Abstract
Women’s status in higher education is examined through legal, institutional, and statistical changes following major equity legislation of the early 1970s. The article acknowledges gains in women’s access to higher education, women’s studies programs, professional networks, and administrative development, while emphasizing persistent disparities in employment, rank, tenure, salary, and promotion. Drawing on reports from the Women’s Equity Action League, the American Association of University Professors, and a National Research Council study of matched male and female Ph.D.s, the article presents evidence that women remain concentrated in lower academic ranks, earn less than men, and advance more slowly toward tenure and full professorship. It challenges explanations based on marriage, parenting, geographic mobility, or career interruptions, pointing instead to disciplinary and institutional patterns of discrimination. The article frames women faculty as still positioned unequally within the academy despite legal reforms and documented progress.
Recommended Citation
Myers, Michele T.
(1984)
"The Outsiders: Women in the Academy,"
Association for Communication Administration Bulletin: Vol. 50, Article 23.
Available at:
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/aca/vol50/iss1/23
