Information on employment in Missouri's public colleges and universities from 1979 to 1983 is presented, based on data reported on the Higher Education Staff Information Survey. Comparisons are made over the 4-year period in total employment, employment among the seven Equal Employment Opportunity Commission categories of staff, and growth or decline in the employment of women and minorities. The comparisons are presented by sector of public higher education, and detailed tabulations of the data by campus are appended. The Missouri public higher education data is also compared to national higher education emplOyment data. The data on the employment of women and minorities is presented for the University of Missouri, the state four-year institutions, and the state two-year institutions, and covers the following personnel categories: executive, administrative, and managerial positions, professional nonfaculty positions, faculty, secretarial and clerical employees, technical and paraprofessional employees, skilled craft employees, and service and maintenance employees. For each institution, data for 1979, 1981, and 1983 is provided on nonfaculty full-time employees by race and sex and on faculty employees by race and sex. The Higher Education Staff Information Survey questionnaire is appended. (SW)