Monday, June 4, 2007
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Female pro
Study shows gap
between salaries for men
and women
By KATHRYN VAN
LONKHUYZEN
Daily StaffReporter
Female faculty members at the
University make less money than
male faculty members on average,
according to a study released by the
Office of the Provost on May 18.
The study used statistical mod-
els to predict faculty salaries. One
analysis revealed that female fac-
ulty members make 2.5 percent
less than their male counterparts.
The pay gap based on gender
reflects a national trend of lower
salaries for women at universities
across the country. The American
Association of University Profes-
sors released data in 2006 showing
that women in academia generally
earn 81 percent of what men earn.
The University survey of faculty
members in 19 of the 20 University
schools included 565 women and
1,248 men who have or are apply-
ing for tenure. The medical school
was excluded because it uses a
more complex model to determine
salaries, the study said.
The report looked at how factors
like gender, race, ethnicity, level of
BUDGET
From page 1
Boulus said reducing funding
to higher education to avoid rais-
ing taxes has been the recourse of
state lawmakers for the last sev-
eral years.
"The right thing was to raise
revenue and avoid cutting higher
education for the sixth consecutive
year," he said.
Appropriations cuts to the state's
public universities since 2001
amount to $2,500 per student, Bou-
lus said.
Boulus said last week's decision
contradicts Granholm'splan to revi-
talize the state with young trained
professionals by doubling the num-
ber of college graduates in the next
10 years.
"(State lawmakers) like to give lip
service to education,"he said. "They
went home on Friday saying educa-
tion was spared when really only K
through 12 was spared."
This year's budget cuts will leave
universities unable to accommodate
more students and will lead many
students burdened by the high costs
of college to drop out, Boulus said.
fs paid less
degree and years at the University
correlate to pay.
How faculty members rank in
professorship - assistant, associ-
ate or full professor - determines
their salary at the University, and
was included as a control in one
analysis.
However, another analysis was
conducted without considering
differences in rank because the
researchers hypothesized that
factors contributingto the gender-
based gap in pay might be com-
pounded by women being in lower
positions which could be because
they aren't chosen as often for pro-
motion. When control variables
did not include rank, males made
3.8 percent more than females.
The study indicated that men
are more likely to be full profes-
sors than women, with only 36
percent of women in full profes-
sorship positions compared to 57%
of men.
An article published in Ms. Maga-
See PAY, Page 8
Congress questions 'U' about
illegal downloading on campus
By AMINA FARHA which should be devoted to edu- letter with a several-hundred-pag
Daily StaffReporter cational purposes," said the com- explanation of how it deals wit
e
th
A congressional committee has
asked 19 universities, including
the University of Michigan, for
information on how they approach
the issue of internet piracy by stu-
dents.
The committee sent a letter in
late April to the 19 universities
most frequently cited for illegal
downloading activity asking for
descriptions of the measures being
taken to deter such activity, said
Beth McGinn, a spokesperson for
the House Judiciary Committee
minority staff.
The universities had until May
31 to respond.
"Beyond the obvious ethical and
moral problems, student piracy
imposes extraordinary costs on
the economy and wastes expensive
university computing resources,
mittee, led by Rep. Lamar Smith
(R - Texas) and four Judiciary and
Education Committee leaders in a
statement.
The statement said a loss of
$6.1 billion by the movie industry
as a result of illegal downloading
means a loss of $20 billion in gross
domestic product, $835 million in
tax revenue and 141,000 jobs.
Congress's interest in this issue
stems from concerns about the
economy and protecting jobs for
future graduates, McGinn said.
"The fact that copyright piracy
is not unique to college and univer-
sity campuses is not an excuse for
higher education officials to fail to
take reasonable steps to eliminate
such activity nor to appropriately
sanction such conduct when dis-
covered," the letter said.
The University responded to the
copyright infringement on cam-
pus, said Jack Bernard, assistant
general counsel for the University's
Office of the Vice President and
General Counsel.
"While we may have users who
engage in unlawful behavior, this
does not make the institution an
offender," said the University in a
letter responding to the congres-
sional inquiry.
The reply also said the Univer-
sity does more to discourage piracy
than most Internet service provid-
ers by informing students of the
consequences of downloading or
uploading copyrighted material.
See PIRACY, Page 8
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