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The first University Lecture of the semester will take place Tuesday in Hendricks Chapel at 7:30 p.m. This semester’s schedule features four lectures. Page 3

Syracuse football legend Floyd Little said Monday that his grandson will wear the No. 44 if he plays football at Syracuse. The number was a point of controversy last summer. Page 16

Local coffee roasters discuss the intricate process of creating the perfect cup of coffee and talk about the local coffee scene. National Coffee Day is Tuesday. Page 9

BRIDGING THE GAP A look at the gender pay gap among SU alumni, across the US Text by Justin Mattingly

Graphics by Chloe Meister

news editor

presentation director

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mong the data released Sept. 11 with President Barack Obama’s new College Scorecard was the earnings for individual schools’ alumni. The data revealed that SU female alumni earnings are higher than the national average in relation to the wage gap.

what is obama’s college scorecard? President Barack Obama recently announced a new College Scorecard to help place value on individual higher education institutions. The scorecard features data about financial aid, debt and post-grad earnings.

what is the gender pay gap?

NATIONAL GENDER PAY GAP (%)

The gender pay gap is the difference in earnings between men and women. A study from the American Association of University Women in 2012 found a wage gap of 18 percent among recent college graduates. New York state had the second-best earnings ratio in the U.S.—trailing only Washington, D.C.—in 2014 as women made about 87 percent of what men made. 78.3

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78.6

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2014

where does the salt city fit in? The city of Syracuse ranked as the second-best metro area in the U.S. for the closing of the gender pay gap, according to a recent study from the news blog SpareFoot.

TOP TEN METRO AREAS: 1 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro Area

78.6

PERCENT

2 Syracuse Metro Area 3 Worcester, MA-CT Metro Area 4 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA Metro Area 5 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metro Area 6 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area 7 Albuquerque, NM Metro Area 8 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY Metro Area 9 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area 10 Jackson, MS Metro Area

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median women’s earnings in 2014 were 78.6 percent of median men’s earnings.

how does su compare to its peers?

The College Scorecard provided data on the average money alumni make post-grad. Here’s how SU rates against its peer institutions:

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY female alumni make 80.2% of what male alumni make.

$72, 100 $57, 800

TULANE female alumni make 76.1% of what male alumni make.

$77, 800 $59,200

NORTHEASTERN female alumni make 83.5% of what male alumni make.

$72, 600 $60, 600

GEORGETOWN female alumni make 71.8% of what male alumni make.

$130,700 $93,800

WAKE FOREST female alumni make 80.8% of what male alumni make.

$87,100 $70,400

BOSTON UNIVERSITY female alumni make 80% of what male alumni make.

$79,100 $63,300

SMU female alumni make 75.4% of what male alumni make.

$74,400 $56,100

LEHIGH female alumni make 73.9% of what male alumni make.

$96,400 $71,200

GEORGE WASHINGTON female alumni make 83.7% of what male alumni make.

$84,600 $70,800

CORNELL female alumni make 75% of what male alumni make.

$106,900 $80,200

NORTHWESTERN female alumni make 75.7% of what male alumni make.

$98,900 $74, 900

BOSTON COLLEGE female alumni make 76.7% of what male alumni make.

$96,200 $73,800

MARQUETTE female alumni make 76% of what male alumni make.

$73,900 $56,200

DAYTON female alumni make 75.5% of what male alumni make.

$66,900 $50,500

ROCHESTER female alumni make 85.9% of what male alumni make.

$79,500 $68,300

NOTRE DAME female alumni make 72.4% of what male alumni make.

$101,000 $73,100

VANDERBILT female alumni make 77.5% of what male alumni make.

$87,700 $68,000

KEY MALE ALUMNI FEMALE ALUMNI

72.5 PERCENT Syracuse women made 72.5 percent of what men made in 2013.

By Ali Linan asst. copy editor

what’s it like for women of color?

SYRACUSE

Syverud announces workgroup

According to 2014 data from the National Women’s Law Center, African American women were paid about 60 percent of what men were paid for full-time, year-round work, while Hispanic women with the same description were paid about 55 percent.

0NLY 55-60% OF WHAT MEN ARE PAID

$$$$$$$$$$$ MEN’S SALARIES FOR FULL TIME, YEAR-ROUND WORK

Syracuse University Chancellor Kent Syverud announced Monday a new university-wide Chancellor’s Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion. The workgroup was created to deal with key issues including diversity and inclusion planning, the participatory educational experience and the Faculty Ambassador Program, among others, in order to “develop solutions on how to further create a more diverse and inclusive climate,” according to an SU News release. The Workgroup on Diversity and Inclusion will look at work previously done by committees of the University Senate and the Student Affairs Senior Vice President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion, according to the release. The new workgroup will have a similar structure and scope as the Workgroup on Sexual Violence Prevention, Education and Advocacy Syverud created last fall. “This new Workgroup is critical as we work to continue to make Syracuse a diverse and inclusive environment for all,” Syverud said in the release. “I encourage any member of the Syracuse campus community to step forward to assist in this effort, or nominate a colleague or friend who can contribute to this important work.” Last month, Syverud, the deans of all of the schools and colleges, vice chancellors and leaders of all parts of the university, gathered for a threeday retreat that was focused on creating diversity and inclusion on the SU campus, according to the release. Members of the SU community can nominate themselves or other community members for the workgroup by Oct. 9. The members of the workgroup will be announced Oct. 15 with an inaugural meeting to take place the following week. avlinan@syr.edu


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