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− | + | According to the most recent data, fewer than 10 percent of full professors in Ph.D. granting departments are women and only 2 percent are African American or Hispanic. The disproportionate participation rates continue in the current undergraduate population as well; about one third of undergraduate economics majors are women, and about 12 percent are students of color. These participation rates are lower than those typically observed in science and engineering. [http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/cswep/annual_reports/2009_CSWEP_Annual_Report.pdf] [http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/CSMGEP/reports/csmgep_annual_report08_final.pdf] | |
− | According to the most recent data, fewer than 10 percent of full professors in Ph.D. granting departments are women and only 2 percent are African American or Hispanic. The disproportionate participation rates continue in the current undergraduate population as well; about one third of undergraduate economics majors are women, and about 12 percent are students of color. These participation rates are lower than those typically observed in science and engineering. [http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/cswep/annual_reports/2009_CSWEP_Annual_Report.pdf] [ http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/CSMGEP/reports/csmgep_annual_report08_final.pdf] | ||
Revision as of 10:40, 20 July 2011
According to the most recent data, fewer than 10 percent of full professors in Ph.D. granting departments are women and only 2 percent are African American or Hispanic. The disproportionate participation rates continue in the current undergraduate population as well; about one third of undergraduate economics majors are women, and about 12 percent are students of color. These participation rates are lower than those typically observed in science and engineering. [1] [2]
The following sections present patterns of participation for members of various groups at various stages in the field of Economics.
Undergraduate participation data
Comparison Tool
The comparison tool allows departments to compare their participation rates to national averages and/or averages for subgroups such as elite liberal arts institutions.