Women scientists in academia: Geographically constrained to big cities, college clusters, or the coasts?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-30

  Kulis, Stephen ^a   Sicotte, Diane ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender equity; Geographic constraints; Occupational mobility; Women faculty; Women scientists

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141737663     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1013097716317     Document Type: Article

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