The survey also examined how often respondents interacted with each other. The survey asked, “Over the past year, how many faculty members did you discuss
__________ with?” Respondents could answer: zero, one, two, three or more,
or not applicable. The 10 topics were:
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
П Men Q Women
FIGURE 4-6 Percentage of faculty responding that they had a mentor by gender and field. SOURCE: Faculty Survey carried out by the C6mmittee on Gender Differences in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty.
Teaching
Research
Funding
Interaction with other faculty members
Interaction with administration
Climate in the department
Personal life
Family obligations
Salary
Benefits
We looked at whether there were significant gender differences for each issue separately. Men and women faculty did not differ in their reports of discussions with colleagues about 4 of the 10 issues (teaching, funding, interaction with administration, and personal life). Men reported significantly more discussion with colleagues about research, salary, and benefits than women. Men also reported marginally more conversation with colleagues about interaction with other faculty members and climate in the department. Only in the area of family obligations did women report marginally more conversations with colleagues than men reported.