Entries in this annotated bibliography on women in public school administration are grouped according to the following topics: (1) historical perspectives; (2) barriers, constraints, and socialization factors that have kept women out of public school administration; (3) strategies and programs to promote women in school administration; (4) career…

Within a number of disciplines, women are the subject of numerous research studies. This bibliography is a compilation of much of the literature of the past decade on the women administrator at all levels of educational administration. Listed alphabetically by author, the bibliography section contains 240 citations, and the dissertations section…

The analyses and suggestions of 38 leaders in education, feminism, foundations, law, and government are collected to set contexts for decisions facing colleges and universities concerning those students, faculty members, and administrators who are women. Among the issues are affirmative action, academic programs, accountability, equality, and…

This selected bibliography of minorities and women in school administration is comprised of two sections: (1) "Racial-Ethnic Minorities in School Administration" contains 21 pages of references, most of which are annotated. Listed are 7 books, 30 journal articles, 18 ERIC documents, 11 reports, and 70 dissertations. (2) "Women in School…

This collection of 107 abstracts of sex equity projects currently funded by the National Institute of Education (NIE) and 122 abstracts of NIE-sponsored sex equity publications indicates NIE's activities in the area of sex fairness and describes the results of NIE's research; it is intended to facilitate communication among researchers and others…

Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in these newsletter issues. A special article on the effects of the recent Supreme Court decision in "Grove City College v. Bell" is included. The Court held that when a college received federal money only through its financial aid program,…

Developments in education, employment, and the courts concerning the status of women are covered in this newsletter issue. Topics include the following: a 1972-1980 study which found that women faculty may not be advancing at the same pace as male faculty members; approval of actions to enhance affirmative action by the Board of Regents of the…

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the status of women in teaching and to examine the social attitudes that keep them out of administrative positions. Teaching is a 'female occupation', and the low status of teaching is inextricably linked to the sex-typing of occupations in general. However, even though the majority of all teachers are…

Argues that higher education's response to change is resulting in the disappearance of tenure, and provides a bibliography of actual institutional and faculty decisions in relation to tenure since the mid-1970s. Focus is on six issues: changes in the meaning of tenure; management of tenure decisions; financial exigency or discomfort; faculty…

This bibliography is arranged in the following major categories: (1) Faculty appointment, promotion, and tenure. This is further broken into the subcategories: general, clinician-educator track, Ph.D.s in clinical departments, faculty retirement, and deans. Where applicable, entries in each subcategory are further categorized as medical school or…

A review of current research and literature about women in higher education is presented in this monograph in the context of equality of opportunity. The following areas are addressed: the status of women students, institutional practices that affect the participation of women students, the socialization process, women's studies and women's…

This paper contends that the climate or culture of academic science has been chilly to women, ethnic minorities, and people with disabilities. The paper reviews research findings in three areas: (1) numbers of women participating in science education and careers; (2) evidence of precollege patterns for girls and women in science and math; and (3)…

This book includes materials by and about rural women who taught school from the colonial period to the early 1940s when consolidation closed many one-room schools. Chapter 1 discusses the motivation for searching and compiling a book of resources related to rural women teachers. Chapter 2 explains the origins of the term…

This annotated bibliography includes 179 citations of journal articles, books, organizational and research reports, papers, conference proceedings, and newspaper articles on sex discrimination in higher education and efforts to eliminate discrimination. Most of the materials have been published after 1970. An introduction to the bibliography…

A bibliography covering the period 1970 to 1979 provides information on research on academic women reported in journals and published and unpublished report literature. The first chapter is an overview of the research and methodological notes. The following chapters provide citations and annotations for literature in these areas: historical and…