A necessary precondition for hiring a female faculty member is to have women who are interested in applying for the position. The survey data clearly show that some departments are more successful than others in attracting female applicants.[47] Moreover, our data show that there are still a number of positions for which no women apply.
Throughout this report, we will present summary statistics, such as the following ones, that state current values for men and women across the six disciplines surveyed. These statistics do not reflect the survey weights[48] and are not treated for the different degrees of nonresponse that depended on the characteristic examined. Therefore, these statistics are NOT appropriate estimates of any national characteristics for men and women, but instead are quick impressions of the data collected, which are often the beginning of a more meaningful analysis that is conditional on the disciplinary area.[49]
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Percentage of Women Among Applicants FIGURE 3-1(a) Percentage of females among applicants to all tenured and tenure-track positions. |
