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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED296620 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Task Force on the Status of Academic Women. Report:
1987 Progress Review.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1988
NOTE: 90 p.
AVAILABILITY: Senate Office, University of Alberta, 150
Athabasca Hall, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2F8.
ABSTRACT: Progress in bringing about equal employment
conditions for academic women at the University of Alberta,
Canada, is reviewed. In 1975 a Senate Task Force on the
Status of Academic Women at the University of Alberta
reported serious discrepancies in terms of salaries, rank,
and participation in university governance between women and
men. Each of the 1975 task force's 15 recommendations to
promote equal employment opportunities are considered,
including progress achieved or factors that have changed
during the past 12 years. Recommendations include the
following areas: statements against sex discrimination;
approaches to promote more flexible and imaginative work
patterns for all staff including part-time and shared
tenurable positions; maternity benefits; and subsidized day
care facilities on campus. Tables and graphs comparing 1974
and 1986 data are provided. Findings of the 1987 Review
Committee's evaluation are considered, along with results of
the Survey of Academic Staff that pertain to the
recommendations. Appendices include: examples of forms used
at universities for documenting recruitment procedures;
December 1986 statistics on the numbers and percentages of
female and male academic employees by rank and faculty; and
the academic staff questionnaire. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Rank-Professional; Change
Strategies; College-Faculty; Females-; Foreign-Countries;
Governance-; Higher-Education; Males-; Questionnaires-;
Salary-Wage-Differentials; Sex-Discrimination; Teacher
Participation
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *Employment-Practices;
*Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; *Personnel-Policy; *Self
Evaluation-Groups; *Women-Faculty
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