Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty
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| Audience/Grade: | Graduate-Professional Development |
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All Science and Engineering General Engineering, Engineering Science Technology and Society |
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Academic Careers and Issues |
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Reference - Article/Document |
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Organization:Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (DBASSE) Organization:Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT), National Academies Organization:Policy and Global Affairs (PGA), National Academies |
| Description: | This National Academies study presents new and surprising findings about career differences between female and male full-time, tenure-track, and tenured faculty in science, engineering, and mathematics at the nation's top research universities. Much of this congressionally mandated book is based on two unique surveys of faculty and departments at major U.S. research universities in six fields: biology, chemistry, civil engineering, electrical engineering, mathematics, and physics. A departmental survey collected information on departmental policies, recent tenure and promotion cases, and recent hires in almost 500 departments. A faculty survey gathered information from a stratified, random sample of about 1,800 faculty on demographic characteristics, employment experiences, the allocation of institutional resources such as laboratory space, professional activities, and scholarly productivity. This book paints a timely picture of the status of female faculty at top universities, clarifies whether male and female faculty have similar opportunities to advance and succeed in academia, challenges some commonly held views, and poses several questions still in need of answers. This book will be of special interest to university administrators and faculty, graduate students, policy makers, professional and academic societies, federal funding agencies, and others concerned with the vitality of the U.S. research base and economy. |
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| Keywords: | gender equity academic women tenure promotion |
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Report is available for free as html document. A PDF of the executive summary is also available for free. Purchase required for full report in hard copy or PDF form. |
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| Publication Date: | June 2009 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12062#description |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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