TABLE 1
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Difference Between Male and Female Salaries by Rank
and Type of Institution for Selected Years, Expressed As a
Percent of Male Salaries
Category
All Category I Category Category IIB III
Rank Institutions (doctoral) IIA (bachelor's) (two-year
(master's)
with rank)
1975
Professor 9.2 10.2 3.0 6.1 3.1
Associate 3.8 4.7 1.9 6.3 1.2
Assistant 3.8 5.4 3.1 5.0 0.7
Instructor 4.5 4.8 4.3 4.9 4.6
1988
Professor 11.8 10.6 4.8 6.9 5.5
Associate 7.4 6.9 5.9 6.0 6.8
Assistant 9.5 10.0 7.5 5.4 6.4
Instructor 7.4 11.1 6.3 5.5 7.2
1998
Professor 12.5 9.4 5.4 5.2 0.1
Associate 7.2 6.2 5.0 3.5 0.1
Assistant 6.4 7.5 4.3 2.6 4.9
Instructor 3.8 5.7 2.9 1.3 3.2
Percentage Point Increase or Decrease in Male Advantage 1975 to 1998
Professor 3.3 -0.8 2.4 -0.9 -3.0
Associate 3.4 1.5 3.1 -2.8 -1.1
Assistant 2.6 2.1 1.2 -2.4 4.2
Instructor -0.7 0.9 -1.4 -3.6 -1.4
Note: Categories correspond to those used in the AAUP's annual salary
survey.
Source: AAUP Salary Surveys for 1974-75, 1987-88, and 1997-98.
TABLE 2
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Proportion of Faculty Members Who Are Women by Type
of Institution and Rank (Percent)
Rank 1974-75 1997-98
Category I (doctoral)
Professor 6.1 13.8
Associate 12.7 30.0
Assistant 23.9 43.1
Instructor 46.8 58.3
Lecturer 36.1 55.6
All Ranks 16.8 28.3
Category IIA (master's)
Professor 12.9 21.3
Associate 18.6 35.8
Assistant 28.3 48.6
Instructor 48.4 61.7
Lecturer 44.7 56.0
All Ranks 23.9 36.4
Category IIB (bachelor's)
Professor 14.1 21.8
Associate 20.0 38.4
Assistant 27.8 48.4
Instructor 47.0 57.8
Lecturer 47.8 57.1
All Ranks 25.6 38.1
Category III (two year with rank)
Professor 28.2 37.6
Associate 32.4 47.8
Assistant 42.0 52.8
Instructor 50.0 53.7
Lecturer 52.5 55.6
All Ranks 40.6 46.7
Category IV (no ranks)
No Rank 32.1 47.2
All Categories Combined
Professor 10.1 18.7
Associate 17.3 34.6
Assistant 27.9 46.8
Instructor 48.0 58.6
Lecturer 41.4 55.6
All Ranks 22.5 33.8
Source: AAUP Salary Surveys for 1974-75 and 1997-98
TABLE 3
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Distribution of Faculty by Full- or Part-Time Status, Tenure
Status, and Gender, 1975(6) and 1995
Year N of All % of All N of % of Women % of All
(fall) Faculty Faculty Women in Category Female
Faculty
All Full-Time Faculty
1977 435,000 68.7 107,445 24.7 62.2
1995 550,822 58.1 190,672 34.6 50.3
% Change 26.6 77.5
Tenured Faculty
1977 227,562 35.9 41,259 18.1 23.9
1995 284,870 30.0 74,045 26.0 19.5
% Change 25.2 79.5
Nontenured Faculty on Tenure-Track
1977 126,465 20.0 38,680 30.6 22.4
1995 110,311 11.6 46,982 42.6 12.4
% Change -12.8 21.5
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
1977 81,010 12.8 27,398 33.8 15.9
1995 155,641 16.4 69,645 44.7 18.4
% Change 92.1 154.2
All Part-Time Faculty
1976a 199,139 31.4 65,410 32.8 37.9
1995 386,829 40.8 181,962 47.0 48.0
% Change 94.3 178.2
All Full-Time and Part-Time Faculty
1976 633,210 100 172,657 27.3 100
1995 948,035 100 379,050 40.0 100
% Change 49.7 119.5
Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education
Statistics, Fall Staff in Postsecondary Institutions, 1993, and
1995
a. Shift from 1975 to 1976 due to lack of available data.
posted by Linda Purrington
Title IX Advocates
lpurring@earthlink.net
Administrator's note:
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