| Surviving and Thriving in Academia |
The road through the academic ranks for women and ethnic minorities can be a rough one. It is our hope that the strategies for survival presented here and the experiences of those who have won their cases will be of help to you. In addition, we hope that such cases highlight the need for institutional improvement in faculty employment decisions, particularly as they apply to women and ethnic minorities. As Rothblum (1988) pointed out, there are institutional, interpersonal, and psychological factors that must be examined in the academic arena as they pertain to the treatment of women (and ethnic minorities). Systemic change can be slow and painful work. Take heart.