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Rutgers’ professor gender wage gap from 6 to 8% BRENDAN BRIGHTMAN NEWS EDITOR
Rutgers American Association of University Professors and American Federation of Teachers (AAUP-AFT) announced on Facebook last night at approximately 10 p.m. that it was making progress and would stay at the bargaining table “round the clock” until a deal was reached to avert a strike. One of the issues the union raised concern about was the gender wage gap among all Rutgers tenured or tenure-track faculty, which is approximately 6 to 8%, said Mark Killingsworth, a professor in the Department of Economics, who did a study using regression analysis to find the statistic. “It takes into account race, age, years at Rutgers and divisions within the University,” Kllingsworth said.
Within individual departments and schools, the difference may be nonexistent, less or greater, Killingsworth said. Yet when salaries of males and females among every faculty rank are compared, the gap is approximately $7,000 to $11,000 per year. The percentage differences are more useful because the dollar differences keep changing over time. A dollar in 2005 is not worth the same as a dollar in 2019, he said. “If you look at people within the same rank, who are also the same within the other factors,” Killingsworth said. “The differences are smaller, which is not surprising and what that says is there may well be differences adverse to women in access to rank.” While Killingsworth’s analysis does not consider why this exists, the difference in access to SEE GAP ON PAGE 5
Sakai breakdown on April 6 due to storage issues APARNA RAGUPATHI CORRESPONDENT
Deepa Kumar, president of AAUP-AFT and an associate professor in the Department of Journalism and Media Studies, holds up a sign for closing the wage gap. GARRETT STEFFE / ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR
At 6:55 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, the online student platform Sakai went down due to server storage issues and was back up by 3:51 a.m. the following Sunday morning. “Office of Information Technology (OIT) staff members responded quickly on Saturday night to identify the problem, find a solution and minimize the impact on Rutgers students and faculty,” said Allan Hoffman, director of IT Communications and Marketing. Hoffman said that this outage is an anomaly. SEE ISSUES ON PAGE 5
Communications is in top 15% nationwide JAKE MCGOWAN CORRESPONDENT
The School of Communication and Information, which was founded in 1982 and is located on the College Avenue campus, is home to classes on public relations, journalism, information technology and social media. THE DAILY TARGUM
A report from College Factual ranked Rutgers’ Communication and Media Studies program in the top 15% of all similar programs in the country. One of the focuswes of the Department of Communications is the digital environment that society has become, according to the School of Communication and Information website. Founded in 1982, the school’s research and teaching focuses specifically on organizational communication, social media, library and information science and journalism and information technology. “The school’s competitive and renowned programs prepare students for top careers in today’s digital environment,” according to the website. The school was founded after merging with the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, the School of Communication Studies and the Department of Urban Journalism. Rutgers’ Communication and Media Studies program was also ranked second in the state of New Jersey. College Factual reported that graduates of the school outearn students at other colleges by “a significant amount.” Mary Chayko, a professor of Communication and Information and director of Undergraduate
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Interdisciplinary Studies at the School of Communication and Information, gave further insight on the success of the program, as well as what students learn about. “Students at SCI are provided with skills, tools and understandings to help them succeed in today’s constantly changing communication, information and media environments,” she said. “Whether they’re interested in social media, public relations, journalism, information technology and informatics, organizational communication or many other fields of study, SCI helps students prepare for top careers in all kinds of settings.” Jack Bratich, an associate professor of Journalism and Media Studies, also spoke about the importance of the School of Communication and Information. “Our wide range of faculty backgrounds and approaches creates a holistic learning environment that equips students with the analytic and ethical tools they need to become successful, socially conscious professionals,” he said. When asked about the success of the Department of Communications, Chayko credited the faculty for their work, as well as the research that it does. “It’s our world-class faculty. Some of the top professors and researchers in the world who SEE COMMUNICATIONS ON PAGE 4