AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.

U of Arizona slowly improves for women.(University of Arizona, human resource management )(Brief Article)

Women in Higher Education

| August 01, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Women in Higher Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The University of Arizona has made some significant steps in improving conditions for female faculty, including minority members, UA researchers announced recently.

Five present and former UA faculty members studied the impact of a 2001 study known as the Millennium Project that focused on the atmosphere on campus for female faculty members. The new project, Agencies of Change, examined how the Millennium's Projects recommendations were put into effect.

Agencies of Change Project researchers admitted that some of their findings were disappointing, but that "a number of colleges within the university have made significant strides in ...

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
Do female faculty influence female students' educational and labor market...
Magazine article from: Industrial and Labor Relations Review Rothstein, Donna S. April 1, 1995 700+ words
...a growing concern that the percentage of female faculty at U.S. colleges and universities is...benefit from an increase in the percentage of female faculty. One view is that female faculty act as mentors and role models for female...
Male-Female Faculty Salary Gap Found on University of North Carolina Campus.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News November 4, 2002 700+ words
...proof of a salary gap between male and female faculty on campus, university leaders are...close a similar gap for minority and female faculty. "Or you could take it off the top...will be needed to draw the salaries of female faculty even with their male counterparts...
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY RURAL SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT HONORED FOR FEMALE...
News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News September 13, 2009 700+ words
...following news release: The number of female faculty members in the Department of Rural...a result of purposely trying to add female faculty members, which would go against affirmative...work." She added that several of female faculty members have taught at SDSU for more...
RPI seeks ways to help its female faculty thrive: New initiative includes...
Newspaper article from: Times Union (Albany, NY) March 28, 2007 700+ words
...and creating role models for junior female faculty. --Removing the secrecy of the tenure...Campaign" grants to promising young female faculty to fund research projects. Winners...grant program that awards money to female faculty for research and career advancement...
KU chemistry department leads top 50 programs in percentage of female faculty.
Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 15, 2002 700+ words
...leads top 50 programs in percentage of female faculty (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...gives KU the highest percentage of female faculty members among the nation's top 50...in 1975 as the department's only female faculty member. A recent staff meeting reminded...
Graphic stories: representing the status of female faculty.
Magazine article from: Feminist Studies Fowler, Norma Arens, Katherine Gilbert, Lucia A. Payne, Shelley M. Reichl, Linda E. Staiger, Janet September 22, 2004 700+ words
...HIRING, PROMOTION, and retention of female faculty abound in academia. Most point to...identify what might help the situation for female faculty in moving further toward the goal of...interrogations of the situation of female faculty. In what follows, we will show how...
Gender bias in the evaluation of female faculty at The Citadel: A qualitative...
Women and Language March 22, 2000 700+ words
...of gender bias in student ratings of female faculty at The Citadel. Four (Caucasian) female faculty members, one at each level of academic...setting of The Citadel, nontenure track female faculty are doubly penalized. Faculty women...
University of Kansas Chemistry Department Leads Top 50 Programs in Percentage...
News wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service October 14, 2002 700+ words
...gives KU the highest percentage of female faculty members among the nation's top 50...in 1975 as the department's only female faculty member. A recent staff meeting reminded...James helped recruit four of the seven female faculty members. She recently received national...
For more facts and information, see all results
©2009 Gale, a part of Cengage Learning. All rights reserved.
About us | FAQs | Contact us | Privacy policy | Terms and conditions
Other Gale sites: Encyclopedia.com | HighBeam Research | Acquire Content | Books & Authors | Goliath | MovieRetriever | Smart QandA