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Women faculty still trail in salary, status.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)
Despite women earning more doctorates, female faculty continue to get fewer rewards, according to a new analysis by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
Although women are 38% of full-time faculty, they are only 23% of full professors. Women are the clear majority at lower ranks; they are 58% of instructors, 54% of lecturers and 51% of those in unranked jobs.
The survey showed that compared with women, male assistant professors are 23% more likely to advance and 35% more likely to become a full professor. Even women who do become full professors earn only 88% of what males earn.
Less prestigious schools are more egalitarian. Women at community colleges without faculty ranks earn 96% of what men earn. That figure decreases to 89% at baccalaureate schools, 87% at master's schools, and bottoms out at 78% at doctoral schools.
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