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pay experienced by women is evidence of sexism in higher education. The following statistics demonstrate
that gender discrimination is institutionalized and that subtle sexism is inherent in higher education.
By the numbers
According to the NEA's Annual Report on the Status of the Profession, nationally in 2002 women
made up only 32% of full-time faculty members in public universities. The Texas Public Universities’ Data
and Performance Report issued by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in June 2002 indicated
that at Texas public universities in Fall 1999, women accounted for 37.4% of full-time faculty members
(See Table 1). According to data provided by the UTSA Provost’s Office and individual Colleges and
Departments
at
the
university,
during
Spring
2003
at
UTSA, women represented 38.5% of the entire faculty, 31% of the tenure track faculty and 45.9% of the
non-tenure track faculty (See Table 2).
NEA reports a trend toward more women faculty at public
universities, and predicts that the positive trend will continue.
In Fall 2000, among Texas public universities, 23 institutions had a larger percentage of women on
their faculty than UTSA and only 11 had a smaller percentage.
UTSA ranked 20
th
out of 35 in the
percentage of tenured or tenure-track women faculty. Texas Woman’s University, with 78%, had the
highest percentage of women represented on the faculty. The University of Houston – Downtown ranked
second in Texas, with 55.8% of the full-time faculty represented by women. Texas A&M Galveston, with
17.7% had the smallest percentage of women represented on the faculty.
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