Gender equality in academia: Bad news from the trenches, and some possible solutions

Perspectives on Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-233

  Monroe, Kristen ^a,b   Ozyurt, Saba ^a   Wrigley, Ted ^a   Alexander, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCI's Interdisciplinary Center for the Scientific Study of Ethics and Morality

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EID: 45249093436     PISSN: 15375927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1537592708080572     Document Type: Article

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