Building gender equity in the academy : institutional strategies for change / Sandra Laursen and Ann E. Austin

Building gender equity in the academy : institutional strategies for change /

Despite decades of effort by federal science funders to increase the numbers of women holding advanced degrees and faculty jobs in science and engineering, they are persistently underrepresented in academic STEM disciplines, especially in positions of seniority, leadership, and prestige. Women fille...

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Main Authors: Laursen, Sandra (Author), Austin, Ann E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020
Subjects:
Women college teachers > United States.
Science teachers > United States.
Educational equalization > United States.
Women in higher education > United States.
Online Access: Full text (Wentworth users only)
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • PART I: The Problem, the Solution, and the Study
  • What's the Problem?
  • Fix the System, Not the Women.
  • PART II: Strategies for Change
  • Interrupt Biased Processes
  • Reboot Workplaces
  • Support the Whole Person
  • Foster Individual Success
  • New Frontiers of Research and Practice.
  • PART III: Building and Enacting a Change Portfolio
  • Put It All Together
  • Design a Change Portfolio to Advance Equity.
  • Appendix A. ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Awards by Cohort through 2019
  • Appendix B. Research Methods.

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