This file was prepared for electronic distribution by the inforM staff.
Questions or comments should be directed to inform-editor@umail.umd.edu


           THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION

                              1982-1991

                Maryland Higher Education Commission

Presented to the women legislators of Maryland October 15, 1992

William Donald Schaefer, Governor
State of Maryland

Maryland Higher Education Commission
Shaila R. Aery
Secretary of Higher Education

J. Henry Butta, Chair 
Quentin R. Lawson, Vice Chair 
J. Glenn Beall, Jr. 
Barrie G. Christman 
Elmer B. Kaelin 
David T. McLaughlin 
Osborne A. Payne 
Charles B. Saunders, Jr. 
Richard P.Streett, Jr. 
Constance Cornell 
Stuart Otis Warren, Jr.



                         INTRODUCTION

Issues relating to the status of women in higher education have
become increasingly prominent since the early 1970's. Like many
other states, Maryland is committed to ensuring the equitable
participation of women in higher education. Objectives outlined in
The Maryland Plan for Postsecondary Education call for the further
development of statewide policies to recruit, promote and retain
women and minorities in faculty and professional staff positions,
annual increases in the number of women and minority faculty in
tenure-track positions, and an increase in the recruitment of
graduate students, particularly in shortage areas and with emphasis
on minorities and women.

The following pages provide an examination of the status of women
in Maryland's public system of higher education at two- and four-
year institutions from 1982-1991. Specifically, the report looks at
two issues: l) the representation of women in both managerial and
faculty positions; and 2) salary trends. Data used in the report
were generated by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. Only
data for years 1982, 1985, 1988, and 1991 are presented in the
report; however, data for intervening years may be obtained upon
request.