West Comments to Media on Harvard's First Female President
Martha West, a law professor and legal scholar with special interests in employment discrimination, labor law, and sex discrimination, commented on Harvard University's recent appointment of its first female president. Drew Gilpin Faust's appointment means that four of the Ivy League's eight schools will have female presidents.
Harvard trails the national average for both full-time female instructors and tenured female professors, says West, co-author of the American Association of University Professors Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006.
Women fill 28 percent of Harvard's full-time teaching jobs and 20 percent of its tenured positions, the study says. The national averages are 34 percent and 26 percent, respectively.
"The more prestigious the school, the fewer the women,'" says West.
Bloomberg News/February 14, 2007
Harvard trails the national average for both full-time female instructors and tenured female professors, says West, co-author of the American Association of University Professors Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006.
Women fill 28 percent of Harvard's full-time teaching jobs and 20 percent of its tenured positions, the study says. The national averages are 34 percent and 26 percent, respectively.
"The more prestigious the school, the fewer the women,'" says West.
Bloomberg News/February 14, 2007