Women's Representation in School Administration: Recent Trends

Abstract

Earlier studies have noted sex discrimination in professional inter actions, graduate school enrollments, and hiring in school administration. The results of this study indicate some changes in these areas. There has been an increase in women's representation on the programs of a state, but not the national, meetings of administrators; an increase in women's representation in educational administration graduate programs; and an increase in women's representation in administrative jobs. However, women graduate students are more of ten in degree rather than credential programs, and women administrators are more often in low-level as opposed to high-level positions. Thus, while ideological and legal changes may have prompted some alterations in women's representation in recent years, sex segregation remains and may be very difficult to alter. But, if the changes noted in this paper result in the liberalization of hiring officials' attitudes and greater pressure from women for further change, sex segregation may lessen.