Diversity in the Mathematical Community: What the Data Show

Ellen Kirkman

Wake Forest University

Outline

• Sources of Data

• Faculty

• New Doctorates

• Graduate Students

• Undergraduate Students

Sources of Data

1. NSF “Women, Minorities, Persons with Disabilities in S & E” http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2. “A national analysis of minorities in science and

engineering faculties at research universities” (Diversity in Science Association and University of Oklahoma)

3. CBMS 2005 Survey4. Annual Reports of Joint Data Committee and AMS Data

(Notices)5. “Has the Women-in-Mathematics Problem Been

Solved?” Allyn Jackson (Notices August 2004)

Full-time Faculty Asian Black Hispanic White Other

Math PhD level          

men 12% 1% 2% 66% 1%

women 3% 0% 1% 14% 0%

Math MA level          

men 10% 3% 2% 54% 2%

women 4% 1% 2% 22% 1%

Math BA level          

men 6% 2% 2% 57% 3%

women 3% 1% 1% 25% 2%

Stat PhD level          

men 18% 1% 1% 55% 2%

women 7% 1% 0% 16% 1%

Minority Tenure-Track Faculty at “Top 50” Institutions

  Assistant Associate Full All

2002 6.0% 4.6% 3.0% 3.6%

2007 2.3% 2.7% 2.2% 2.3%

Minority Faculty FY 2007

Asst Black

Assoc

Black

Full Black

Asst Hispanic

Assoc Hispanic

Full Hispanic

Harvard 0 0 0 1 0 0

MIT 1 0 0 0 1 0

Princeton 0 0 0 0 0 0

Stanford 0 0 0 0 0 0

UC Berkeley

0 0 0 0 0 0

Women Faculty FY 2007

Asst Assoc Full

Harvard 5 0 0

MIT 1 0 2

Princeton 2 0 1

Stanford 0 0 2

UC Berkeley

1 0 9

% Female of Tenured/Tenure-Track Faculty Math Faculty

2000 2007

Doctoral 9% 12%

Masters 21% 25%

Bachelors 22% 27%

Involvement in AMS

• 2007 AMS Membership in US:

67% male, 17% female,15% unknown

• 1998-2007 Invited Address Speakers: 84% male, 16% female

• 2003-7 Speakers at Special Sessions:

81% male, 18% female, 2% unknown

• 2007 AMS Trustee and Council Members:

66% male, 34% female

• 2007 AMS Editorial Committees: 84% male, 16% female

U.S. Citizen Doctorates Awarded 1998-2005

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

700

800

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

White Asian Black Hispanic American Indian Other/unknown

Doctorates Awarded to Minorities 1998-2005

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Black Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native

U.S. Citizen Doctoral Recipients 2000-2005

  2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Total 574 526 443 517 511 541

Black 14 19 14 16 10 22

Hispanic 15 15 12 17 26 24

American Indian 2 2 3 2 0 0

Percentage of Ph.D.s Earned

1986-1995 1996-2005

Black 1.5% 2.5%

Hispanic 2.3% 3.3%

Native 0.2% 0.3%

Asian 13.9% 12.4%

Female 22.5% 28.7%

White Male 64.1% 58.7%

Percentage Female of U.S. Citizen New Doctorates

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

New Doctorates: Women

• 1972-3:Doctorates to U.S. citizens: 774

Female: 78Male: 696

• 2006-7:Doctorates to U.S. citizens: 576

Female: 180Male: 396

New Doctoral Women in Statistics 2006-7

• Group IV (Statistics) 175 out of 357 (49.0%)

• Other Doctoral Groups Combined: 271 out of 976 (27.8%)

• Overall 33.4% new Doctorates given to women

% Female of 2006-7 New Doctorates Produced/Hired by Doctoral Groups

I(Pu) I(Pr) II III IV Va Total

Produced25% 25% 30% 35% 49% 23% 33%

Hired20% 27% 29% 40% 45% 33% 34%

Leading Producers of Women Doctorates 1995-6 through 2002-3

• Maryland 49 (27.37%)• UCLA 40 (25.00%)• U. Illinois 40 (24.84%)• UC Berkeley 39 (15.98%)• MIT 37 (21.26%)• U. Wisc. 34 (20.61%)• Stony Brook 32 (31.68%)• Michigan 30 (19.35%)• Rutgers 26 (26.00%) • Nebraska 26 (41.27%)

Graduate Enrollment 1998-2005

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Black Hispanic American Indian White

Minority Graduate Enrollment

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Black Hispanic American Indian

First Year Graduate Enrollment 2000-2005

0

500

1,000

1,500

2,000

2,500

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Black Hispanic American Indian White

Minority First Year Graduate Enrollment 2000-2005

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Black Hispanic American Indian

Graduate Enrollment in Groups I, II, III, V(a)

  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

US Citizen 5589 5877 5936 6133 6142

URM 570 537 570 569 544

% URM 10.2% 9.1% 9.6% 9.3% 8.9%

First Year Graduate Enrollment in Groups I, II, III, V(a)

  2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

US Citizen 1527 1803 1662 1643 1704

URM 184 166 165 160 171

% URM 12.0% 9.2% 9.6% 9.7% 10.0%

Percentages of Females in Graduate Students and in First Year Graduate Students Fall 1997-2006

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

% female % first year female

Number of Undergraduate Degrees 1996-2005

0

2,000

4,000

6,000

8,000

10,000

12,000

14,000

16,000

1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Black Hispanic American Indian White Asian

Undergraduate Degrees to Minorities 1998-2005

0

200

400

600

800

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

Black Hispanic American Indian

Percentage of Undergraduate Degrees to Minorities

0.0

2.0

4.0

6.0

8.0

10.0

12.0

14.0

16.0

1996 1997 1998 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

% Black % Hispanic % American Indian

Top Baccalaureate Origin of Black S&E Doctoral Recipients 2001-2005

Howard University 96

Spelman College 75

Hampton University 69

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 58

Morehouse College 52

North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University 41

Southern University A&M College at Baton Rouge 41

Xavier University of Louisiana 38

Harvard University 37

University of Maryland at College Park 35

Top Baccalaureate Origin of Hispanic S&E Doctoral Recipients 2001-2005

University of Puerto Rico Rio Piedras campus 230

University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez campus 144

University of California-Berkeley 102

University of Texas at Austin 65

Florida International University 64

University of California-Los Angeles 63

University of Florida 62

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 54

University of California-San Diego 47

University of Miami 45

Top Baccalaureate Origin of American Indian S&E Doctoral Recipients 2001-2005

University of Oklahoma, Norman campus 7

Oklahoma State University all campuses 6

University of Central Oklahoma 6

University of Florida 6

University of Washington-Seattle 6

Dartmouth College 4

University of California-Davis 4

University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 4

University of North Dakota all campuses 4