Canadian university professors are mostly older and increasingly more female compared to 50 years ago, a new report from Statistics Canada has found.
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"As the university faculty ages, it will be interesting to examine the impact of retirements on the composition of academic staff," the report says. "Over time, the job requirements for these positions have changed, and most positions now require a PhD," the report says. "Factoring in the time it takes to obtain this degree potentially increases the age of the population eligible for these positions."The median age for assistant professors has remained at 40 years for the last decade, an increase of seven years compared to 1971-72.
Female teaching staff have seen their largest gains as full-time academics in the last 20 years, the StatCan report says. Moving through the ranks, women achieved gender parity at the assistant professor level in the 2017-18 academic year. In 2021-22, women made up 51 per cent of assistant professors in Canada.
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