April 27, 2009

Not Moving On Up: Why Women Get Stuck at Associate Professor

By Audrey Williams June

Message to deans, department chairs, and other administrators in higher education: Pay more attention to associate professors— particularly women, for whom the path to promotion is often murky and less traveled.

That's one of several recommendations from a panel of the Modern Language Association, whose new report, released today, describes how male associate professors in English and foreign languages are routinely promoted to full professor quicker than women are. To help

Print Subscription

Digital Subscription

Already have an account? Log In Now.