Survival in academia, the tenure track not taken — asr technica
Survival in academia, the tenure track not taken
A new study published in this week’s issue of Science looks at the hard reality of academic success. The study found that, in STEM fields, anyone who gets hired as an assistant professor has less than a 50 percent chance of living out their career in academia. The median time that an individual spends as a STEM professor: 10.9 years. (…)
The gender gap in STEM fields is the product of a “leaky pipeline,” where fewer females are present at each step in academia. Previous studies have found that this is not the product of unfair hiring practices; rather, the pool of females looking to go onto the next stage shrinks as you go higher up the academic chain. The relatively few women who do apply for these positions get hired at the same rate as their male counterparts.
