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Alston, Kal – Academe, 1998
Exception is taken to language proposed for a university's sexual-harassment policy, arguing that anything vitiating privacy must have strong, readily apparent benefit for the common good; that students cannot be stripped of their ability to make choices; and that teachers' decisions about consensual sex must be made in context of their own…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, College Students, Ethics
Paludi, Michele A., Ed. – 1991
This book brings together extensive research and writing on sexual harassment in higher education examining it as a misuse of authority by male faculty members and as a confluence of power relations and sexism in institutions stratified by sex. The thirteen contributions are grouped into four sections the first of which, "Sexual Harassment:…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education, Legal Problems
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Lane, Ann J. – Academe, 1998
Examines ethos of sexual relations between students and faculty members, particularly as it relates to female students and professors. The discussion covers university policies, the imbalance of power and a betrayal of trust, opposition to and benefits of regulations, student-initiated relationships, professorial authority, gender and cultural…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Faculty, College Students, Females
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Foulis, Danielle; McCabe, Marita P. – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1997
Studies the effects of sex, age, occupation, and experience of sexual harassment (SH) on attitudes to and perceptions of SH. Results from 196 participants reveal males to be more tolerant of SH, females experienced more SH than males, and males and females perceived the same incidents as sexual harassment. Education is viewed as necessary to…
Descriptors: Adults, College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
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Rosser, Sue V. – Feminist Teacher, 1989
Presents five exercises, based on the "Chilly Climate" papers, designed to enhance faculty and staff sensitivity to the need of providing a comfortable learning environment for women. Covers definition of sexism, pronouns as power, gender differences in experiences with sexism, incorporating feminist scholarship into traditional courses,…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Educational Environment, Faculty Development, Females
Finkel, Susan Kolker; Olswang, Steven G. – 1994
In an effort to understand the persistent lack of representation of females in senior ranks at top research universities this study examined the attitudes of female assistant professors toward 14 possible impediments to their gaining tenure. Subjects were tenure-track assistant professors in a large, public research university where women are…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty College Relationship, Faculty Promotion, Faculty Publishing