Why should they?
I am an adjunct instructor at a 2-yr college. We had a department meeting last week and a buddy and I counted.
The department chair is a woman, her deputy is a woman.
Out of ten full-time instructors, seven are women, two are foreign-born Blacks from Africa, one white male is full time.
Of the adjuncts, out of 14, ten are male, four are female.
My friend and I are the ‘old’ guys, retired and just enjoy teaching, whereas the rest of the adjuncts are young and are desperate for a full-time position.
From what we can tell from anecdotal discussions with other departments and counting on-line, my department is not an anomaly. College-wide, roughly 80% of the full time instructors (and department chairs) are females.
“Gender-bias” in hiring full-time instructors? You bet. No problem being an adjunct but essentially no chance of being picked up full-time.
So, what was that article saying about a push to hire/attract males?
Sorry about the double post