Demographic inertia and women's representation among faculty in higher education

被引:52
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作者
Hargens, LL [1 ]
Long, JS
机构
[1] Univ Washington, Dept Sociol, Seattle, WA 98195 USA
[2] Indiana Univ, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
来源
JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION | 2002年 / 73卷 / 04期
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D O I
10.1353/jhe.2002.0037
中图分类号
G40 [教育学];
学科分类号
040101 ; 120403 ;
摘要
We use population projection methods to show how the age and sex structure of a field can severely limit women's representation in tenure-track and full professor positions. Our results illustrate the difficulties researchers face when they use data on representation to assess levels of discrimination against women in hiring and promotion.
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页码:494 / +
页数:25
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