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Main, Joyce B.; McGee, Ebony O.; Cox, Monica F.; Tan, Li; Berdanier, Catherine G. P. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2023
Women of color (WoC) continue to be underrepresented in engineering programs across the United States. Many scholarly reports on faculty demographic characteristics do not provide measures regarding the representation of WoC faculty due to data reporting restrictions or lack of relevant data. Using 14 years of data from the American Society for…
Descriptors: Minority Group Teachers, Engineering Education, College Faculty, Disproportionate Representation
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Main, Joyce B. – Research in Higher Education, 2018
Increasing the size and diversity of the scientific and technological workforce is a national priority. Investments in policy and programmatic efforts toward increasing the representation of women in science and engineering fields have resulted in significant advances; however, a gender gap remains among PhDs and faculty in these fields. This…
Descriptors: Probability, Graduate Students, Doctoral Programs, Engineering Education
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Main, Joyce B.; Tan, Li; Cox, Monica F.; McGee, Ebony O.; Katz, Andrew – Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Background: Despite the critical role of faculty diversity in the persistence and academic experiences of undergraduate students as well as in the development of engineering innovations, women of color (WoC) faculty are still underrepresented in engineering programs across the United States. Purpose/Hypothesis: This study identifies whether the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Undergraduate Students, Diversity (Faculty), Academic Persistence
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Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Jakubson, George H.; Martin, Mirinda L.; Main, Joyce B.; Eisenberg, Thomas – Economics of Education Review, 2012
Our paper focuses on the role that the gender composition of the leaders of American colleges and universities--trustees, presidents, and provosts--play in influencing the rate at which academic institutions diversify their faculty across gender lines. Our analyses make use of institutional level panel data that we have collected for a large…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Women Faculty, Trustees, College Presidents
Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Jakubson, George H.; Martin, Mirinda L.; Main, Joyce B.; Eisenberg, Thomas – Cornell Higher Education Research Institute, 2010
Our paper focuses on the role that the gender composition of the leaders of American colleges and universities--trustees, presidents/chancellors, and provosts/academic vice presidents--plays in influencing the rate at which academic institutions diversify their faculty across gender lines. Our analyses make use of institutional level panel data…
Descriptors: Colleges, Women Faculty, Trustees, College Presidents
Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Jakubson, George H.; Martin, Mirinda L.; Main, Joyce B.; Eisenberg, Thomas – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009
Our paper focuses on the role that the gender composition of the leaders of American colleges and universities--trustees, presidents/chancellors, and provosts/academic vice presidents--plays in influencing the rate at which academic institutions diversify their faculty across gender lines. Our analyses make use of institutional level panel data…
Descriptors: Women Faculty, Colleges, Institutions, Trustees