Women faculty departures from a striving institution: Between a rock and a hard place

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-370

  Gardner, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

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EID: 84875145757     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2013.0025     Document Type: Article

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