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Richard Harris; Mariluz Maté-Sánchez-Val; Manuel Ruiz Marín – Studies in Higher Education, 2024
Using UK data supplied by universities, this paper confirms that women academics earn less than men, even after controlling for a range of covariates. Despite narrowing after 2004/05, the observed (unconditional) pay gap was still -0.089 in 2019/20, while the conditional pay gap was relatively unchanged remaining at around -0.050 in 2019/20. The…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Salary Wage Differentials, Foreign Countries, Time
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Filandri, Marianna; Pasqua, Silvia – Studies in Higher Education, 2021
The article analyses the effect of gender in professors' career advancement using data on the entire population of professors in the Italian university system, data on the National Scientific Qualification (NSQ) accreditation scheme, and data on scientific productivity (SciVal) for bibliometric scientific sectors. As NSQ accreditation is a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Gender Bias, Gender Discrimination
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Cook, Alison; Glass, Christy; Ingersoll, Alicia – Studies in Higher Education, 2023
Sexual misconduct remains at crisis levels on American college campuses and is vastly underreported. Most research focuses on individual level risks of assault and perpetration, yet campuses vary significantly in sexual offenses and reporting rates. The current study responds to calls to consider institutional factors that shape campus climates…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Aggression, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Gender Differences
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Monteiro, Sílvia; Almeida, Leandro; Gomes, Cristiano; Sinval, Jorge – Studies in Higher Education, 2022
Theoretical and empirical literature developed over recent years supports the concept of employability as a construct combining complex interactions of individual and contextual dimensions. This study aimed to identify differentiated profiles in graduates, combining personal and contextual variables related to employability. For this, 182…
Descriptors: Employment Potential, College Graduates, Public Colleges, Employment Level
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Baker, Maureen – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
This article discusses the persistence of a gender gap among university-based academics, despite the development of equity policies and "family-friendly" initiatives. Over four decades of research are reviewed from the liberal states of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, USA and the UK, including my own qualitative interviews in Canada in…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Females, Sex Fairness, College Faculty
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Austin, Margaret – Studies in Higher Education, 2016
In global terms, the position of women in New Zealand society is relatively strong and at one stage in the early 2000s many senior roles were occupied by women. Equality of opportunity for women in leadership in science and the community has been a focus of attention in New Zealand in government, education, and the sciences for at least two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Leadership, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
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Simpson, Andrea; Fitzgerald, Tanya – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
The effects of gender on organisational structures for professional university staff have been largely overlooked in the literature. Using data from one Australian university, we examine the location of professional female staff in the organisational hierarchy. Our analysis indicated that significant gendered segregation existed within and across…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Faculty, Females, Gender Differences