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Tenure rules are less clear to women.(NEWSWATCH)

Women in Higher Education

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Women find standards for tenure to be less transparent at their campuses than do men, according to a recent survey done by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (Coache).

Coache surveyed 4,500 tenure-track faculty at 51 schools on a variety of issues, including the perceived clarity of tenure standards. Respondents answered on a 5-point scale, with 5 being "very clear" and 1 being "very unclear".

Faculty members rated the tenure process an average of 3.63, while tenure standards got a 3.20. For job responsibilities, participants rated their clarity about tenure expectations for teacher performance as the highest (3.8), with expectations for member of the broader community as ...

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