The contents of this newsletter concern affirmative action and employment, education of women, Title IX, sports, and international news. The following news items are included: pregnancy rulings and the supreme court, the Lamphere sex discrimination case at Brown University, top college administrative jobs filled by white males, college ties with…

The contents of this newsletter concern affirmative action and employment, education of women, women's studies, Title IX; medicine, sports, and international news. The following news items are included: increased part-time careers in academe, the status of women faculty in academe, new decisions on sex discrimination, HEW investigations of major…

Subtlety and complacency mask ongoing gender bias in today's classrooms. Updates are presented concerning career segregation; single-sex classrooms; safety and health problems; dropout rates; gifted programs; male/female stereotypes; classroom interactions; SAT scores; math, science and technology gender gaps; political reversals; and female…

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…