Informational Publication
Classroom Climate: A Chilly One for Women?

Susan DelPonte
Penn State University
[July 2000]

Over the course of the last two decades, the women's movement has prompted an extensive reevaluation of the various gender-related aspects of all our social institutions. Social problems, such as the systematic exclusion of and discrimination against women, have been well documented. Higher education is, unfortunately, no exception in terms of the presence of institutionalized sexism. Read More