[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-325620-105":59,"doc-detail-325620-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","tenure-often-eludes-specialists-in-womens-studies-second-of-a-two-part-series","TENURE OFTEN ELUDES SPECIALISTS IN WOMEN's STUDIES - Second of a two-part series","","The article examines how women’s studies specialists encounter obstacles in securing academic tenure even as women’s studies moves toward mainstream academia. It highlights devaluation of feminist and interdisciplinary scholarship by reviewers in other disciplines, underpublication in established journals, and concerns about fair evaluation of scholarship by and for women. It also covers sex discrimination lawsuits, evidentiary challenges, and legal precedents linking bias against women’s studies to sex discrimination.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":40,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/tenure-often-eludes-specialists-in-womens-studies-second-of-a-two-part-series/325620/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/tenure-often-eludes-specialists-in-womens-studies-second-of-a-two-part-series/325620.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Asher","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-23","2026-09-21",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":39},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"Why is tenure harder for specialists in women’s studies, according to the article?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Reviewers may devalue women’s studies because it is comparatively new, interdisciplinary, and linked to feminism. Much of the work is also not published in traditional established journals that carry more weight in tenure decisions.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"How do women’s studies scholars and AAUP groups describe the evaluation problem?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"They emphasize the need for scholarship of and by women to be judged with equal merit to scholarship in other fields. The AAUP committee is investigating the extent of difficulty gaining tenure.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"What legal path does the article discuss regarding sex bias and tenure?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It notes that women have filed sex discrimination suits and that bias against women’s studies can be treated as tantamount to sex discrimination. The article references a 1981 ruling in Lynn v. Regents and the Supreme Court’s denial of review in 1982.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},325620,1790244967,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":24,"language":139,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":140,"faqs":141,"seo_title":142,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":143,"read_time":144,"preview_page_count":4},687197207639,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_a8503ba1806abce46bf441b54a3ca4cd","Thursday,October 23,1986  \n# TENURE OFTEN ELUDES SPECIALISTS IN WOMEN's STUDIES(Second of a two-part series)\n\nAlthough women's studies programs are moving toward the academic mainstream,professors who specialize in women's issues often face discrimination when theytry to obtain tenure,contend feminist scholars and the American Association ofUniversity Professors(AAUP)。  \n\"It differs from school to school and field to field,\"said Catharine Stimpson,head of Rutgers University's women's studies program and author of a recent re-port on the history and status of women's studies.Only a handful of institu-tions,including Rutgers,offer tenure in women's studies,she said,and suchwork is sometimes devalued by reviewers in other disciplines.  \n\"A stigma is still imprinted on women's studies because it is comparativelynew,because it has interdisciplinary ambitions,because it deals with women,and because of its historical connections to feminism,\"Stimpson wrote in thereport,\"Women's Studies in the United States,\"prepared for the Ford Founda-tion(HED,Oct.22)。  \nRecognition Comes,Slowly\"I think that's changing.As the field getsrecognized,so do the people,\"said economist Mariam Chamberlain,coordinatorof the National Center for Research on Women.\"But there is a tendency,ifsomeone's record is primarlly women's studies,to devalue it,to see it asnarrower.\"  \n\"We're concerned about ensuring that scholarship of and by women is evaluatedfairly,that quality scholarship is judged to have equal merit with qualityscholarship in other fields,\"said University of North Carolina historian JaneDeHart-Mathews,who is heading an AAUP committee investigating the extent towhich women's studies specialists have difficulty gaining tenure.  \nShe says a large part of the problem1s that much of the work done in women'sstudies is not published in\"traditional,established journals,\"which are giv-en more weight in tenure considerations.\"Many journals in this area are repu-table but haven't [got]that kind of long-established reputation,\"DeHart-Mathews said.\"We can try to educate faculty of the extent to which scholar-ship in this area is absolutely first-rate scholarship.\"  \nAAUP also is concerned about the status of women's studies programs,DeHart-Mathews said.\"Though we can look to more programs and courses,many areessentially marginal,and the people doing research in those areas really standin some jeopardy,\"she said.\"Women's studies programs can make all women(more)  \n     October 23,1986  \nscholars feel comfortable,\"she added.\"Even if it isn't your bag intellectu-ally,it is evidence that [the institution]might be a more sympathetic envi-ronment for women faculty.\"  \nA growing number of female professors who file sex discrimination suits allegethat they were denied tenure at least partly because their work focused on wo-men's issues.Annis Pratt,chairwoman of the National Women's Studies Associ-ation's tenure committee,said she receives 10 to 20 reports annually of biasbased at least partly on a professor's concentration in women's studies.  \n\"It's extremely hard to prove,and we often lose because the situation is sovague,\"said Leslie Francis,an AAUP associate secretary who tracks sex biascases.\"It's partially a process of educating the courts.Women themselveshave to be educated as to what kind of evidence they need to win.\"  \nOdd One OutWhen dismissing a feminist scholar,an institution oftenclaims the woman or her field of specialization \"didn't fit in,\"Pratt andFrancis said.Many decide not to pursue a complaint because it would be tootraumatic,Pratt said,but\"we've won a lot of these cases,and my instinct isthat universities are not going to use that argument anymore.\"  \nWhile no sex bias ruling has hinged on the issue yet,and the U.S.SupremeCourt has not ruled in such a case,Francis said,courts have looked favorablyon the argument that bias against women's studies specialists is tantamount tosex discrimination.  \nThe first such ruling came in 1981in Lynn v.Regents,Un","cbCaiot8yt86wKUO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiot8yt86wKUO","pdf",1231351,"English","# TENURE OFTEN ELUDES SPECIALISTS IN WOMEN's STUDIES(Second of a two-part series)\n## Recognition Comes, Slowly\n## Odd One Out\n## Newsmakers\n# REAGAN SIGNS TAX REFORM;EFFORTS TO CHANGE LAW EXPECTED","[{\"question\":\"Why is tenure harder for specialists in women’s studies, according to the article?\",\"answer\":\"Reviewers may devalue women’s studies because it is comparatively new, interdisciplinary, and linked to feminism. Much of the work is also not published in traditional established journals that carry more weight in tenure decisions.\"},{\"question\":\"How do women’s studies scholars and AAUP groups describe the evaluation problem?\",\"answer\":\"They emphasize the need for scholarship of and by women to be judged with equal merit to scholarship in other fields. The AAUP committee is investigating the extent of difficulty gaining tenure.\"},{\"question\":\"What legal path does the article discuss regarding sex bias and tenure?\",\"answer\":\"It notes that women have filed sex discrimination suits and that bias against women’s studies can be treated as tantamount to sex discrimination. The article references a 1981 ruling in Lynn v. Regents and the Supreme Court’s denial of review in 1982.\"}]","TENURE OFTEN ELUDES SPECIALISTS IN WOMEN's STUDIES - Second of a two-part series | PDF",1789970984,13]