TITLE Rank and Salary Differentials in the 1970s: A Comparison of Male and Female Full-Time Teachers in

A statistical profile of the salaries, rank, and representation of women and men full-time faculty in universities and colleges in Canada is presented. Data from "Statistics Canada " for the academic years 1972-73, 1975-76, and 1977-78 Were used in the comparative analysis. Between 1972-73 and 1977-78, women remained a minority population, 13 to 14 percent of the full-time teaching staff. Throughout the'1970s women continued to be concentrated in the assistant and lecturer rank and men continued to be found disproportionately in the full and associate professorship ranks. Regardless of the year, the modal degree for women was a master's degree, whereas for 'men it was the Ph.D. degree. Even when sex differences in highest earned degree were taken into account, women, as compared to men, 'were still absent from full professorship ranks and were primarily found in the lower ranks. Women were conspicuousl