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Visible Minority Status in Academia in Canada

• In 2006, 14.9% of university teachers in Canada were of visible minority status.1

Europe

 

 

 

 

 

Belgium

• In 2008, women made up 55% of PhD holders.2
• In 2008, women make up 15% of top professorships in Belgium.3

Finland

• In 2005, the share of female professors in universities was 22%.4
  • This was the highest among non-post-communist EU countries.5
• The number of female PhD graduates was 49% in 2003.6

Greece

• In 2004, 14% of professors of universities were women.7
  • 26% of associate professors were women.8
  • 32% of assistant professors were women.9
  • 39% of lecturers were women.10

Netherlands

 

 

• In the Netherlands, the percentage of women decreases at every level of the academic ladder, according to a 2008 study.11
• While women are under-represented across academic staff positions, they are particularly under-represented in the highest age group, which usually includes a relatively high proportion of staff in the most senior academic posts.12

Sweden

• Women made up 45% of PhD holders in 2005.13
• In the medical field, women made up just 17% of professors.14

United Kingdom

 

 

Latin America and South America

 

 

United States

 

 

 

 

• Of women in academia in the U.S.,
  • 32.2% are in non-tenure track positions;15
  • 23.9% are in tenure-track positions;16
  • 44.0% are tenured.17
• Of men in academia in the U.S.,
  • 19.0% are in non-tenure track positions;18
  • 19.0% are in tenure track positions;19
  • 62.0% are tenured.20

 

 

People of Color in Academia in the U.S.

• Of degrees awarded to black students in 2008-2009, women earned 65.9% of Bachelor’s degrees, 71.8% of Master’s degrees and 66.5% of Doctoral degrees.21
• Of degrees awarded to Hispanic students in 2008-2009, women earned 60.9% of Bachelor’s degrees, 64.0% of Master’s degrees and 57.0% of Doctoral degrees.22

 

 

• Enrollment for minority students grew more than those of white students from 1999 to 2009.23

*National Estimate

**Exceptions to the reference year:--UK:2007/2006; DK (except for grade A): 2006; FR, CY, AT: 2006; EE: 2004; PT: 2003

How to cite this product: Catalyst. Catalyst Quick Take: Women in Academia. New York: Catalyst, 2012.

• 1. Canadian Association of University Teachers (2009).
• 2. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 3. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 4. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 5. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 6. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 7. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 8. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 9. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 10. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 11. The DeBeauvoir Foundation, Monitor Women Professors (2008).
• 12. European Commission, "Higher Education Governance in Europe" (2008).
• 13. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 14. European Research Area, Mapping the Maze: Getting More Women to the Top in Research (2008).
• 15. American Association of University Professors, "Table 11: Percent of Faculty in Tenure-Track Appointments and Percent of Faculty with Tenure, by Affiliation, Academic Rank, and Gender, 2011–12" (2012).
• 16. American Association of University Professors, "Table 11: Percent of Faculty in Tenure-Track Appointments and Percent of Faculty with Tenure, by Affiliation, Academic Rank, and Gender, 2011–12" (2012).
• 17. American Association of University Professors, "Table 11: Percent of Faculty in Tenure-Track Appointments and Percent of Faculty with Tenure, by Affiliation, Academic Rank, and Gender, 2011–12" (2012).
• 18. American Association of University Professors, "Table 11: Percent of Faculty in Tenure-Track Appointments and Percent of Faculty with Tenure, by Affiliation, Academic Rank, and Gender, 2011–12" (2012).
• 19. American Association of University Professors, "Table 11: Percent of Faculty in Tenure-Track Appointments and Percent of Faculty with Tenure, by Affiliation, Academic Rank, and Gender, 2011–12" (2012).
• 20. American Association of University Professors, "Table 11: Percent of Faculty in Tenure-Track Appointments and Percent of Faculty with Tenure, by Affiliation, Academic Rank, and Gender, 2011–12" (2012).
• 21. National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Facts (2011).
• 22. National Center for Education Statistics, Fast Facts (2011).
• 23. The Chronicle of Higher Education, "Enrollment Growth, 1999-2009: More Minorities, More Women" (2011).