Building Gender Equity in the Academy: Institutional Strategies for Change

by Sandra Laursen, Ann E Austin, Ann E. Austin

An evidence-based, action-oriented response to the persistent, everyday inequity of academic workplaces.

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 filled 47% of all US jobs in 2015,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421439387
• ISBN13: 9781421439389
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"