Womenarealsounderrepresentedintheadministrationandthisisbecausetherearesofewwomenfullprofessors.In1985,RegentBerylMilburnproducedareportblastingtheUniversityofTexasSystemadminitrationfornotencouragingwomen.TheUniversitywasratedamongthelowestforthesystem.Ina1987update,Milburncommendedtheprogressthatwasmadeandcalledforevenmoreimprovement.
OneofthepositiveresultsfromherstudywasaSystem-wideprogramtoinformwomenofavailableadministrativejobs.
CollegeofCommunicationAssociateDeanPatricaWitherspoon,saiditisimportantthatwomanbeflexiblewhenitcomestorelocatingiftheywanttoriseintheranks.
Althoughawomanmayfaceachillyclimateoncampus,manytimesinorderforhertosucceed,shemustriseabovetheproblemsaroundherandconcentrateonherwork.
UntilwomenmakeupagreaterpercentageoftheseniorpositionsintheUniversityandallacademia,inequitieswillexist.
"WomenneedtospendtheirenergiesandtimedoingscholarlyactivitiesthatareimportanthereattheUniversity."Spirdusosaid."Iftheydothatwillbesuccessfulinthissystem.Iftheyspendtheirtimeinlittlegroupsmourningthesexualdiscriminationthattheythinkexistshere,theyarewastingvaluablestudytime."
1.AccordingtoSpirduso,womenneedto______.
[A]produceareportonsexualdiscrimination
[B]callforfurtherimprovementintheirworkingconditions
[C]spendtheirenergiesandtimefightingagainstsexualdiscrimination
[D]spendmoretimeandenergydoingscholarlyactivities
2.Fromthispassage,weknowthat______.
[A]therearemanywomenfullprofessorsintheUniversityofTexas
[B]womenplayanimportantpartinadminitratingtheUniversity
[C]theweatheronthecampusischilly
[D]womenmakeupasmallpercentageoftheseniorpositionsintheUniversity
3.Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrue?
[A]thenumberofwomenprofessorsintheUniversityin1987wasgreaterthanthatof1985
[B]thenumberofwomenprofessorsintheUniversityin1987wassmallerthanthatof1985
[C]thenumberofwomenprofessorswasthesameasthatof1985
[D]moreandmorewomenprofessorsthoughtthatsexualdiscriminationdidexitintheUniversity
4.OneofthepositiveresultsfromMilburn'sstudywasthat______.
[A]womenweretoldtoconcentrateonteirwork
[B]womenweregiveninformationaboutavailableadministrativejobs
[C]womenwereencouragedtotakeonalltheadministrativejobsintheUnversity
[D]womenwereencouragedtodomorescholarlyactivities
5.Thetitleforthispassageshouldbe_______.
[D]SexualDiscriminationinAcademia