Problems in the Pipeline: Gender, Marriage, and Fertility in the Ivory Tower

2008/07/01 by Nicholas H. Wolfinger, Mary Ann Mason, Marc Goulden · 263 citations
Medicine · Social Sciences · #Family Dynamics and Relationships #Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics #Ivory tower #Law #Library science #Management #Media studies #Political science #Reproductive Health and Technologies #Sociology #Welfare

paper · doi:10.1080/00221546.2008.11772108

published in The Journal of Higher Education 79(4), 388-405 (Taylor & Francis)

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Abstract

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Additional informationNotes on contributorsNicholas H. WolfingerNicholas H. Wolfinger is Wolfinger is Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Utah. Mary Ann Mason is Professor of Social Welfare and Law, University of California, Berkeley. Marc Goulden is Director of Data Initiatives, Academic Affairs, University of California, Berkeley.Mary Ann MasonNicholas H. Wolfinger is Wolfinger is Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Utah. Mary Ann Mason is Professor of Social Welfare and Law, University of California, Berkeley. Marc Goulden is Director of Data Initiatives, Academic Affairs, University of California, Berkeley.Marc GouldenNicholas H. Wolfinger is Wolfinger is Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Utah. Mary Ann Mason is Professor of Social Welfare and Law, University of California, Berkeley. Marc Goulden is Director of Data Initiatives, Academic Affairs, University of California, Berkeley.

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