Suggested Citation:
"Appendix 4-15: Number of Postdoctorate Students for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty in Research I Institutions (presented by Men and Women)." National Research Council. 2010. Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
doi: 10.17226/12062.
Appendix 4-15
Number of Postdoctorate Students for Tenured and Tenure-Track Faculty in Research I Institutions (presented by Men and Women)
Discipline
0
1
2
3
4
>4
Weighted Average
Total
Biology
37.7
25.5
11.3
2.8
7.5
9.4
1.33
106
51.3
25.2
6.7
2.5
5.0
5.9
0.96
119
Chemistry
46.4
15.2
15.2
8.0
4.5
7.1
1.23
112
39.6
30.7
12.9
6.9
3.0
3.0
1.04
101
Civil engineering
76.6
11.7
11.7
16.9
0.0
0.0
0.86
77
76.9
15.4
6.6
12.1
1.1
0.0
0.69
91
Electrical engineering
79.8
19.2
9.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.38
104
72.5
16.7
8.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.34
102
Mathematics
42.1
30.8
19.6
0.0
1.9
0.9
0.82
107
37.8
40.3
16.0
1.7
0.8
0.8
0.85
119
Physics
74.4
20.9
3.5
5.8
0.0
0.0
0.45
86
74.6
18.6
5.1
4.2
0.8
0.0
0.45
118
NOTES: Numbers are expressed as percentage of total and provide the distribution of the number of postdoctorate students and the number of postdoctorate students for each discipline. The final column “>4” deicts when the number of doctoral students was 5 or greater.
SOURCE: Survey of faculty conducted by the Committee on Gender Differences in Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty.
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