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Ost, David H.; Twale, Darla J. – Initiatives, 1989
Examined appointments of academic administrators in higher education to identify success rate of women relative to proportion of their representation; to identify and characterize emerging alternative career pathways in colleges and universities; to compare success rate for position types of internal candidates with external higher education…
Descriptors: Administrators, Careers, Colleges, Females
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Alpert, Dona – Initiatives, 1989
Compared equity in number and salary between women and men at different ranks within a sample of doctoral-level institutions of higher education (N=109). Found that at current rate of increase it will take women 90 years to be equally represented and that gap in salaries has increased since 1975. (ABL)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Colleges, Comparable Worth, Disadvantaged
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Cooper, Joanne E.; Benham, Maenette; Collay, Michelle; Martinez-Aleman, Ana; Scherr, Mary Woods – Initiatives, 1999
Explores a deeper understanding of the lives of women faculty through narratives in an effort to simultaneously improve those lives and to end the dearth of stories in academia. Offers four diverse women's reflections on creating a space for themselves in academia. Strategies described involve continual reflection on self-identity. (GCP)
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Higher Education, Institutional Environment, Professional Recognition
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Thorner, Prudence M. – Initiatives, 1989
Describes efforts at the University of Virginia to change climate for women within the institution. Describes the process of organizing women, forming a task force, identifying barriers, and producing changes. Concludes that partnership between an association of faculty and staff, and a supportive senior administration has enabled change to come…
Descriptors: Change Agents, College Environment, College Faculty, Colleges