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The past decade — at a glance
05 February 2003
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TENURE-TRACK HIRES Women • Arts and humanities: Nearly half of the faculty hired were women. • Social sciences: Just over one third of the faculty hired were women. • Life sciences: About one-quarter of the faculty hired were women, while the pool of women PhDs at Berkeley and nationwide was 45 percent. • Physical sciences: In physics and chemistry, 4 women were hired — out of 48 hires. No women were hired in mathematics, out of 28 hires. More than a quarter of the PhD pool in physical sciences at Berkeley and nationwide was female. • Engineering: About 16 percent of the faculty hired were women, nearly on par with the PhDs granted to women at Berkeley (about 18 percent). • Environmental design: More than half of the faculty hired were women. • Other professional schools: Just under 30 percent of the faculty hired were women. Minorities • Life science, physical science, and engineering: Out of about 255 hires, 19 percent were Asian and 3 percent were underrepresented minorities. • Professional schools: Out of about 130 hires, 17 percent were Asian and 12 percent were underrepresented minorities. FACULTY COMPOSITION Women • Assistant professors: There are no significant differences in tenure rates between men and women. About 80 percent of the assistant professors are awarded tenure. • Associate professors: Currently 38 percent of the associate professors are women, even though the campus has never hired women at that rate. About 45 percent of associate professors in rank for 5 to 15 years are women. Minorities • Underrepresented minorities: There were 96 underrepresented minority faculty in the early ’90s and there are 94 currently. About 45 underrepresented minority faculty were hired in this time period; for each person hired, one left. • Women of color: There are only 3 African American women and 3 Chicanas/Latinas who are full professors.
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