Alex What do you mean by parity in education?
1. Equality, as in amount, status, or value. [Latin parere, to give birth, bring forth; see per-1 in Indo-European roots + -ity.] Put simply, it’s a system under which there is absolute equality. If you earn $100,000 for teaching four courses, and I teach one course, I get $25,000. No ifs, and or buts. We have pay parity.
Why is the aft pushing for pay parity?
The legislation has, all along, pushed pay equity over pay parity for the part-timers represented by union. “Hell’s bells!” you say. “Why in the name of Albert Shanker aren’t the AFT’s higher education leaders pushing pay parity for part-time members?”
What’s the difference between equity and pay parity?
At one California community college, equity for the purposes of distributing the state money, was defined as 58 percent of what a full-time faculty member earned. Now, answer me one question: Do you want pay parity, or do you want someone to negotiate pay equity on your behalf? And no, I’m not trying to irritate you with silly questions.
Are there any universities that have gender parity?
Eleven of the 130 institutions studied have reached gender parity, with half of their top earners being women. One institution, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, tops this list, as women are 60 percent of top earners there.
How does an employer get to pay parity?
Pay parity: What is it and how does an employer get there? 1 Understanding pay gaps and pay parity. PayScale’s $0.81 statistic refers to an uncontrolled gender pay gap, which compares the median earnings of women to men. 2 The long road to pay parity. 3 Beyond gender. 4 Addressing a pay gap.
Eleven of the 130 institutions studied have reached gender parity, with half of their top earners being women. One institution, the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, tops this list, as women are 60 percent of top earners there.
Why is there a power gap in higher education?
Women’s Power Gap isn’t strictly about higher education. It encourages pay and gender parity within corporations, too. But Eos and its collaborators say they focused this new report on academe because education “is viewed as the great equalizer, and institutions of higher education are considered moral exemplars for society.”
How are States paying for success in higher education?
This is particularly true in states like Tennessee, and Ohio, which pay a performance premium to colleges that improve outcomes for low-income and academically underprepared students.