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The Dartmouth
December 24, 2025 | Latest Issue
The Dartmouth
Jane E. G. Lipson
The Setonian
Opinion

Salary discrepancy?

To the Editor: I am writing to comment on your recent article about equal pay ("Equal Pay Day aims to raise awareness," April 26). In the page three continuation of the article, which had the headline "Salary discrepancy 22 percent at College" you refer to a 2005 study by the American Association of University Professors which showed a 22 percent gender gap in salary -- which, incidentally, applied to full professors only, not across all ranks. I am a full professor at the College and was certainly interested in the results of the study last spring.

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