Women's status in higher education
Subtitle: equity matters
By: Elizabeth J. Allan
Series: ASHE higher education report -- v. 37, no. 1; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series; ASHE higher education report -- v. 37, no. 1.; Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass/Wiley
Published: 2011
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9781118073346
Subjects: Educational equalization; Women college graduates; Sex discrimination in higher education; Women in higher education; Sex differences in education; Women college administrators; Women college teachers; Feminism and higher education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-147) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Women's status in higher education: background and significance. Guiding assumptions and questions ; Historical context ; Legislative and policy initiatives ; Women in the curriculum ; Scholarship ; Organization of this monograph; title: Framing women's status through multiple lenses. Why theory? ; Why feminist theory? ; Multiple frames; title: Examining women's status: access and representation as key equity indicators. Women's access to postsecondary education ; Representation of women students in higher education ; Cocurricular representation ; Graduate students ; Faculty ; Women staff in higher education ; Women and governing boards; title: Examining women's status: campus climate and gender equity. Classroom climate ; Climate beyond the classroom ; Climate for women staff, faculty, and administrators ; Salary equity; title: Advancing women's status: analyzing predominant change strategies. Organizing schemes ; Enhancing gender equity; title: Implications and recommendations. Recommendations for further research ; Implications ; Recommendations for practice.