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Braxton, John M.; Proper, Eve; Bayer, Alan E. – Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011
A faculty member publishes an article without offering coauthorship to a graduate assistant who has made a substantial conceptual or methodological contribution to the article. A professor does not permit graduate students to express viewpoints different from her own. A graduate student close to finishing his dissertation cannot reach his…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Socialization, Role Models, Academic Rank (Professional)
Li, Guofang, Ed.; Beckett, Gulbahar H., Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2006
No less than other minorities, Asian women scholars are confronted with racial discrimination and stereotyping as well as disrespect for their research, teaching, and leadership, and are underrepresented in academia. In the face of such barriers, many Asian female scholars have developed strategies to survive and thrive. This book is among the…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Asian Americans, Pacific Americans, Higher Education
Jha, Jyotsna, Kelleher, Fatimah – Commonwealth of Learning, 2006
Gender disparity in education has usually been experienced as disadvantaging girls. Although this continues to be the case in many places, the phenomenon of boys' underachievement--both in terms of participation and performance--has also become an issue in a number of countries. This book reviews the research on boys' underachievement and presents…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Underachievement, Foreign Countries, Case Studies
Castellanos, Jeanett, Ed.; Gloria, Alberta M., Ed.; Kamimura, Mark, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2005
This is the first book specifically to engage with the absence of Latinas/os in doctoral studies. It proposes educational and administrative strategies to open up the pipeline, and institutional practices to ensure access, support, models and training for Latinas/os aspiring to the Ph.D. The under-education of Latina/o youth begins early. Given…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Higher Education, Student Experience, Masculinity