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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED250980 AUTHOR: Sadker, Myra
TITLE: Sex Bias in Colleges and Universities. The Report
Card #2.
YEAR PUBLISHED: (1983)
NOTE: 10 p.
AVAILABILITY: Mid-Atlantic Center for Sex Equity, 5010
Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Suite 308, Washington, DC (free in
limited quantities).
ABSTRACT: Research concerning the status of college students
and college faculty at U.S. colleges and universities is
summarized in a large chart (17 by 22 inches). Patterns in
the college curriculum and instruction are also reviewed.
The information reflects many positive changes for women in
postsecondary education. It also shows that, more than a
decade after the passage of Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972, sex bias still pervades college and
university life. Facts include the following: the typical
rank for a female faculty member is that of untenured
instructor; affirmative action policies have not
significantly increased the percentage of women on higher
education faculties; the salary gap between female and male
faculty continues to widen; in the early 1980s, women make
up the majority of the postsecondary student population;
women earn about half the bachelor's and master's degrees
awarded each year, one third of the doctoral degrees, and
one quarter of the professional degrees; many women attend
college on a part-time and reentry basis; and content
analysis studies demonstrate that many postsecondary texts
continue to stereotype male and female roles and exclude
women from the narrative and content. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Rank-Professional; College
Curriculum; College-Instruction; Females-; Higher-Education;
Males-; Salary-Wage-Differentials; Teacher-Salaries
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Affirmative-Action; *College-Faculty;
*College-Students; *Sex-Bias; *Women-Faculty
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