Some students felt that teaching evaluation forms should reflect concerns related to gender and climate. Some women faculty noted a lack of networking opportunities between the disciplines. Some female staff members reported frequently being treated without respect by both female and male university members. Some female students experience fear when expressing dissatisfaction with faculty, while some of the male students appear to feel a sense of entitlement in expressing dissatisfaction. Some female students experience a sense of fear and consequently feel timid about reporting negative academic experiences.
Adjunct faculty feel they are treated as second class citizens.
Female students report being perceived as inferior student-scholars due to being pregnant, having a child, or having the ability to bring new life into the world. Some female students noted a lack of mentorship opportunities in the sciences. It was reported that women can be mentored by men but that mentors need to be sensitive to experiential and linguistic differences in how each person processes her understanding of our larger world. Some students noted that faculty emphasis on one student succeeding at the expense of other students creates a tension filled learning environment. Some faculty reported not knowing how to mentor female students.