Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice Volume 2 | Issue 2 Article 4 Fall 2002 Affirmative Action in Higher Education: The Impact of Gender Elsa Nuñez Lesley University Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/jppp Recommended Citation Nuñez, Elsa (2002) "Affirmative Action in Higher Education: The mpI act of Gender," Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/jppp/vol2/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@Lesley. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@Lesley. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Nuñez: Affirmative Action in Higher Education: The Impact of Gender 17 Affirmative Action in Higher Education: The Impact of Gender Elsa Nuñez Abstract While much has been written about the status of women within higher education in the faculty ranks and the presidency, there has been little research into the status of women in top administrative ranks. This paper examines gender-based hiring in academia by establishing the actual hiring trends for the top administrative positions in New England colleges and universities over a twelve-year period, 1989–2001. It attempts to understand the impact of Affirmative Action policy and the processes and procedures related to the policy on hiring trends during this period. Data collected by the New England Association of Colleges and Universities were employed. The total number of institutions surveyed were 256 in 1989 and 240 in 2001. Detailed analyses are presented by kinds of institutions (public, independent; two-year, four-year), locations (six New England states), and across 25 categories of top administrative positions (president, provost, dean, etc.).