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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED200120 AUTHOR: Finlay, Cheryl Schratz; Crosson, Patricia H.
TITLE: Women in Higher Education Administration: Status and
Strategies.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1981
JOURNAL: Administrator's-Update; v2 n3 Win 1981
NOTE: 7 p.
AVAILABILITY: American Association of University
Administrators, P.O. Box 536, Oneonta, NY 13820 ($.50).
ABSTRACT: The status of women in higher education
administration and strategies for increasing their numbers
are considered, based on research studies on women and job
structures in higher education, and from information on
organizations and programs. General observations based on
the studies include the following: women are
underrepresented in major college policy-making positions
and are clustered in low-level and middle-level stereotyped
administrative positions; the problem is especially severe
for minority women; women administrators are paid less than
male administrators; the structure of the job market in
higher education limits opportunities for women in higher
education administration; and steady-state conditions in
colleges and universities will jeopardize recent gains for
women. Strategies to improve the situation may involve
national and regional organizational activities and
institutional practices and programs. Specific women's
organizations and councils/caucuses of more broadly based
professional associations that may be of assistance are
briefly described, along with institutes, internships and
other training programs, workshops, and conferences that
have been developed for women administrators or that are
committed to affirmative action. A variety of institutional
programs and activities, including affirmative hiring goals
and training programs for support personnel are identified.
Individual initiatives that women administrators can take
to improve their situation are also outlined. References
are included. (SW)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Administrator-Education; Administrator
Selection; Affirmative-Action; Conferences-; Decision
Making; Employment-Level; Employment-Practices; Higher
Education; Institutes-Training-Programs; Males-; National
Organizations; Personnel-Policy; Policy-Formation;
Professional-Associations; Promotion-Occupational;
Recruitment-; Salary-Wage-Differentials; Status-;
Workshops-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Administrators-; *College-Administration;
*Employed-Women; *Equal-Opportunities-Jobs; *Females-; *Sex
Discrimination
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