There Is a Gender Pay Gap in Academe, but It May Not Be the Gap That Matters

By Jonah Newman. The gender-based wage gap has been in the spotlight lately, as the Obama administration used a pair of executive orders this week to remind the country that women make 77 cents for every dollar men make, according to oft-quoted (and sometimes criticized) data from the Census Bureau. New data released this week by the American Association of University Professors show there is a gender wage gap in academe, too. More...