as 2-year or 4-year.
Institution is degree-granting (associate level or higher).
Institution publishes faculty hiring information through a reachable public-facing jobs or faculty search page.

Institution Categories Tracked

Control: public and private nonprofit institutions are included.
Private for-profit institutions are excluded from coverage.
Mission/type overlays where available: doctoral, master's, baccalaureate, associate-focused.
Special-focus and mission-designated schools where applicable (for example, HBCU, HSI, tribal, religiously affiliated).

Operational Criteria

Faculty-relevant postings only (tenure-track, tenured, lecturer/instructor, postdoc, fellow, and related academic roles).
Non-faculty roles are excluded by title and content filters.
Private for-profit institutions are excluded by scope policy before scraping output is published.
Institutions are excluded when platform terms indicate automated extraction is disallowed.

Reference Universe

Target universe is based on federal postsecondary framing (IPEDS/NCES): U.S. 2-year and 4-year institutions, with a practical emphasis on degree-granting schools and policy-compliant data access.