(from the Chronicle of Higher Education — subscriber-only content) Equal-pay laws have been on the books for decades, but women at nearly every level of the academic workplace, including administration, earn less than their male counterparts. This is especially well-documented in higher education, where a recent research brief from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources found that female administrators, including deans, earn about eighty cents on each dollar compared to men in similar positions. That disparity has persisted for 15 years, according to the brief. The median salary for female deans was $126,057 — $25,000 less than for men in the same position.
Two recent lawsuits highlight this persistent paygap. In one, a female professor alleged in a lawsuit against the University of Arizona that she spent almost two decades trying to persuade administrators to pay her on a par with male deans at the school. Last year, an assistant vice provost at the University of Virginia filed a similar suit.
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