A model of life-styles based on the form of women's acculturation to academic life is presented, hinging on assumptions of patterned behavior and values expected of women and expected in the academic culture. From 42 intensive interviews, three modes of acculturation emerged, termed reorientation, reaffirmation, and reconstitution. (MSE)

Interviews with 75 women faculty and administrators revealed how a cohort of academic women came to challenge and revise traditional content and organization of academic knowledge. Intellectual biographies and career histories gave insight into how knowledge organization has constrained or facilitated feminist scholars advocating…

A study of instructional technology use by 367 faculty at a medium-sized public university found males rated their knowledge and expertise with some innovative technologies higher than did females. Little difference was found in frequency of use; both rated technologies as important to instruction. However, males and females differed in the…

The slow rate of promotion of female college faculty relative to their male counterparts is examined from the perspective of "socially expected durations," shifting emphasis from women's assumed shortcomings and constraints to the characteristics of academe's organizational structure. The model is seen as useful for examining other forms of…

Describes use of faculty focus groups to develop strategies to increase the representation of women in senior levels of the medical faculty at Monash University (Australia). The approach resulted in "faculty ownership" of affirmative action and an implementation plan that has high priority and incorporates various stakeholder groups.…

Data from a nationwide survey of part-timers, conducted by the American Association of University Professors in 1977, are used to compare job-related characteristics of males and females and their motivations for working part-time. The data suggest that part-time academic employment may be a female issue. (Author/MLW)

A study of the perceptions of female full professors in Israeli universities found that while they do not feel discriminated against during their careers, they are aware of different career patterns of the sexes in academia and attribute those differences to objective conditions and women's decisions. (Author/MSE)

Inequities between male and female British academics are examined from a number of perspectives, drawing on feminist theory. It is found that different approaches define the problem differently, features of the British university system work to the detriment of women, and no organizational support network exists. Reform strategy is discussed.…

Analysis of data from a survey of all regular faculty members at Norwegian universities found a significant same-gender tendency in graduate supervisory relationships, especially among women. The tendency varies among disciplines and among departments with different proportions of female faculty members. Results are discussed in relation to…

A study of the social origins and career paths of Greek university faculty found few gains for women in the last twenty years, with those gains resulting from university democratization. Women faculty tend to be older and from more middle-class backgrounds than their male peers. (Author/MSE)

A survey of 230 men and women full-time lecturers in an Australian university investigated academic recruitment practices and sources of information about academic job openings. Results, which suggest similar recruitment bases, are discussed with reference to why men have traditionally outnumbered, and continue to outnumber, women in academic…

An analysis of Australian faculty demographics suggests that no overall change strategy could simultaneously maintain tenure at its current level, produce a steady-state age distribution of academics, allow even a moderate proportion of recent graduates to enter the profession, improve career prospects for existing academics, and increase women's…

An examination of the position of Afro-American women (graduate and professional students, faculty, and administrators) in higher education looks at: legislative, judicial, and executive policy decisions; the development and implementation of policies, focusing on Georgia; programs to enhance Afro-American women's representation in higher…

An examination of the effects of economic crisis on women in higher education in Europe, Australia, the United States, and Japan looked at women's access to higher education as students, choice of subjects, employment prospects, and employment as faculty, finding that recent trends toward equalization are in jeopardy. (MSE)

Reports findings from a case study of men and women taking information technology courses in one university in the United Kingdom. Observations of the coaching styles of male and female tutors in computer laboratories indicated that there were significant gender differences in coaching styles and student responses to coaching styles. Peer…