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In the past 25 years there has been an enormous increase in the amount of research exploring issues of gender and schooling. New journals have been established, and in the older journals, special issues have been devoted to addressing gender equity in education.
For the editors this has raised some questions and concerns as we organized the topics for this first volume of the Research on Women and Education book series.
Part I. Defining Gender Equity.
Chapter 1. What is the Field of Gender Equity in Education? Questions & Answers; Susan Klein, Patricia Ortman, and Beth Friedman.
Chapter 2. Research and Evaluation on Gender Equity in Education; Pat Campbell, Lesli Hoey, and Lesley Perlman.
Part II. Advancing Gender Equity.
Chapter 3. Women Leaders: Creating Equitable School Environments; Cryss Brunner, Madison and Genevieve Brown.
Chapter 4. Gender Equity in the Academy; Joanne Cooper.
Chapter 5. Gender Equity in Science and Mathematics Education: Barriers of the Mind; Penny Hammrich.
Chapter 6. Gender Equity in Technology Education; Jo Sanders.
Chapter 7. Sexual Violence in Schools; Charol Shakeshaft.
Part III. Redefining Gender Equity.
Chapter 8. Black Women: Winning or Losing? Charlotte Harris.
Chapter 9. Latinas in the Ivory Tower: The Road to Restructuring Tenure Policies; Rosita Marcano.
Chapter 10. Going Beyond Sex Equity; Patricia Schmuck, Celeste Brody and Nancy Nagel.
Chapter 11. Epilogue: Redefining Gender Equity; Janice Koch, Beverly Irby.