The status of women and minorities among community college faculty

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-240

  Perna, Laura W ^a,b  

^a Dept of Educ Policy and Leadership   (United States)

^b 2200 Benjamin Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Community colleges; Equity; Faculty; Rank; Salary; Tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347755111     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022003812945     Document Type: Article

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