ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the current status of women as students, faculty and administrators in higher education, as well as the policy issues institutions are grappling with in their efforts to transform academe into a more equitable place for all. Although gender equity is a global problem. The chapter focuses on conditions for women in US colleges and universities. Women students have made gains in access and degree attainment in higher education, but these gains are seen most frequently at the undergraduate level and in the more "feminized" disciplines. Men still outnumber women at the doctoral level and in particular disciplines. Administrators in higher education can be categorized by their position in the organization, by whether they are in academic or non-academic positions. Tenure brings with it the approval of the academic community, as well as the promise of lifetime employment. Women who are denied tenure must leave the university within a year, in most cases.
