Salary Equity: College of Arts & Sciences

Mitzi Schumacher, ChairPCW Economic Opportunity

Subcommittee

Subcommittee Members

Julia Ellis, PCW, later switched to staff subcommittee

Kim Drummond, PCW Mindy Sudduth, PCW Kelly Bevins, VP C. Ray’s Office Diane Gagel, Information Specialist

Data Pilot colleges for developing web-based salary study:

A&S and Education Information from HRS and Faculty Database, Diane

Gagel Grouped Instructors & Lecturers, Assistant, Associate

and full Professors Deleted 1 provost, 2 deans, 1 associate dean, 14 chairs,

3 acting chairs Grouped departments

Humanities: English, Hispanic Studies, History, Modern & Classical Languages, Philosophy

Physical Sciences: Aerospace Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Physics & Astronomy

Social Sciences: Anthropology, Geography, Military Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics

Analysis Plan List data elements Develop templates for graphing data Balance generalizing graphs for the

templates, yet tailoring graphs for each of the 18 colleges specific situations

Analysis of representation to examine proportion of women

Analysis of compensation to examine equal pay for women

Explore any trends in data

Representation: Humanities

Physical Sciences

Social Sciences

Percent women at each rank for each department grouping

Humanities

PhysicalSciences

SocialSciences

Instr/Lec 53% 40%

35% 8% 21% 20%

Asst 13% 8% 23% 16%

26% 20%

Assc 24% 22%

23% 30%

46% 28%

Professor 8% 29%

19% 46%

8% 32%

Representation of Women in A&S Humanities & Social Sciences have long

had predominant numbers of women graduate students in the faculty pipeline – surprising (shocking) lack of women faculty

Physical Sciences is “unsurprising” At Instructor/Lecturer level equal

females/males, but clearly at Associate/Full Professor level males outnumber females

Potential glass ceiling at instructor/lecturer level for humanities and at associate level for social sciences

Compensation: Humanities

…individually….

Physical Sciences

…individually…

Social Sciences

…individually…

9 Month Salary Summary Bar graphs show:

Median differences are few and just as likely to favor women

Full professor women in humanities and social science make more than men – but not in physical sciences (94.8%)

Associate professor women in social sciences make less than men (92.3%)

Scatter plots show: Low numbers of

women – with less spread than men in salaries

Especially evident for full professors in physical sciences

None-salaried higher ranked faculty are men

9 month salaries may not be a problem for most women

Time in Rank: Humanities

Time in Rank: Physical Sciences

Time in Rank: Social Sciences

Time in Rank & Salary Summary

Women have much shorter time in rank – more recent pipeline? Or “survivors” are more likely to advance and/or leave?

Few general downward slopes show salary compressions – but may not be as problematic as thought

Greatest concern is for associates with time in ranks of greater than 10 years – problems with advancement particularly in social sciences

Added Compensation: Humanities

… Physical Sciences

…Social Sciences

…individually

Added Compensation: Summary Unlike salaries, large median

differences in humanities and social sciences

women make 64.9%, 84.1% and 51.2% as men assistants, associates and full professors in humanities;

Women make 75.4%, 90.9% and 80.5% as men assistants, associates and full professors in social sciences

How do men and women make their added compensation?

…what is Added Compensation?

Added Compensation: Summary Added compensation includes all other

sources of income from university – predominantly summer teaching and research dollars

Men advantaged in humanities and social sciences in teaching but not in research – accounts for differences in earnings

Research dollars from summer grants are usually percentages of base salary dollars, so women have a “double whammy” when they are paid less than men

Distribution of Effort

DOE: Summary Surprisingly men

teach more… Associate and full

professor women do more administrative work…not recognized as fte administrators

May prevent promotion and be uncompensated

Requires further consideration.

Overall… Surprising lack of senior women in A&S Economic opportunities not as equal as

assumed – especially for opportunities to supplement base salary with added compensation

Clearly equity is a campus-wide concern Useful pilot college Potential for more analyses and for

increasing awareness so that policies may be changed