In Table 1, data are reported for the number of applications, interviews held, and appointments made. By looking at the last line of Table 1, summarizing the data for all 8 years, one can see that, on average women represented 23.2% of the applicant pool, 30.4% of those interviewed, and 36.2% of those hired. Thus women were both interviewed and hired in numbers greater than their representation in the applicant pool. In each of the years surveyed, women were interviewed at a higher rate than their presence in the applicant pool, and in six of the eight years the percentage of those hired who were women was greater than the percentage of those interviewed who were women.

Recruitment Activity for All Full-time Initial Limited - Term, Probationary, and Tenured Appointments 1991-1992 to 1998-1999
	Applications				Interviews Held			Appointments
Year	Men	Women	Unknown	% Women	Men	Women	% Women	Men	Women	% Women
1991-92	938	319	21	25.4	155	78	33.5	44	22	33.3
1992-93	1341	416	52	23.7	169	77	31.3	39	21	35.0
1993-94	1158	378	6	24.6	196	82	29.5	38	28	42.4
1994-95	1590	443	38	21.8	218	82	27.3	38	22	36.7
1995-96	1217	311	99	20.4	197	86	30.4	29	20	40.8
1996-97	2005	619	31	23.6	206	126	38.0	47	27	36.5
1997-98	1496	472	4	24.0	239	98	29.1	43	22	33.8
1998-99	1449	429	38	22.8	302	105	25.8	45	21	31.8
8 Years	11194	3387	289	23.2	1682	734	30.4	323	183	36.2

Table 2 shows separately the number of women and men appointed and interviewed as a percentage of applicants, and appointed as a percentage of those interviewed. Looked at this way, the data reveal the same pattern as described in Table 1. Over the 8 years, on average: 5.4% of female applicants were appointed compared to 2.9% of male applicants; 21.7% of female applicants were interviewed compared to 15% of male applicants; and 24.9% of female applicants who were interviewed were hired whereas 19.2% of men who were interviewed were appointed. Again, the results in each of the years are remarkably consistent. Women had almost twice the chance of being hired as did men.

Likelihood of Being Interviewed and Appointed to Regular Faculty Positions at Western, 1991-1992 to 1998-1999
	Women				Men
Year		Appointed as % W Applicants	Interviewed as % W Applicants	Appointed as % W Interviewed	Appointed as % M Applicants	Interviewed as % M Applicants	Appointed as % M Interviewed
1991-92		6.9	24.5	28.2	4.7	16.5	28.4
1992-93		5.0	18.5	27.3	2.9	12.6	23.1
1993-94		7.4	21.7	34.1	3.3	16.9	19.4
1994-95		5.0	18.5	26.8	2.4	13.7	17.4
1995-96		6.4	27.7	23.3	2.4	16.2	14.7
1996-97		4.4	20.4	21.4	2.3	10.3	22.8
1997-98		4.7	20.8	22.4	2.9	16.0	18.0
1998-99		4.9	24.5	20.0	3.1	20.8	14.9
8 Years		5.4	21.7	24.9	2.9	15.0	19.2

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