Penn State Faculty Salaries, 2010-2011

From Penn State Live:

The Senate Committee on Faculty Benefits presented its analysis of faculty salaries for 2010-11. Salaries for professors and associate professors at Penn State rank third among the Big Ten public institutions, whereas assistant professors rank seventh. Detailed information is available at http://www.senate.psu.edu/agenda/2010-2011/mar2011/appl.pdf. The report cautioned that readers recognize the limitations of the data because direct comparisons can be difficult as organizations differ in structure.

More detail is available in the supporting tables including comparisons with other institutions and comparisons among the colleges and campuses within Penn State. The supporting tables are available on the Web at http://www.senate.psu.edu/agenda/2010-2011/mar2011/salarytables.pdf.

Penn State Faculty Tenure Flow Rates

From Penn State Live:

The annual report on faculty tenure-flow rates stated that for the last 14 entering cohorts -- 1990-2003 -- 58 percent achieved tenure by the end of their seventh year. Tenure rates have been slightly lower for female and minority faculty. For more detailed information and perspectives, see http://www.senate.psu.edu/agenda/2010-2011/mar2011/appk.pdf.

In Part-Time Jobs, Women Out-Earn Men

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Highlights of Women’s Earnings in 2009.“ Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers, for wage and salary workers.

United States of Wage Gaps

The gap between men’s and women’s full-time earnings narrowed slightly in 2009, according to new data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.

For full-time, year-round workers, median earnings for women were 78.2 percent of men’s median earnings, or $35,549 compared with $45,485. In 2008, the ratio of women’s to men’s median earnings was 77.2 percent.

Women's earnings and employment by industry, 2009

Women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs had median weekly earnings of $657 in 2009. This represented 80 percent of men's median weekly earnings ($819).

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How Women End Up on the 'Glass Cliff'

Harvard Business Review podcast with Susanne Bruckmüller, research associate at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and coauthor of the HBR article, "How Women End Up on the 'Glass Cliff'."

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Women Are Over-Mentored (But Under-Sponsored)

Harvard Business Review (HBR) podcast with Herminia Ibarra, co-author of the HBR article, "Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women."

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