Gender Differences at Critical Transitions in the Careers of Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Faculty (2010)

Chapter: Appendix 5-5: Years Between Starting Employment and Achieving Full Professor Status, by Gender

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Suggested Citation: "Appendix 5-5: Years Between Starting Employment and Achieving Full Professor Status, by Gender." 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.
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Appendix 5-5
Years Between Starting Employment and Achieving Full Professor Status, by Gender

Percentage breakdown of the number of years between full professor rank achieved and first faculty or instructional staff by gender, for full-time faculty at Research I institutions with instructional duties for credit, teaching biology, physical sciences, engineering, mathematics or computer science, fall 2003.

 

Years Between Achieved Full Professor and First Started Employment at Postsecondary Institution

0 years

1-5

6-10

11-15

16 or more

Estimates

 

 

 

 

 

Total

7.8 (1.13)

6.2 (1.21)

35.4 (2.54)

39.3 (2.33)

11.3 (1.29)

Men

8.4 (1.22)

6.7 (1.31)

36.3 (2.68)

39.4 (2.47)

9.3 (1.16)

Women

#

#

26.4 (7.54)

38.6 (6.26)

31.3 (7.61)

NOTE: Numbers in parentheses represent standard errors of each mean.

# — Too few cases to provide a reliable estimate

SOURCE: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF):2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty, March 30, 2006
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