FACULTY PERSPECTIVE ON HIRING

Turning to the faculty survey, the committee asked faculty who were either tenure-track or tenured and had been hired after 1996 what were their “main con­siderations in deciding to work for their current institution.” Respondents could check up to 15 choices (the 15th and final choice was Other). For each selection, respondents could check yes or no. These data were coded for analysis as follows: If a respondent selected yes or no for some choices but left others unchecked, the unchecked choices were recoded as no. A chi-square (%2) test was conducted on each of the 14 substantive selections against gender to investigate whether women and men weighed factors differently when deciding to accept an offer for a posi­tion. The responses are presented in Appendix 3-8 and are summarized in Figure 3-2 below. The effect of gender was statistically significant only in the case of family-related reasons. As might have been anticipated, women were more likely to weigh family-related factors more heavily than men when deciding whether to accept an offer, but the difference is not substantial.