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Wage Disparities in Academia for Engineering Women of Color and the Limitations of Advocacy and Agency
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Ebony McGee; Monica F. Cox; Joyce B. Main; Monica L. Miles; Meseret F. Hailu – Research in Higher Education, 2024
The devaluation of women of Color (WoC) by way of gender discrimination and systemic racism is well documented. For WoC in engineering a chief cause is the observable wage gap. Women who identify as Asian, Black/African American, Latina/Chicana, Indigenous/Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Native Alaskan, and/or multiracial have…
Descriptors: Wages, College Faculty, Engineering Education, Females
Leaving the Institution or Leaving the Academy? Analyzing the Factors That Faculty Weigh in Actual Departure Decisions
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White-Lewis, Damani K.; O'Meara, KerryAnn; Mathews, Kiernan; Havey, Nicholas – Research in Higher Education, 2023
Although research has revealed many factors that predict faculty turnover, the literature is often limited by using intent to leave as a proxy for actual turnover, and further by consolidating faculty who leave institutions with faculty who leave the occupation. We resolve these limitations and advance the faculty mobility literature by studying…
Descriptors: Faculty Mobility, Teacher Transfer, Decision Making, Sex
Is There a Gendered Path to Tenure? A Multi-State Approach to Examine the Academic Trajectories of U.S. Doctoral Recipients in the Sciences
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Webber, Karen L.; González Canché, Manuel – Research in Higher Education, 2018
With a focus on possible gender differences, this study used 2003-2013 data from the "Survey of Doctorate Recipients" to examine individual, institutional, and early employment factors that contribute to career paths of recent doctorates who enter postsecondary academic appointments. Findings showed some noteworthy differences by gender…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Doctoral Degrees, Institutional Characteristics, Individual Characteristics
The Assumed Benefits and Hidden Costs of Adult Learners' College Enrollment
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Kim, Kyung-Nyun; Baker, Rose M. – Research in Higher Education, 2015
This study investigates the effects of adults' enrollment in and graduation from a two-year college on their hourly wages and occupational status in U.S. by employing a growth curve model and a piecewise model. College enrollment reduced hourly wages and occupational status by 13.8% and 2.74 points, respectively. Less-educated workers whose wages…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Students, Investigations, Student Costs
Fun with Numbers: Alternative Models for Predicting Salary Levels.
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Johnson, Catherine B.; And Others – Research in Higher Education, 1987
The increasing concern with equity issues in higher education, along with litigation, has prompted institutions to undertake salary prediction studies. Four models were compared: (1) entering all variables, (2) excluding rank and tenure, (3) using predicted rank and tenure, and (4) using only "objective" variables. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Bias, College Faculty, Comparable Worth, Comparative Analysis
Faculty Reward Structures: Toward Institutional and Professional Homogenization.
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Fairweather, James S. – Research in Higher Education, 1993
Data on over 4,000 full-time, tenure-track faculty in 4-year colleges and universities were analyzed for the relative importance of teaching, research, administration, and service in determining basic salary. Results showed dominance of the research-oriented salary structure regardless of institution type, professed mission, or discipline.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Workload