基于美国地区和STEM学科的学术职位性别差异的比较分析
Danielle J Galvin1, Susan C Anderson1, Chelsi J Marolf1
1Department of Biology, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, United States of America.
PloS one
|March 20, 2024
概括
一项对20,000多个学术科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 职位的研究揭示了性别差距的区域差异. 山区拥有最少的女性任职职位,而东北中部和太平洋地区拥有最多的女性.
科学领域:
- 科学社会学科学社会学
- 高等教育研究 高等教育研究
- 在STEM中的性别研究.
背景情况:
- 尽管美国劳动力在性别平等方面取得了进展,但在学术科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 职位上仍然存在显著的性别差距.
- 这种差异在专职学术角色中最为明显,这表明随着女性在学术职业阶段的进步,差距越来越大.
- 美国各地政策,文化和政治的区域差异表明,STEM学术界的性别差距可能存在地理差异.
研究的目的:
- 调查地理区域是否以及如何影响女性在大学STEM学术位中的比例.
- 评估全国范围内女性在教师和终身职位STEM角色中的代表性的区域差异.
主要方法:
- 分析了美国各地大学STEM部门的2万多个教师和终身职位.
- 美国不同地理区域中STEM学术角色中女性比例的比较.
主要成果:
- 在所有地区,男性在任期和教师STEM职位上都占比较高.
- 观察到显著的区域差异:山区的女性占职位比例最低.
- 东北中部和太平洋地区的女性占STEM职位比例最高.
结论:
- 地理区域是美国学术STEM领域内性别分布的一个因素.
- 国家/地方政策,区域代表和指导的差异可能导致观察到的区域差异.
- 了解性别平等的区域促进者对于促进STEM学术界女性包容性机会至关重要.
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