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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED215591 AUTHOR: Farley, Jennie, Ed.
TITLE: Sex Discrimination in Higher Education: Strategies
for Equality.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
NOTE: 159 p.; Based on papers presented at a conference at
Cornell University (Ithaca, NY, November 7-9, 1980).
Conference cooperatively sponsored by more than 21
organizations.
AVAILABILITY: ILR Publications, Cornell University, Ithaca,
NY 14853 ($7.50; five or more, 10 percent discount).
ABSTRACT: Papers and discussion transcripts from a 1980
conference at Cornell University on creative approaches to
ending sex discrimination in higher education are presented.
In "Litigation: Strategy of the Last Resort," Judith P.
Vladeck reviews the judicial history of academic women's
grievances and suggests that to avoid sex discrimination
litigation women will have to be more aggressive in guarding
their rights; academic administrators will have to be more
reasonable in dealing with grievances; and faculty will have
to be more open about their employment practices. In
"Building Mentorship Frameworks as Part of an Effective
Equal Opportunity Ecology," Mary P. Rowe advocates that
administrators and faculty develop multiple helping
resources for management, women's networks, and close
relation between top management and the networks. Helen C.
Davies and Robert E. Davies, in "Grievances and their
Redress in the Eighties," note a need for more objectivity
in performance appraisals and emphasize the need for the
development of sound and speedy grievance procedures.
Grievance procedures and faculty evaluation criteria used at
the University of Pennsylvania are also considered. In
"Strategies for Eliminating Sex Discrimination: Times That
Try Men's Souls," Bernice R. Sandler urges women to organize
in their own interests and to learn effective strategies for
bringing about change in system-level policies and
practices, including the efforts of coalitions. Reports from
participating institutions also are presented, and Mary P.
Rowe's article, "Go Find Yourself a Mentor," which was not
delivered at the conference, is appended. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Change-Strategies;
Court-Litigation; Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; Faculty-College
Relationship; Faculty-Evaluation; Females-; Helping
Relationship; Higher-Education; Personnel-Policy
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Activism-; *Employment-Practices;
*Grievance-Procedures; *Mentors-; *Sex-Discrimination;
*Women-Faculty
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