Core Committee on Women Report: Appointments, Promotions and Tenure

REPORT OF THE CORE COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR 2000

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APPOINTMENT, PROMOTIONS, AND TENURE PROCESSES

School of Medicine

· In two of the past three years, equal proportions of men and women were proposed for APT actions. However in 1998-99, a smaller proportion of women passed through their departmental APT review and were forwarded to the school level APT committee.

· Once a candidate reached the school level APT committee, men and women seemed to fare similarly. (There were no data for ethnicity.) The disapproval rate for promotions was not different for male and female faculty on the tenure and non-tenure tracks. The number of candidates seeking promotions in each academic year was fairly constant, there was a significant difference (p=.03) across the years in the proportion of candidates denied promotions (1995/96 23%, 1996/97 2%, 1997/98 2%, 1998/99 14%, and 1999/00 16%). The disapproval rate for tenure was not significantly different for male and female faculty on the tenure and non-tenure tracks. There were no significant differences between men and women in seeking to appeal the APT decision or in the outcome of the appeal.

School of Allied Health Sciences

· Over the past four years, similar proportions of men and women have been proposed for APT actions and of those similar proportions have been successfully promoted and tenured.