Hunter College - Cuny

Table 12

Startup Package Offers, Baseline (Fall 1998 - Fall 2002)

  Item Mentioned in Offer Letter

  % Women % Men % Total
  N = 14 N = 23 N = 37
Letter date 93 100 97
Rank 100 100 100
Department 100 100 100
Effective date of appointment 86 70 76
"appointment is subject to approval of the Board of Trustees of CUNY and financial ability" 71 78 76
"terms and conditions of employment are those of CUNY's Bylaws" 43 26 32
collective bargaining agreement between University and PSC-CUNY 43 30 35
Start date of tenure clock 0 13 8
Effective tenure date 0 9 5
Starting salary 93 96 95
Startup-funds -- a) only total funds listed (with no other breakdown) 29 48 41
Startup-funds -- b) lab and lab equipment 7 13 11
Startup-funds -- c) computer and computer equipment 29 22 24
Startup-funds -- d) software 0 13 8
Startup-funds -- e) relocation 36 26 30
Startup-funds -- f) travel 36 17 24
Startup-funds -- g) matching funds 14 17 16
Startup-funds -- h) audio/visual equipment 0 4 3
Startup-funds -- i) technical or research assistants 14 13 14
Total of start-up fund items b-i 50 57 54
Total of all start-up funds a-i 71 70 70
Lab or office space 7 35 24
Type of teaching 29 17 22
 

Note: The offer letter analysis includes letters from all 11 Hunter College Sciences for faculty who started from Fall 1998 through Fall 2002. The analysis comprises 37 letters from 39 total hires in tenure bearing titles (e.g., Assistant Professor or Associate Professor). For two faculty members, 1 woman and 1 man, only internal memos regarding appointments to the College were sent to the GEP. Data for these two people were not included.

Note: Redacted offer letters were obtained from teh Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences on 23 April 2004.

Note: b through i may not necessarily add up to the compliment of a because b through i are not mutually exclusive.

Note: % Women is the percentage of letters to women. % Men is the percentage of letters to men. % Total is the percentage of total letters.

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©  2005 Gender Equity Project This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0123609 [ ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Award ] and by Hunter College of the City University of New York. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.  
Last updated: April 8, 2005