ERIC Number: ED536346
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 384
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: ISBN-0-3091-1463-2ISBN-978-0-3091-1463-9
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Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty
National Academies Press
"Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty" 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.
Descriptors: Productivity, Tenure, Gender Differences, Research Universities, Women Faculty, Career Development, College Faculty, STEM Education, National Surveys, School Surveys, Science Education, Engineering Education, Mathematics Education, Departments, Teacher Surveys, Federal Programs, Faculty Promotion, Work Environment, Educational Policy, Personnel Policy, Personnel Selection, Organizational Climate
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Publication Type: Books; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Students; Teachers; Administrators; Policymakers
Language: English
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