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Small Percentage

Admissions committees have begun
to admit more women to professional
schools, but the percentages have not
increased substantially. In the entering
law class at the University, women
represent eight percent of those
admitted. At some other Southern
universities the percentage is slightly
higher. Women represent ten per cent
of the law class at Emory University
and seventeen per cent at Duke
University.

Men also dominate the faculties of
most Southern universities according to
the SREB report. Thirty-two
complaints alleging sex discrimination
have been filed - most within the past
year - by women or the faculty and
staff of Southern universities.