ISSN:
1573-188X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Nature of Science, Research, Systems of Higher Education, Museum Science
Notes:
Abstract In this paper I analyze the level of gender segregation by field in higher education, using indexes of segregation from the literature of economics and sociology. While in recent years women have begun to penetrate many of the fields that had been almost exclusively male, the reduction in the overall level of segregation by field in colleges and universities has been small. Analysis of data from nationwide surveys of college and university faculties suggests that segregation decreased modestly during the early 1970s, but that there has been little if any decline in more recent years. Furthermore, analysis of doctorate degrees granted in the mid-1970s and mid-1980s indicated that the overall level of segregation has actually increased, in spite of a noticeable integration of traditionally “male” fields.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00992714
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