Perceptions of female faculty treatment in higher education: Which institutions treat women more fairly?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Robst, John ^a   VanGilder, Jennifer ^a,b   Polachek, Solomon ^b,c  

^a Centers Medicare and Medicaid Serv   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Faculty treatment; Worker perceptions

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037293881     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(01)00056-5     Document Type: Article

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