Investigated three explanations for persisting differences in women's faculty representation across science fields even after adjusting for women's variable representation among doctoral recipients: labor market factors, institutional explanations, and gender role explanations. After finding that none account fully for faculty gender composition,…

Compares women's status in highly ranked sociology departments with their status in sociology departments nationwide. Reports that women on top-ranked faculties are more often at advanced ranks with tenure than their national peers, but that their numbers are proportionally fewer. Concludes that slow departmental growth results in only small…

Examined the extent to which jobs of women academic scientists are disproportionately concentrated in large cities, areas with many colleges, and doctoral production centers. Also investigated if employment variables are affected. Found that, irrespective of family status, women faculty are more likely to reside in these areas, and that geographic…

Responses from a survey of university sociology departments in 1979 (n=111, 93 percent) and 1984 (n=134, 91 percent) identified predictors of higher representation of women faculty: institutional prestige, research orientation, large size, public sponsorship, nonurban setting, and faculty growth. The political economy of a department is a…

Using a nationally representative sample of college faculty from a wide array of science disciplines, this study investigates links between organizational conditions and women's representation on college faculties. Results indicate that although the female doctoral labor supply and political constraints are powerful factors in representation,…

Discusses the gender composition and degree of job segregation among current and recently hired employees in four-year colleges and universities. Results suggest that the gender composition of an institution is more balanced where there is a relatively high proportion of women administrators, women students, and less emphasis on research. (MJP)