The under-representation of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines has been well documented. We discuss an affirmative action recruitment strategy from the University of Melbourne's STEM disciplines where only female applicants were eligible to apply for academic positions. This strategy has been very…

Affirmative action programs for filling faculty and administrative positions in colleges or universities should: (1) comply with existing law; (2) correct the underrepresentation of women and minorities; (3) enhance the institution's ability to carry out its educational mission; and (4) protect the status and reputation of the women and minorities…

Examines policies and programs at the University of Cape Town, an English-language South African university, and the University of Stellenbosch, an Afrikaans-language university, aimed at diversifying their faculties' racial composition. Assesses underlying assumptions, overall objectives, and effectiveness in recruiting and retaining Black…

This report presents information drawn from a two-part study undertaken by the College of Communications and Fine Arts at Southern Illinois University (Carbondale) as part of that university's affirmative action efforts with regard to recruiting and hiring minority group members and females. The first chapter of the report presents the background…

Report of a nationwide survey of the attitudes of college and university faculty toward affirmative action as it has affected (1) their own careers and (2) their department and institution. The authors conclude that beliefs about affirmative action tend to reflect self-interest. (EVL)

Many departments in higher education institutions actively recruit women and minority candidates for faculty positions. When a department decides that an available position should be filled by a woman, are the supporting rationales legally sound? This paper describes some basic principles of federal law that address issues of affirmative action…

Argues that as the market has grown for the products and services of the professional intellectual class, this group has become committed not only to knowledge and skill but also to its elite privileges and that, as a result, the image of intellectuals as supporters of the less privileged lacks currency today. (CMG)

Contents include: a brief biography of Mary Donlon Alger; highlights of affirmative action in Cornell University, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Princeton University; a panel discussion of affirmative action today; the role and contributions of women trustees and administrators;…

A discussion of the faculty and administrator selection process looks at the function of search committees, the issue of confidentiality in records, and societal issues that need to be addressed. A number of factors in the effective use of search committees are outlined, including breadth of committee membership, quality of communication within…

This study examined affirmative action policies at the campuses of the University of California (UC) and other universities to determine effective approaches to increase opportunities for women and minority faculty and promote faculty diversity. Using a qualitative, ethnographic approach, project staff interviewed faculty and administrators about…

The Texas Advisory Committee on Women and Minority Faculty and Professional Staff sought to identify strategies that would increase the number of women and minority faculty and professional staff at institutions of higher education in Texas. The work of the Committee was divided into four subcommittees: (1) Pipeline/Pool; (2) Recruitment; (3)…

Seven themes concerning the role of women in higher education institutions are considered, generalizations about each theme are proposed, and literature supporting each area is cited. The analyses are designed for use as training modules for enhancing women's equity in colleges and universities. The seven themes are as follows: the productivity of…

Seven case studies describing a number of situations in which various forms of discrimination against women in higher education have occurred are presented. The case materials were gathered from a number of doctoral level universities, which are not individually identified. Types of discrimination that are considered include: (1) selection…