This question was posted a few weeks ago, and I could not resist addressing it in my blog, since I got engaged and married during graduate school . If I were to summarize my answer in one word it would be this: support. I know many students who got married (and a few who got […]
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Are Women Given An Unfair Advantage In Academia?
Click here to get on the waiting list for the online “Finish Your Thesis Program” and you will receive a copy of my free e-book “Finish Your Thesis Faster” If I were writing a blog about women in academia 15 (or even 10) years ago, the title would have been just the opposite: “Are Women Given an […]
The Dual-Career Problem in Academia
I recently received a question from a postdoc through Benchfly.com, which I think most dual-career couples face at some point in their lives. Lydia (not her real name) had been a postdoc for three years when her husband received a job offer in another city. At that point, Lydia had no first author papers although […]
Faculty Salaries: How Do Men and Women Compare?
It is no secret that men earn more than women for the same jobs. But is the gender wage gap closing and how does it affect faculty salaries? In March, 2010 The Institute for Women’s Policy Research published an article that showed that the gender wage gap was still very significant. The nationwide ratio of women’s […]