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The graph above shows hiring trends of female faculty over time, both tenured and untenured. The numbers at the top of the graph represent the number of male faculty in comparison, along with the pivotal years of change which caused spikes in hiring female faculty.
What happened in 1971?
What happened in 1971?
1971 is listed as a key year in this chart because that year, Secretary of Labor George Schultz required all institutions receiving federal funding to develop plans for hiring more women. This directly impacted the sharp rise in female faculty beginning the following years.
"First, there must be more women faculty at both junior and senior levels. Women students need to observe and to communicate with women who have been successful in their field of study...Such role models are necessary if women are to be encouraged to seek careers."
- Emily Wick in her publication A Century of Women Students at MIT (1973). Read more about Emily Wick here
1972
1972
The Ad Hoc Committee on the Role of Women is appointed, consisting of both female students and faculty, and led by tenured professor Mildred Dresselhaus.
1975
1975
Economist Phyllis A. Wallace becomes the first tenured woman professor at the MIT Sloan school of Management.
1979
1979
Sheila Widnall becomes the first woman elected to chair the faculty in the School of Engineering. Read more about Sheila Widnall here
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