Comparison by gender of those holding postdoctoral appointments in 1992 with those holding
junior faculty appointments in 1999 suggests that men and women were selected at similar rates for entrylevel faculty positions.
Not exact matches
In only one or two cases did sponsored
faculty in good jobs mess up so badly that their colleagues did not want to retain them; and in only one or two instances did
junior faculty manage to overcome the handicap of
appointment to a junk job.
The Study of New Scholars (an outgrowth of the Project on
Faculty Appointments) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education has received $ 1 million to study
junior faculty members» satisfaction with their institutions as a place of work.
In 2000, the Project on
Faculty Appointments released findings from a study on the factors that influence
junior faculty recruitment.