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Article: Stressed out: a new study explains why female professors have added stress.(Stats Watch)
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- University Business
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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When female professors complain about stress, they're not just whining, says Jennifer Hart, professor at the University of Missouri who conducted a study that was submitted to Stress, Trauma and Crisis: An International Journal. The study is part of a larger climate study being conducted at an anonymous southwestern university.
In an interview with University Business, Hart says that the added stress for both male and female professors on the tenure-track is a result of the ambiguous requirements for obtaining tenure. She referred to obtaining tenure as a "moving target," since from the point of view of surveyed professors, the requirements seem to change from day ...