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Table 10

Startup Package of Newly Hired STEM Faculty by Sex (Fall 1998 - Fall 204)

 
  Item Mentioned in Offer Letter

  % Women % Men % Total
  N = 23 N = 31 N = 54
Letter date 96 100 98
Rank Offered 100 100 100
Department of Appointment 100 100 100
Effective date of appointment 78 84 81
"appointment is subject to approval of the Board of Trustees of CUNY and financial ability" 87 84 85
"terms and conditions of employment are those of CUNY's Bylaws" 70 45 56
collective bargaining agreement between University and PSC-CUNY 70 48 57
Start date of tenure clock 0 13 7
Consideration for early tenure or promotion 4 23 15
Effective tenure date 0 6 4
Who financed appointment (e.g., RCMI, Gene Center) 4 10 7
Starting salary 100 100 100
Length of Contract (e.g., 9 month academic year) 43 52 48
Appointment Length (e.g., 1 year appointments until tenured) 22 16 19
Lab or office space and office equipment specified (e.g., lab with testing rooms and common area; 10*12 office, all with ethernet and phone) 13 29 22
Type of teaching 17 19 19
Teaching assignment or release specified (e.g., reduced teaching load of 3 courses for first two semesters) 30 10 19
Who financed start up funds (e.g., Dean's Office, GRTI, Gene Center) 22 13 17
When should start-up be used by (e.g., all funds to be used by first two academic years) 43 32 37
Startup-funds -- a) only total funds listed (with no other breakdown) 17 39 30
Startup-funds -- b) lab and lab equipment 0 19 11
Startup-funds -- c) computer and computer equipment 43 35 39
Startup-funds -- d) software 0 13 7
Startup-funds -- e) relocation 39 32 35
Startup-funds -- f) travel 39 23 30
Startup-funds -- g) matching funds 13 13 13
Startup-funds -- h) technical or research assistants 4 16 11
Total of start-up fund items b-h 74 71 72
Total of all start-up funds a-h 83 84 83
       

Note: The offer letter analysis includes letters from all 11 Hunter College Sciences for faculty who started from Fall 1998 through Fall 2004. The analysis comprises 54 letters from 58 total hires in tenure bearing titles (e.g., Assistant Professor or Associate Professor). For four faculty members, 1 woman and 3 men, only internal memos regarding appointments to the College were sent to the GEP. Data for these four people were not included.

Note: Redauced offer letters were obtained from the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences on 23 April 2004 and 23 of February 2005.

Note: b through h may not necessarily add up to the compliment of a because b through h 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