Hunter College - Cuny
Table 10
Startup Package of Newly Hired STEM Faculty by Sex (Fall 1998 - Fall 204)
Item Mentioned in Offer Letter
% Women % Men
Letter date
Rank Offered
Department of Appointment
Effective date of appointment
"appointment is subject to approval of the Board of Trustees of
CUNY and financial ability"
"terms and conditions of employment are those of CUNY's
Bylaws" collective bargaining agreement between University and PSC-
CUNY
Start date of tenure clock
N = 23
96
100
100
78
87
70
70
0
N = 31
100
100
100
84
84
45
48
13
Consideration for early tenure or promotion 4 23
Effective tenure date 0
4
6
10 Who financed appointment (e.g., RCMI, Gene Center)
Starting salary
Length of Contract (e.g., 9 month academic year)
Appointment Length (e.g., 1 year appointments until tenured)
Lab or office space and office equipment specified (e.g., lab with testing rooms and common area; 10*12 office, all with ethernet and phone)
Type of teaching
Teaching assignment or release specified (e.g., reduced teaching load of 3 courses for first two semesters)
Who financed start up funds (e.g., Dean's Office, GRTI, Gene
Center)
When should start-up be used by (e.g., all funds to be used by first two academic years)
Startup-funds -- a) only total funds listed (with no other breakdown)
Startup-funds -- b) lab and lab equipment
Startup-funds -- c) computer and computer equipment
Startup-funds -- d) software
Startup-funds -- e) relocation
Startup-funds -- f) travel
Startup-funds -- g) matching funds
Startup-funds -- h) technical or research assistants
Total of start-up fund items b-h
Total of all start-up funds a-h
100
43
22
13
17
30
22
43
17
0
43
0
39
39
13
4
74
83
100
52
16
29
19
10
13
32
39
23
13
16
71
84
19
35
13
32
% Total
N = 54
19
19
17
37
30
30
13
11
72
83
11
39
7
35
100
48
19
22
56
57
7
15
4
7
98
100
100
81
85

Note: The offer letter analysis includes letters from all 11 Hunter College Sciences for faculty who started from Fall 1998 through Fall 2004. The analysis comprises 54 letters from 58 total hires in tenure bearing titles (e.g., Assistant Professor or
Associate Professor). For four faculty members, 1 woman and 3 men, only internal memos regarding appointments to the
College were sent to the GEP. Data for these four people were not included.
Note: Redauced offer letters were obtained from the Office of the Dean of Arts and Sciences on 23 April 2004 and 23 of
February 2005.
Note: b through h may not necessarily add up to the compliment of a because b through h are not mutually exclusive.
Note: % Women is the percentage of letters to women. % Men is the percentage of letters to men.
% Total is the percentage of total letters.