The Half-Eaten Apple served as a valuable reference that made it possible for us to compare the UB 'climate' for women 25 years ago with the present. None of the extra-mural reports we studied benefited from such precious historical information. On the faculty side, salaries at the moment at entry level appear to be OK and that's been true for a while. However, she noted, part-time jobs at UB are occupied disproportionately by women. And the low-paying jobs are disproportionately filled by women.
Women occupy jobs that have less economic worth.
Men get jobs that society has agreed should receive higher pay. Those are complicated issues, so it's no wonder the institution has been sluggish to respond. There is a disparity in salaries at the very senior level, and since there are relatively few senior women, we aren't talking about zillions of dollars to make it right. Collecting reports from a number of other peer institutions also allowed UB to assess how it stacks up against other universities. We're not off the scale in either direction.