Data from 43 large urban school districts are used to examine the progress women have made in securing line administrative positions since the passage of Title IX 20 years ago. Women have made substantial progress and are drawing near to 50% of such positions in urban, although not rural or suburban, districts. (SLD)

Responding to compelling evidence of gender inequity and a systematic campaign of political pressure to redress these inequities, Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681) prohibiting sex discrimination in all aspects of education in institutions receiving federal financial assistance. At the time Title IX was…

The process by which women successfully attained male-dominated administrative line positions as high school principals and superintendents and their perceptions of the process are examined in this descriptive study. The qualitative, inductive analysis is based on indepth interviews with 17 women principals and superintendents. Findings indicate…

Evaluates a training institute designed to increase the advancement of women in administrative positions in four Tennessee school districts. Reports that the program improved participants' qualifications, sensitivity to sexism, sense of self as administrator, motivation to pursue career, professional visibility, feeling of belonging to a group,…

Differences between the experiences and perceptions of male and female educational administration professors are examined in this comparative study, which focuses on perceptions of how they obtained their positions and the factors for securing them. Data from a mailed questionnaire of 100 male educational administration professors, which produced…

Sex equity efforts in schools have revolved around compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments (1972). Sex equity has not generally been institutionalized into schools, few women have moved into line administration, and the economic and political situations make prospects for continued sex equity efforts in schools "dismal." (LC)