It's a man's world : The academic staff gender disparity in engineering in 21st Century Australia

Title: It's a man's world : The academic staff gender disparity in engineering in 21st Century Australia
Creator: Dobson, Ian
Date: 2012
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/34931
Identifier: vital:4837
Identifier: ISSN:1328-3154
Abstract: This article examines the academic staff gender disparity in engineering in the 21st Century through an analysis of Australian university staff statistics. The proportion of female academics in engineering is rising, but at a slow rate. In addition, women are more likely to be in junior classifications and less likely to be tenured than their male colleagues. Female engineering academics also tend to be younger than their male counterparts. Although the proportion of the engineering academic workforce made up by women is likely to increase beyond the current rate of about 16%, it will be a long time before engineering ceases to be a male-dominated discipline. © WIETE 2012.
Relation: Global Journal of Engineering Education Vol. 14, no. 3 (2012), p. 213-218
Rights: Copyright 2012 WIETE (World Institute for Engineering and Technology Education)
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 09 Engineering; 13 Education; Academic staff; Engineering; Faculty; Female engineers; Gender disparity
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