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Michel, Jean – 1988
Engineering in higher education has the lowest proportion of women students when compared with other fields of study. This book discusses the issues and problems that face the training and promotion of women at the university level. Part one discusses the background and trends of female participation in different regions and disciplines of higher…
Descriptors: College Science, Employed Women, Engineering Education, Engineers
Toth, Emily – 1997
Using humor and examples from real-life experience, the book provides advice and information in question-and-answer form for women regarding all aspects of work life in higher education. Chapters cover: graduate school as a rite of passage, and discussions of the demands of graduate study and the commitments required; strategies for finding and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employed Women, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education
Baum, Eleanor – Engineering Education, 1989
Described are the obstacles of women who choose engineering as their career at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Difficulties of women faculty members in their positions are described. Lists six references. (YP)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employed Women, Engineering, Engineering Education
Morse, Lucy – Engineering Education, 1989
Discussed is the graduate Reentry Program for Women at the University of Central Florida. Six components of the program are described: (1) mathematics review courses; (2) the program coordinator; (3) orientation meetings; (4) professional development day; (5) co-op jobs; and (6) social events that emphasize information. (YP)
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Employed Women, Engineering, Engineering Education
Peer reviewedBryant, Heather E.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991
Among 745 physicians graduated from the University of Calgary (Canada) women were more likely to take parental leave, but gender differences in breaks taken for other reasons were less. Women worked fewer hours in direct patient care. Female parents under 35 spent fewer hours on patient care than all male parents. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Careers, Clinical Experience, Employed Parents, Employed Women
Peer reviewedKuckartz, Udo – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1992
Reports on a study of 454 college-level faculty on the tension between setting up a family and a professional career. Finds data that support the thesis that, in the course of an academic career, a process of selection takes place that has a negative professional impact on women who choose to have a family. (CFR)
Descriptors: Career Development, Children, Employed Women, Faculty Development
Peer reviewedFord, Mary J.; Millward, Robert E. – Feminist Teacher, 1991
Reviews research that refutes stereotypes regarding women's administrative abilities. Claims that sex-role stereotyping excludes women from public school administration. Explores the possible positive impact on administrative job opportunities for women created by the National Association of Secondary School Principals' Assessment Center. (NL)
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Administrator Selection
Peer reviewedPaludi, Michele A. – Teaching of Psychology, 1991
Suggests techniques for incorporating information on women psychologists into a psychology of women course. Emphasizes the impact of role models for female students integrating family and career. Presents themes of life cycle development in the psychology of women, discrimination in graduate training, the family claim, and employment…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Consciousness Raising, Employed Parents, Employed Women
Peer reviewedMarini, Margaret Mooney; And Others – Sociology of Education, 1996
Discovers distinct differences and a few similarities between men and women concerning values and expectations associated with employment. Women attach greater importance to intrinsic, altruistic, and social rewards. Earlier research suggested significant gender differences regarding extrinsic rewards; however, this category revealed no…
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Economic Factors, Employed Women, Employee Attitudes
Download full textScheetz, L. Patrick – 1988
Results from the 18th annual Recruiting Trends survey completed by the Collegiate Employment Research Institute for Career Development and Placement Services at Michigan State University are presented. For this 1988-89 survey, cross-sections of employers from business, industry, government, and education were contacted, and responses were received…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Civil Rights, College Graduates, Demography
