AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

Princeton narrows faculty gender pay gap.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief Article)

Women in Higher Education

| June 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Women in Higher Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Princeton University was the only Ivy League school to reduce its gender pay gap for professors in the past year, according to a study by the American Association of University Professors.

President Dr. Shirley Tilghman also has increased the number of women faculty with tenure. The school pays male professors an average of $152,400 per year, which is 5.5% more than women. But that's an improvement from last year, when the gap was 8.5%.

"That's what you get when you have a woman president," remarked Dr. Martha West, a law professor at University of California at Davis.

Female professors at ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
State's gender pay gap near U.S. bottom.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) April 24, 2007 700+ words
...college, a national pay gap between men and women...released Monday by the American Association of University Women...titled "Behind the Pay Gap," found that one year...that a quarter of the pay gap is likely due to gender...
Pay gap widens after graduation.(research on women)(Survey)(Brief article)
Newspaper article from: Marketing to Women: Addressing Women and Women's Sensibilities June 1, 2007 700+ words
...ensuing decade. A study by the American Association of University Women Educational...one year after graduation, a pay gap exists even between men and...WORKFORCE/EMPLOYMENT] S0URCE: American Association of University Women Educational...
EDITORIAL: The gender pay gap: Seeing the complexity.(Editorial)
Newspaper article from: Morning Call (Allentown, PA) April 26, 2007 700+ words
...salary gaps as it used to. A new report released by the American Association of University Women looks at choices of colleges and academic...As a trend, this will have a significant impact on the pay gap, but it creates a problem for those who formulate workplace...
PAY GAP MAY HARM MEDICARE PATIENTS.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) April 5, 1994 700+ words
...seriously by Congress, which has approved many of its past suggestions. Judith N. Brown, chairwoman of the American Association of Retired Persons, said: ``When retirees move into a new area, they often have difficulty finding a physician...
Pay Gap Docks Talent From Naval Academy Faculty;Officials Fear Flow of Teachers...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Eric Pianin September 5, 1987 700+ words
...Harvard and $55,900 at the University of Michigan, according to 1986-87 academic year figures compiled by the American Association of University Professors. The national average for all university and college professors was $45,530. Faculty...
Pay gap creates challenge for Missouri nursing faculty recruiters.
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO) August 31, 2004 700+ words
...nurses graduated with doctoral degrees last spring, down 10 percent from the year before, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. About 7 percent of full-time nursing faculty positions are vacant this year, and...
The Chicago Tribune Steve Chapman column: Women vs. men: Truths about the pay...
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) April 29, 2007 700+ words
...candidates have all endorsed legislation to fix the problem. And the effort got new fuel from a report by the American Association of University Women's Educational Foundation, which says that women are paid less starting with their first...
The Orlando Sentinel, Fla., Harry Wessel column: Worker thinks he overpaid for...
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) April 25, 2007 700+ words
...college graduates, found that a pay gap starts early and widens as...according to the "Behind the Pay Gap" report by the American Association of University Women Educational...but "one-quarter of the pay gap remains unexplained and is...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA