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REPORT
OF THE CORE COMMITTEE
ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATORS
FOR 2000
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the Core Committee on the Status of Women Faculty and Administrators
Report. The entire
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FACULTY
ATTITUDES -
SUMMARY OF THE FACULTY SURVEY
The Core Committee
assessed UTMB faculty perceptions regarding fairness, equity, diversity,
and collegiality. The goal
was to obtain information that would be helpful in identifying issues
pertinent to women, e.g., experiences regarding faculty recruitment,
retention, and development. The questionnaire, therefore, focused on
faculty opinions about career support and development at UTMB to assess
possible differences as well as inequities between gender and ethnic
groups. Specifically, the
survey explored issues in career progress, evaluation, resources, and
work environment. Opinions
were compared between men and women and between minority and
non-minority faculty.
School of Medicine
- Women
reported a much more negative experience in the UTMB work
environment at UTMB than did men. They reported: that
they do not feel like welcomed members of the UTMB community, that
their careers are not supported as are those of male faculty
members, that men were more likely to be sought for collaboration,
that men were denigrating to women colleagues, that men had
difficulty taking the careers of women seriously,
that professional relations were difficulty among those of
opposite gender, and that their divisions and departments were less
supportive of women than men. Also, 18% of women reported being
sexually harassed at UTMB.
- A
second issue concerns salary equity.
Approximately 40% of men and only 20% of women report
equity/comparability in salaries.
- Men
and women did not differ in their perception that policies and
procedures were satisfactory, but women reported that they were less
satisfied with the application of those procedures.
Furthermore, women reported that women are promoted later
than men with comparable experience.
School of Allied Health Sciences
- Women
tend to perceive a more negative environment than do men.
Women were more likely to report that men were preferred for
collaborative efforts and that men were denigrating to female
colleagues.
- Women
tend to be less satisfied with the application of criteria for
promotion and tenure. Women also reported that they were put up for
promotion later than men of equal accomplishments.
They are also less supportive of using the annual review
process as the basis for promotion and tenure nominations.
- Men
were more likely to consider leaving UTMB for a variety of reasons
and were less satisfied with SAHS administrators.
School of Nursing
- A
majority of SON respondents reported that women were not treated
equally as colleagues within the university and experienced a
negative work environment. The
survey, however, was limited in the degree to which conclusions
could be made about the SON. The
questionnaire did not ask about experiences between the schools nor
about settings where faculty from the different schools worked
together. Some of the
open-ended comments at the end of the survey suggested that nurses
may experience gender bias when working with faculty from other
schools (e.g., SOM).
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