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News Release 05-146

More Women Receive Ph.D.s, But Female Senior Faculty Are Still Rare

New study examines cultural issues that affect advancement

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The percentage of women (compared to men) with Ph.D.'s who go on to assume faculty positions

Although more women are earning Ph.D.'s in science and engineering fields (left-most bars), a relative few stay in academia to become full professors (right-most bars). This chart shows the percentage of women (compared to men) who earn Ph.D.'s and go on to assume faculty positions in those fields. Each horizontal stripe represents 10 percent.

Credit: Zina Deretsky, National Science Foundation

 

Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

In a Science journal article this week, UW-Madison's Jo Handelsman and a group of top women scientists and university administrators examine culture issues that may explain why so few women who earn Ph.D. degrees go on to assume faculty positions.

Credit: Jo Handelsman, University of Wisconsin-Madison