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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: 73-22913 AUTHOR: Stark, Joan S.; Lowther, Malcolm A.; Austin, Ann E.


TITLE: Comparative career accomplishments of two decades of
women and men doctoral graduates in education.

YEAR PUBLISHED: 1985
JOURNAL: Research-in-Higher-Education; 1985 Vol 22(3) 219
249

ABSTRACT: Compared patterns of doctoral study and
subsequent career progress for 227 female and 529 male
doctoral graduates (mean age 36.7-42.4 yrs) in education at
a research university from 1964-1970 and 1974-1980,
representing periods before and after a rapid nationwide
increase in the percentage of women doctorates. Results
indicate that, despite advantages relative to men (in
admission, financial support, and fulltime study), women
doctorates of both periods had achieved less career
progress than men but held similarly positive perceptions
concerning career impact of the degree. Work experience
prior to doctoral study strongly predicted career progress
for both genders. Results suggest that affirmative action
may have positively affected the careers of recent women
doctorates who were younger and who began study with less
established careers than women doctorates prior to 1970.
(23 ref) (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1986 American
Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)

KEY DESCRIPTORS: HUMAN-SEX-DIFFERENCES; OCCUPATIONAL
SUCCESS; EDUCATIONAL-PERSONNEL; EDUCATIONAL-DEGREES;
OCCUPATIONAL-ATTITUDES; GRADUATE-EDUCATION; AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION; ADULTHOOD-


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