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AAUP report confirms women's obstacles.(NEWSWATCH)
Women hold more full-time faculty positions than 30 years ago, but colleges and universities are still reluctant to hire women or pay them equal to their male peers, reported the American Association of University Professors.
The report, "AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006," lists how each of 1,445 schools measures up in terms of gender parity based on four indicators. The hope is that colleges will see how they stack up and takes steps to improve if needed, said Dr. Martha West, a UC-Davis law professor who helped author the report.
While the AAUP does not offer new insights or propose new solutions about women's lack of presence in higher ed, the group blames schools for "accumulated disadvantages" that women face in academe, and holds individual schools accountable.
The four indicators measuring gender equity on campus:
* The average salary of female faculty members compared with males. According to the report, nationally women professors earned just 81% of what their male counterparts did in 2005-2006.
* The proportion of women who are full ...
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