A quarter of professors are women
For the first time, slightly more than a quarter of professors are women. The percentage rose from 24,2 in 2020 to 25,7 percent this year. 'A milestone', according to the National Network of Women Professors.
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The network today shared the the research containing the new numbers. However, it will take until 2040 before the distribution between men and women is equal in professor positions, the network reports.
It is more difficult for women than for men to pursue a career at university. The proportion of female professors is steadily increasing, but the glass ceiling has not disappeared. In particular, the step from assistant professor (UD) to associate professor (UHD) is relatively large, according to the calculations.
The glass ceiling is not gone yet
But the monitor also looks at the intermediate steps: do women have the same opportunities on the career ladder as men? The makers use the so-called 'glass ceiling index' for this: the ratio between the proportion of women in two adjacent job groups.
The step from PhD student to university lecturer – usually via postdoc positions – is equally difficult (or easy) for men and women. So there is no glass ceiling. That comes in the functions after.
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In particular, the threshold from assistant professor to senior lecturer is higher for women than for men. But men also generally have an advantage when moving on to a professorship, the index shows.
Source: Monitor Women Professors, LNVH. Percentage of women in job grade divided by percentage of women in job grade above. Outcome above 1: glass ceiling.
It is striking that on average female professors have a slightly larger contract size than their male colleagues: 0,87 against 0,84 FTE: more than an hour more. In the functions below it is reversed.
In particular, the threshold from assistant professor to associate professor is higher for women than for men
However, women more often work on a temporary basis, especially as university lecturers: 31,6 percent of women against 26,8 percent of men have an end date in the UD contract.
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