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Leak or link? the overrepresentation of women in non-tenure-track academic positions in STEM

This paper examines gender variation in departures from the tenure-track science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) academic career pathway to non-tenure-track academic careers. We integrate multiple data sources including the Survey of Earned Doctorates and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients...

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Autores principales: Rennane, Stephanie, Acheson-Field, Hannah, Edwards, Kathryn A., Gahlon, Grace, Zaber, Melanie A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9176805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35675259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267561
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Zaber, Melanie A.
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description This paper examines gender variation in departures from the tenure-track science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) academic career pathway to non-tenure-track academic careers. We integrate multiple data sources including the Survey of Earned Doctorates and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients to examine longitudinal career outcomes of STEM doctorate women. We consider three types of careers after receipt of a PhD: academic, academic non-tenure-track, and non-academic positions. We find that STEM women are more likely to hold academic non-tenure-track positions, which are associated with lower job satisfaction and lower salaries among men and women. Explanations including differences in field of study, preparation in graduate school, and family structure only explain 35 percent of the gender gap in non-tenure-track academic positions.
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spelling pubmed-91768052022-06-09 Leak or link? the overrepresentation of women in non-tenure-track academic positions in STEM Rennane, Stephanie Acheson-Field, Hannah Edwards, Kathryn A. Gahlon, Grace Zaber, Melanie A. PLoS One Research Article This paper examines gender variation in departures from the tenure-track science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) academic career pathway to non-tenure-track academic careers. We integrate multiple data sources including the Survey of Earned Doctorates and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients to examine longitudinal career outcomes of STEM doctorate women. We consider three types of careers after receipt of a PhD: academic, academic non-tenure-track, and non-academic positions. We find that STEM women are more likely to hold academic non-tenure-track positions, which are associated with lower job satisfaction and lower salaries among men and women. Explanations including differences in field of study, preparation in graduate school, and family structure only explain 35 percent of the gender gap in non-tenure-track academic positions. Public Library of Science 2022-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9176805/ /pubmed/35675259 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267561 Text en © 2022 Rennane et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_sort leak or link? the overrepresentation of women in non-tenure-track academic positions in stem
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9176805/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35675259
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267561
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