How pervasive is bias against female faculty members?
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"I am doing a research paper on gender bias in education, specifically math and science. Do you know of any resources that I can go to for articles on the topic?..."
"I appreciated Nancy Hopkins' remarks on the lack of equality of funding, space, and other resources to academic women..."
"Professor Garant, I just wanted to say thank you for your insightful and thoughtful comments..."
"Misplaced blame: Anonymous (posted 6/23, 2:20 p.m., E.D.T.) put forth the comment that because of a 3 year-old child,..."
"I encourage all participants in this discussion of gender bias..."
"Laurie McNeil and I have written a long report on 'Dual Career Science Couples'. We believe that the two-body problem is one of the most serious..."
"Whenever there is discussion about sex or racial discrimination, the issue of 'reverse' discrimination frequently arises..."
"Anonymous complains that she was discriminated against in her job search..."
"Approximately four years ago I applied for a tenure track faculty position in the program in which I received my doctorate two years prior to my application..."
"The article and the discussion have been quite interesting, although it would have been nice to know more about the methodology of the MIT Study..."
"I left a doctoral program in sociology in 1977, and returned to complete the Ph.D., a decade later, at an Ivy-league university..."
"When I, a male, was a graduate student and adjunct lecturer, I frequently ran across many instances of discrimination against males:..."
"After reading 54 responses to gender discrimination, I see three choices for female professors, both adjunct and full-time..."
"Please let 'anonymous assistant professor' know that those abusive e-mails CAN be traced,..."
"I would like to say three things very briefly:..."
"Is anyone else frightened that some women who post comments here are threatened?..."
"In response to the person who wrote re funding agencies, OF COURSE they discriminate..."
"I have been attacked because I spoke out through this forum..."
"It's interesting that no one who has commented upon the phenomenon of gender bias in academia has directly raised the issue of race/ethnicity..."
"Denise Bryson says it is wrong to 'assume' bias against women in academia..."
"The American Association of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund applauds the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's publication of 'Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT.'..."
"In the U.S. there is some awareness of disparities in terms of statistics,..."
"I am leaving an institution where I believe Gender discrimination is closely tied to age discrimination..."
"'How pervasive is bias against women in academe?' Wow, that one ranks right up there with 'Have you stopped beating your wife?'..."
"I was very interested in Patricia Bowne's comment..."
"I work in a small non-profit museum where I am the Curator of a well known mineral collection..."
"I was denied tenure this year. I am the only female faculty member in the Geology Dept here..."
"By the way, I am not suggesting that there are no good male/female advising relationships in physics..."
"We are in the process of compiling statistics similar to the MIT study..."
"My work is in the field of archaeology (male dominated) and I am one the only woman who works in my subdiscipline..."
"I recently resigned my tenured position due to gender bias..."
"Bias against female professors transcend the university. I believe that women are also being denied research grants by the same funding agencies that proclaim the underrepresentation of women..."
"I was most intrigued by the comments of Mary Becker and Denise Collins..."
"Yes, the situation revealed at MIT in last week's Chronicle is pervasive, but not universal..."
"It's worth mentioning that I was threatened for a comment I posted yesterday..."
"I would like to see more focus on the genuine problem, namely the perpetrators of sexism..."
"Have you found the discrimination begins in graduate school?..."
"At Georgia Tech, concern about these issues led to the research and publication of two recent reports on the status of women on campus..."
"If bias remains pervasive, one reason may be that it does not have any obvious, immediate, negative consequences for the institutions tolerating it..."
"In civil engineering (CE), we have come a long way..."
"The comments posted here are distressing, but sadly not surprising..."
"As I have heard other young engineers and scientists say I too was inspired by the efforts of the women at MIT..."
"As a young woman working my way into higher education, I am continually amazed at the prevalence and force of gender bias within academe..."
"In 1987 I wrote a master's thesis on sexism in three western nations..."
"What I think many of us found remarkable about the initial MIT reports..."
"I have no doubt that there is discrimination against women in academe,..."
"I'm writing a book about women faculty in Israel..."
"Gender discrimination is not just in universities, and it comes in a lot of different forms..."
"I interviewed in a department that had no female faculty..."
"I'm writing to counter the awful lie out there that things are actually okay for women working in universities these days,..."
"Thank you to the professors of MIT..."
"The patterns that the MIT study addressed are not new..."
"I believe that the problems encountered by the women faculty at MIT..."
"Discrimination starts long before one makes it to the rank of Assistant Professor..."
"In an earlier post, Mary Becker said that 'all women are not likely to be equally marginalized'..."
"I would like to see a similar study of women faculty in engineering..."
"First, I applaud the courageous efforts of the female faculty at MIT!..."
"I am a department chair, currently in a department where I am the only woman..."
"Institutions of higher education reflect the values of the larger society,..."
"How many more studies and data do we need to end what is an obvious flaw in the academy?..."
"I think the problem in science goes deeper than discrimination against women faculty..."
"I was just denied tenure after receiving the unanimous recommendations of the law school committee, the Dean,..."
"I have experienced similar treatment and continue to receive under-valued treatment in merit and promotion..."
"There is also subtle discrimination against male faculty in a female dominated discipline..."
"In my experience at an elite institution..."
"Women are discriminated against in six universities of which I have personal knowledge..."
"Yes, the situation revealed at MIT is pervasive..."
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