October 29, 1999

Israeli Scholars Try to Focus Attention on Challenges Faced by Women in Academe

By HAIM WATZMAN

They constitute 56% of undergraduates but only 8% of full professors

With women now outnumbering men among graduate students at Israel's universities, some scholars here are trying to draw more attention to the problems female academics face. Their aim is to get institutions to increase their efforts to recruit women to their faculties -- and to see that they get promoted.

In 1997, women held 22 per cent of all faculty positions at Israeli universities, according to Nina Toren,

Print Subscription

Digital Subscription

Already have an account? Log In Now.