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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Women Faculty"”.
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Sexual harassment: The climate for women faculty
… climate for sexual harassment for university faculty, specifically, women faculty. Much of the current sexual harassment research in a university setting is focused on the experiences of college students. This study includes a collection of data about the perceptions of organizational climate …
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Kiskinawacihcikana: Aboriginal women faculty experiences in the academy
… experiences of five Aboriginal/Native American women faculty working in universities in Canada and the United States. By using interview, observation and document analysis the author has sought to understand the cultural negotiations of the participants. The hiring of Aboriginal faculty raises …
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In their footsteps: Women faculty of Wartburg College 1914–1945
1 PDF file (iv, 191 pages)
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A history of Black women faculty at Michigan State University, 1968 - 2009
… examines the careers of African American women faculty at Michigan State University from the 1960s through 2009. In mid-1960s, during the height of the Civil Rights Movement and the Women's movement, the first generation of African American females gained employment as faculty members at …
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Endarkened seeking: The storymaking of Black American women faculty sojourners in Senegal
… is to examine the stories of Black American women faculty who participate in overseas professional development programs, an area of research that has been sorely neglected. Education researchers’ most recent focus —as it relates to experiences abroad of Black Americans—has been on college …
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Do Early Promotion and Tenure Processes and Outcomes Differ for Women Faculty Members?
Prior research indicates a bias against women scientists in the most critical evaluation of their career: promotion and tenure (P&T). Personal accounts of women in academia suggest that this struggle is exaggerated for women who seek tenure earlier than expected, but supporting empirical evidence …
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Do Early Promotion and Tenure Processes and Outcomes Differ for Women Faculty Members?
Prior research indicates a bias against women scientists in the most critical evaluation of their career: promotion and tenure (P&T). Personal accounts of women in academia suggest that this struggle is exaggerated for women who seek tenure earlier than expected, but supporting empirical evidence …
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Improving Organizational Climates at HBCUS: Leveraging the Voices of Underrepresented, Minority Women Faculty and Instructors
… experiences of underrepresented,minority (URM) women faculty and instructors at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs), examining how they navigate and respond to the complexities of structural and systemic barriers in higher education. Drawing from the literature on systems of …
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NARRATIVES OF FIT: UNDERSTANDING WOMEN FACULTY STORIES OF MAKING SENSE AND FINDING PLACE IN GENDERED ORGANIZATIONS
… term for bias. The small body of literature on faculty fit focuses primarily on the complementary attributes that exist between research institutions and their academic staff, and the role of fit as a predictor of outcomes such as intention to leave, productivity, stress, vitality, and …
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Cracking the Bamboo Ceiling: Examining the Academic and Professional Identity Development of Asian American Women Faculty
<p>While Asian American faculty account for almost half of all full-time professors of color in the U.S., Asian American women account for only 3.84 percent of all full-time professors. Researchers speculate that Asian American women are often motivated to choose majors and careers considered …
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An Analysis on the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and the Effect on Women Faculty in Higher Education
The number of women in higher education is growing but they are still faced with the innate discrimination of being a woman. While higher education institutions have not been absolved from the gender wage gap issue, they have been one of the slowest to adapt to the growing workforce of women. This …
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UTILIZING GLORIA ANZALDUA’S CONOCIMIENTO TO SURVIVE: UNDERSTANDING HOW WOMEN FACULTY OF COLOR OVERCOME RACIAL BIAS & DISCRIMINATION IN ACADEMIA
… impact People of Color. Research shows that for women faculty of color, the tenure rates are proportionally lower than White men, men of color, and White women. Guided by a Chicana feminist epistemological framework, I conducted a narrative inquiry study to explore the lived experiences of …
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Investigating how Black women faculty in higher education experience and cope with work burnout : a narrative case study.
Black women faculty in higher education face unique challenges in the workplace that lead to work burnout. Black women in the labor force have had a centuries-long history marred with issues that stemmed from their once-enslaved status. These challenges manifest as microaggressions, tokenism, lack …
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You belong here? A case study into the role of belonging for tenured Black women faculty in a historically White higher education institution
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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The socialization of African American women as faculty members in religiously-affiliated universities
<p>Research on experiences of faculty-of-color generally, and on African American women particularly, in religiously-affiliated universities is embryonic. Studying faith-based colleges as a synonymous group is a complex process because of different institutional types (e.g., 2-year, 4-year, and …
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Loud silence: black women in the academy life histories and narratives
“Loud Silence: Life Histories of Black Women in the Academy” analyses the life histories of three Black women faculty at predominantly white institutions. Using Womanist theory as a theoretical framework this project pays particular attention to the ways in which the participants story their lives …
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Faculty Perceptions of Campus Diversity
… primary purpose of this study was to assess faculty perceptions of campus diversity at Western Kentucky University. A Diversity Survey was developed and administered to faculty at Western Kentucky University. Responses from the 378 fulltime faculty members who completed the survey were used …
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Factors influencing the job success of women college graduates
… college characteristics on the job success of women college graduates employed by a major U.S. manufacturing firm. Job success was defined in terms of performance evaluations, wage growth, and promotion rate models. The relative success of graduates of women's colleges were compared to …
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Women in Senior Leadership Roles: A Quantitative Analysis of Representation Across Texas Public Universities
The quantitative study examined women in leadership positions in academic and non-academic roles across 36 public institutions in Texas. Despite women attaining higher levels of educational credentials than men (National Center for Education Statistics, 2023), they remain underrepresented in senior …
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Examining the Relational Space of Native Faculty Members in Higher Education
<p>Currently, the available research on Native faculty experiences emphasizes the challenges and hardships of being an Indigenous faculty member. Native faculty members are often underrepresented and rarely appreciated for the cultural teachings and knowledge they contribute within settler-colonial …
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