Source: American Institutes for Research
The report found that female STEM PhD students are less likely to find a job after graduating, compared to men, but those that do tend to find an academic job.
"These results seem to affirm (but also complicate) prior scholarship suggesting that women, overall, may be getting pushed out or may be pulling out of research-intensive and more prestigious academic pathways early in their careers," states the AIR.
The report found that men who attain academic jobs were more likely than females to land faculty positions.
Regardless of gender, people who are married when completing their PhDs are less likely to attain academic jobs.
Having children does not hinder a female with a PhD's career opportunities. They had the same prospects as other counterparts without children.
On the contrary, Men with PhDs who had children were less likely to find academic jobs compared to counterparts who did not have children.
"Men are taking care of children and playing a bigger role at home and if we don't change these policies and practices, men, too, are going to be pushed into other types of career choices," reports Tanenbaum.
