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Although salaries are up 3% over last year, women faculty still earn less than men, according to data from the 2002-2003 annual faculty survey by the American Association of University Professors.
Reasons for the discrepancy are in dispute. Some say gender bias is alive and rampant in the academy, like elsewhere, and women simply aren't valued in a culture that was created by and for men. Women faculty are expected to do more departmental service, advise more students and teach more classes at less desirable times, yet publish and do research, all the while taking major responsibility for home and family.
Others say women's choices are responsible, including women choosing lower-paid fields, taking time out for children, working fewer hours, being ...