Gender (in)equity in the academy: Subtle mechanisms and the production of inequality

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-200

  Roos, Patricia A ^a   Gatta, Mary L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academia; Gender inequity; Higher education; Subtle discrimination

Indexed keywords

EID: 68649112399     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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