Equal Rites, Unequal Outcomes: Women in American Research Universities (Innovations in Science Education and Technology, 15)

This book is based on a conference held at Harvard University in November 1998. It is sponsored by grants from the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Albert Gordon Foundation. The intent of the conference is to focus on women faculty in research universities, seeking to identify and disseminate innovative approaches to increasing faculty positions and opportunities for women there. Faculty positions in these institutions are essential to establishing productive scholarly careers, especially so in the natural sciences, but also in the social sciences and humanities. The contributors are considered quite stellar and are some of the most important leaders in their individual fields of study. The Committee organized a conference in November 1998 at Harvard and Radcliffe to examine the current state of the female professoriate in research institutions from several perspectives, to identify factors that still seem to hinder women's progress in those universities, and to highlight policies and practices that contribute to greater equality. The contributors are from a wide range of fields; the 14 papers are updated or have been added to the anthology after the conference. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Fortunate woman that I am, I have been invited to dream about a research university of the future.