Fall 2007
Item mentioned in Offer Letter		% Women    N=4		% Male    N=4		% Total   N=8
Letter Date		75		75		100
Rank Offered		100		100		100
Deparment of Appointment		100		100		100
Effective Date of Appointment		100		100		100
"terms and conditions of employment are those of CUNY bylaws"		25		50		37.5
collective bargaining agreement between University and PSC-CUNY		25		50		37.5
Start date of tenure clock		25		75		50
Consideration for early promotion or tenure		50		0		25
Effective tenure date		0		0		0
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)		100		50		75
Appointment length (e.g., 1-year appointments until tenured)		25		25		25
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)		75		100		87.5
Type of teaching		50		75		62.5
Teaching assignment or course release specified (e.g., reduced teaching load of 3 courses first two semesters)		50		75		62.5
Who financed start-up funds (e.g., RMCI, Gene Center)		0		75		37.5
When start-up funds should be used by (e.g., all start-up funds should be used in first two academic years)		50		0		25
Start -up funds a) only total funds listed (not itemized)		25		50		37.5
Start-up funds b) lab and lab equipment		50		50		50
Start-up funds c) computer and computer equipment		50		50		50
Start-up funds d) software		25		25		25
Start-up funds e) relocation		50		75		62.5
Start-up funds f) travel		50		50		50
Start-up funds g) matching funds		0		0		0
Start-up funds h) technical or research assistants		75		25		50
Total of start-up funds b-h		25		50		62.5
Total of start-up funds a-h		100		100		100
Note:  The analysis comprises of 8 letters from 8 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 January 3, 2008.
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.