Gender Equity in Academic Rank and Salary.

Smart, John C.

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ERIC Number: EJ436018

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Gender Equity in Academic Rank and Salary.

Smart, John C.

Review of Higher Education, v14 n4 p511-26 Sum 1991

Study of gender disparities in rank/salary of college faculty used causal model to examine variables commonly used in human capital and structural/functional perspectives that have guided most research on gender equity. More than 60 percent of total effect of gender on academic rank/salaries is indirect. Model's usefulness and implications for study of gender differences are discussed. (MSE)

Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Employment Practices, Faculty Promotion, Higher Education, Human Capital, Models, Salaries, Salary Wage Differentials, Sex Differences, Women Faculty

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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