1. Gender-Based Salary Differentials Among Administrators in Arizona Community Colleges.
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Becker, Kristen L. and Beckworth, Lea Andrah
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COMMUNITY colleges , *UNIVERSITY towns , *MULTIPLE regression analysis , *GENDER inequality , *COLLEGE administrators , *WAGES , *SEX discrimination - Abstract
Objective: This research study examined gender wage equality among administrators across Arizona's ten community college districts comprising 19 colleges. Method: Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze salary data. Results: All 19 college campuses evidenced differences in median income between 12-month, full-time women and men. However, when disaggregated by job category, median income of women and men was equal in a number of job categories in several institutions, illustrating the complexity of measuring gender wage equality using descriptive statistics. A multiple regression analysis revealed that only three of the 19 community colleges had gender-based salary differentials. Thus, gender wage equality prevails in most Arizona community colleges despite inconsistent salary schedules among the college districts and no state-level oversight. Contributions: Community colleges provide learning opportunities to a heterogeneous population of 5.4 million students annually. Understanding gender-based salary differentials among community college administrators can provide insights into diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice in higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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