A study of college faculty stressors attempted to address limitations in previous research by extending the variables measured to include both on- and off-campus sources of stress and by testing the implicit assumption that all faculty perceive the same dimensions of stress, albeit at different levels. Data were drawn from a 1989-90 national survey of 93,479 full-time faculty in 400 institutions. From this total, 51,574 usable responses were received, a number which was later refined down to 35,478 full time faculty and 392 institutions. This total was then divided into 8 groups, from each of which a random sample of 491 was drawn yielding a final sample size for this study of 3,928. Faculty variables considered include tenure, sex, race (white or non-white), institutional selectivity (low, medium, high), and sector (private, public, non-sectarian, Catholic, Protestant, and two- and four-year). Results indicate that different groups of tenured faculty perceive varying levels and dimensions of stress. The largest differences across groups were found in "subtle discrimination." It was also found that men and women perceive household responsibility stress similarly, although men express it less frequently. Methodological implications for stress research are considered. The findings' implications for institutional policy include differential faculty development emphases and a need for increased and more creative institutional efforts at stress reduction. Includes 14 references. (MSE)