Women's status in higher education: equity matters

Executive Summary

Foreword

Acknowledgments

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

Framing Women's Status Through Multiple Lenses

Why Theory?

Why Feminist Theory?

Multiple Frames

Summary

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

Summary

Examining Women's Status: Campus Climate and Gender Equity

Classroom Climate

Climate Beyond the Classroom

Climate for Women Staff, Faculty, and Administrators

Salary Equity

Summary

Advancing Women's Status: Analyzing Predominant Change Strategies

Organizing Schemes

Enhancing Gender Equity

Summary

Implications and Recommendations

Recommendations for Further Research

Implications

Recommendations for Practice

Summing Up

References

Name Index

Subject Index

About the Author