ResumenSe analiza la poca representatividad de las mujeres en la academia y las desigualdades que enfrentan para obtener ascensos, mejoras salariales y ascender a puestos altos de poder en las instituciones de enseñanza superior. Contrastan estos hechos con la proliferación de estudios de género en las universidades y la feminización del estudiantado universitario. Se presentan los factores causales más importantes de la política académica como: la cultura laboral universitaria, las estructuras académicas, la doble jornada laboral, los prejuicios y los estilos de administración. Concluye que las universidades no podrán constituirse en agente de cambio social si no modifican sus políticas y estructuras de poder patriarcal que condenan a las docentes a la desigualdad. Concluye proponiendo alternativas para solucionar la problemática.Palabras Clave: Género, mujeres, educación superior. AbstractThis paper analyzes the women's underrepresentation in faculty positions in the universities; the difficulties they have to get tenure-track, salary increases, and the ascension to higher administrative levels. It contrasts these facts with the increase of academics gender studies researchers and the worldwide feminization trend in higher education. The paper introduces experts' findings that assert that they are caused by the departmental climate, academic male structure, the motherhood and domestic responsibilities of women, and management styles. It concludes that the university cannot be considered as a social change agent unless it modifies the patriarchal practices and power structures that perpetuate women's inequality in higher education and presents the most recommended alternatives to solve this problem.
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