persistent inequity: gender and academic employment
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PERSISTENT INEQUITY: GENDER AND ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT. John W. Curtis, Director of Research and Public Policy American Association of University Professors. Major Topics. Data on gender equity in academic employment Explaining the persistence of inequity - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Achieving Equity: Women, The Achieving Equity: Women, The Workplace, And The LawWorkplace, And The Law
Temple UniversityTemple University
PERSISTENT INEQUITY: GENDER AND ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENTJohn W. Curtis, Director of Research and Public PolicyAmerican Association of University Professors
October 20, 2010
Major Topics
Data on gender equity in academic employment
Explaining the persistence of inequity Social structures and the rhetoric of
“choice” Shared governance and equity Implementing equity
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Academic Gender Equity: Data Student population (Fig. 1) Employment status (Fig. 2-4) Leadership positions (Fig. 5-7) Gender and contingency
Instructional Staff (2007) Women: 79.3%, Men: 70.6%
Salary (Fig. 8-9) Service; teaching vs. research
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Explaining Persistent Inequity No longer as much blatant discrimination Family responsibilities/caregiving
(Mason, et al.) Women impacted disproportionately
(sacrificing career for family or sacrificing family for career)
Children (“mommy track”) Eldercare Partner accommodation (“trailing spouse”)
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Explaining Persistent Inequity Expectations (roles and norms) (Drago)
Stigma against caregiving (Williams) Assumptions about competence and
caregiving, varying impact on women and men (Valian; Williams)
Paternalism (Williams) “Ideal worker” norm Changing roles for men and women both The notion of “balance”
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Social Structures and “Choice” Social structures
Changes in jobs and compensation Consumption patterns Variations by race/ethnicity and SES
Rhetoric of “choice” Paycheck Fairness Act (Sommers) Constraints: gendered roles; economics Children/childlessness
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Shared Governance and Equity Faculty role in appointments and
compensation Shared governance and the faculty voice Leadership vs. “pleading”
Unions Representation of women (May, et al) Pay differentials (Smith and Grosso) Support for caregiving (Labor Project For
Working Families)
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Implementing Equity
“Just a matter of time” Equity studies (Curtis, 2010) Intersection of law and data (reference) “Fear factor” (Ward and Wolf-Wendel,
2004; Drago et al., 2005) Awareness; Consciousness-raising
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Achieving Equity: Women, The Achieving Equity: Women, The Workplace, And The LawWorkplace, And The Law
Temple UniversityTemple University
JOHN W. CURTISDIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND PUBLIC POLICYAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
E-mail: [email protected](202) 737-5900 ext. 143