Chief Healthcare Executive July 25, 2024
While women are making progress in faculty and leadership, too many say they’ve been sexually harassed. And disparities in compensation emerge in the beginning of careers.
Even as more women are emerging as full professors and leaders in academic medicine, they are typically earning less than men, and too many are saying they’ve experienced sexual harassment.
Women are consistently being paid less than men of the same race and ethnicity, according to a report released this month by the Association of American Medical Colleges. Pay disparities emerge even at the beginning of academic careers.
Nearly one in three women (31%) say they have been sexually harassed within the past 12 months, the AAMC report states. It does mark a drop...