PhDinHistory offers a detailed analysis of faculty salaries in history based on the 2003 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty. He summarizes his findings as follows:
At the full, associate, and assistant professor of history levels, the difference in average base salary for women and men is now no more than 2 percent.
Among assistant professors of history, women now earn, on average, nearly $700 more than men.
Across the academy, full-time male history faculty receive, on average, around $8,500 more than full-time female history faculty.
Part-time female history faculty are paid, on average, about 8 percent more than part-time male history faculty.
The gender gap in salaries for history faculty has almost vanished at two-year schools.
There is a direct proportional relationship between the selectivity of a school and the inequities in its average base salaries for male and female history faculty.
Male history faculty at private doctoral institutions are paid, on average, 54 percent more than female history faculty.
Among tenured history faculty at all doctoral institutions, women earn only 83 percent of what men earn.
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12 Responses to Salaries of History Professors
Babagranny - July 12, 2011 at 8:22 am
I’ve always wondered why rodeo isn’t in the Olympics. It is a great sport and fully as athletic as any other, and has never been recognized by the NCAA–thank goodness! How many athletes would be in college football if they had to buy all their own equipment and provide all their own entry fees and travel expenses? Go Brooke!
wisensale - July 12, 2011 at 8:59 am
Any compassion for the animals who are exploited for no apparent reason other than to raise your self esteem? One more example of poor parenting in the U.S.. I’m not impressed. Rather, I am disappointed.
librarydirector - July 12, 2011 at 9:13 am
We must not have watched the same clip. There was nothing inhumane about what happens to the goats–they’re tied and released. Beats the heck out of being raised to be eaten.
This is catch and release, not bullfighting!
And why shouldn’t certain aspect of rodeo be adopted by the Olympics? Many of the sports there are vestiges of millenia-old activities: shooting, skiing, running, throwing spears.
As for poor parenting, well, I raised my daughter in the way I saw fit and “allowed” other parents to do the same with theirs. If a child is raised in a rural environment, say farmland Nebraska, what would be more natural to the culture and to the family than for the child to “rassle with the livestock.”
11191774 - July 12, 2011 at 9:18 am
I hope she aspires to be a Dean or Provost some day!
mbelvadi - July 12, 2011 at 11:46 am
I see nothing laudatory about this so called “sport”. If she were tying a Golden Retriever, would everyone think it’s so acceptable?
rosebudy23 - July 12, 2011 at 12:07 pm
This is a great video and story.
There is nothing wrong with goat-tying or rodeo as a sport. That goat looked so much better off than so many people and other animals in the world that mentioning disappointment or bad parenting in conjunction with the way it’s being treated rings pretty hollow.
The goats my husband raises treat each other way rougher than this sometimes, especially the little ones, and they still are doing fine. As for the Golden Retriever comment, my lab would probably get a kick out of it if we tried this with her.
11185500 - July 12, 2011 at 12:14 pm
I’m with 11191774; Brooke is an impressive young person who I would love to hire tomorrow. And as an academic dean, I offer a short prayer that she will pursue an academic career and bring her kick-ass approach to academia. You go, Brooke!
lettygal - July 12, 2011 at 2:53 pm
I’d rather applaud and encourage this behavior than that of Snooki or the Kardashians!
mannd - July 18, 2011 at 10:20 am
It’s because of this mentality that I moved away from the country as soon as possible. Ugh.
goeswithoutsaying - July 18, 2011 at 10:58 am
Good for her! You’d be amazed how much you can learn about treating people well by participating in a sport or industry that involves animals. In both cases, there will be some “mistreatment” that seems heinous to outsiders. Stockmen (and women) value their animals too much to treat them worse than we regularly treat employees. I’d happily work for a rancher before a corporate type who never got his hands dirty.
Oh, and Rodeo doesn’t need the Olympics for money or legitimacy. It’s doing just fine, thank you very much.
andreology - July 29, 2011 at 11:57 am
Why do they tie the feet? And what is the role of the horse? It would help if the video explained the basics.
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