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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED169873 AUTHOR: Gappa, Judith M.; Uehling, Barbara S.
TITLE: Women in Academe: Steps to Greater Equality. AAHE
ERIC/Higher Education Research Report No. 1, 1979.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1979
NOTE: 97 p.
AVAILABILITY: Publications Department, American Association
for Higher Education, One Dupont Circle, Suite 780,
Washington, DC 20036 ($4.00)
ABSTRACT: A review of current research and literature about
women in higher education is presented in this monograph in
the context of equality of opportunity. The following areas
are addressed: the status of women students, institutional
practices that affect the participation of women students,
the socialization process, women's studies and women's
colleges, women faculty and administrators, academic
careers, legislation pertaining to the rights of women in
higher education and current enforcement efforts, and
recommendations for the future to achieve greater equality.
The research indicates that there have been and continue to
be powerful constraints affecting the participation of
women; the status of women as students and employees is
still not equal to that of men. Reasons for the
discriminatory situation are documented and examined,
although there are limitations in the information provided
by available research. Recommendations consist of five
steps
that institutions, agencies, and organizations can take to
increase the participation of women in higher education. A
bibliography is included. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrator-Characteristics; Affirmative
Action; Bibliographies-; Civil-Rights; College-Role;
Educational-Policy; Equal-Education; Faculty-College
Relationship; Literature-Reviews; Single-Sex-Colleges;
Socialization-; Women-Faculty; Womens-Studies
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *College-Faculty; *College-Students;
*Equal
Opportunities-Jobs; *Females-; *Higher-Education; *Sex
Discrimination
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