The faculty questionnaire asked tenure-track or tenured faculty hired after 1996 whether they received travel funds when they were first hired at their current institution. Of those who responded, 56 percent of men and 59 percent of women indicated that they did (see Appendix 4-11). Again, there was no substantial gender difference at this level of aggregation. There were some differences for men and women among the six disciplines in terms of the percentages of people receiving travel funds initially.
The survey also asked faculty respondents, “During the last five years, have you been given travel money by your department or institution to attend professional conferences or to conduct research offsite?” Of those who answered, approximately 42 percent of men and 43 percent of women answered yes.