Fall 2006
Item mentioned in Offer Letter		% Women    N=3		% Male    N=4		% Total   N=7
Letter Date		100		100		100
Rank Offered		100		100		100
Deparment of Appointment		100		75		86
Effective Date of Appointment		100		100		100
"terms and conditions of employment are those of CUNY bylaws"		67		50		57
collective bargaining agreement between University and PSC-CUNY		67		50		57
Start date of tenure clock		67		75		71
Consideration for early promotion or tenure		0		0		0
Effective tenure date		67		50		57
Who financed appointment (e.g., RMCI, Gene Center)		0		0		0
Starting salary		100		100		100
Length of contract (e.g., 9 mo.academic year)		67		25		43
Appointment length (e.g., 1-year appointments until tenured)		0		25		14
Lab or office space and office equipment specified (e.g., office is a 10*12 room with ethernet and phone, lab with testing rooms and common area)		100		50		71
Type of teaching		67		25		43
Teaching assignment or course release specified (e.g., reduced teaching load of 3 courses forst two semesters)		0		75		43
Who financed stat-up funds (e.g., RMCI, Gene Center)		33		25		29
When start-up funds should be used by (e.g., all start-up funds should be used in first two academic years)		33		0		14
Start -up funds a) only total funds listed (not itemized)		33		25		29
Start-up funds b) lab and lab equipment		33		25		29
Start-up funds c) computer and computer equipment		33		50		43
Start-up funds d) software		0		25		14
Start-up funds e) relocation		67		25		43
Start-up funds f) travel		0		50		29
Start-up funds g) matching funds		0		0		0
Start-up funds h) technical or research assistants		0		25		14
Total of start-up funds b-h		67		75		71
Total of start-up funds a-h		100		100		100
Note:  The analysis comprises of 7 letters from 7 total hires in tenure bearing titles (e.g., Assistant, Associate or Full Professor).
Note: Redacted offer letters were obtained from the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences on February 28, 2007.
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.