Academic women,affirmative action,and mid-America in the eighties

Drawing on her personal experiences as an affirmative action officer for seven years in a large midwestern state university, the author contends that academic women fare much better now than a decade ago. She speculates as to why, in spite of significant progress, many women continue to feel like second-class citizens in academe. She also seeks to predict the future for women in higher education in the eighties.