The Changing Role of Women in Higher Education

This book sets out to examine the changing role of women in higher education with an emphasis on academic and leadership issues. The scope of the book is international, with a wide range of contributors, whose expertise spans sociology, social science, economics, politics, public policy and linguistic studies, all of whom have a major interest in global education. The volume examines the ways in which the leadership role and academic roles of women in higher education are changing in the twenty first century, offering an up-to-date policy discussion of this area. It is in some sense a sequel to the earlier volume by the same Editor, Women as Leaders and Managers in Higher Education, but with very different emphases. The pressures now are to respond to the demands of the technological age and to those of the global economy. Today there are more highly qualified and experienced female academics, and more expectation of their gaining the highest posts. Challenges still remain, particularly in terms of the top posts, and in equal pay. The discussion of global policy issues affecting the role of women in higher education is combined with country case studies, several of which are comparative. Together they examine and unpack the particular situations of women in a wide range of higher education systems, from Brazil to the US to Europe to Africa and the Far East, noting the shift towards more flexibility, more personal choice and a greater acceptance by society of their abilities. This volume is a useful and influential addition to published work in this area, and is aimed at the intelligent general reader as well as the scholar interested in this topic.

Provides a research-based assessment of the current state-of-the-art Offers an up-to-date policy discussion on gender inequality in academia Written by established leaders in the field Draws on and combines insights from a range of disciplines Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- FOREWORD. Jackie Ashley.- INTROUCTION: Women in Higher Education: Charting the Trajectory. Heather Eggins.- PART 1 : Setting the Scene.-1 Whither Women Graduates in the Knowledge Economy ? Mary-Louise Kearney.- 2 Women in American Higher Education: A Descriptive Profile. Carol Frances.- 3 Women in Chinese Higher Education: Educational Opportunities and Employability Challenges. Zhou Zhong and Fei Guo.- 4 Women, Leadership and Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Lessons Learned from South Africa and Ghana.- Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela and Yeukai A. Mlambo.- PART II Adjusting to Change.- 5 Gender and Academic Work at a Dutch University. Liudvika Leisyte and Bengu Hosch-Dayican.- 6 Female Academics in Greek Higher Education: Issues of Organizational Change, Economic Crisis and Social Responsibility. Antigoni Papadimitriou.- 7 Managing Modern Malaysia: Women in Higher Education Leadership. Louise Morley, Madeline Berma and Bahiyah Dato' Hj. Abdul Hamid.- 8 Women of Color Advancing to Senior Leadership in US Academe. Belinda Lee Huang.- 9 Women's Place in Academia: Case Studies of Italy and Switzerland. Gaele Goastellec and Massimiliano Vaira .- Part III: Gender Equality? 10 Gender Equality in Academic Career Progression: a Matter of Time? Mary Henkel.- 11 Women and Gender Equality in Higher Education? Miriam David.- 12 Women Academic Researchers: Still Interlopers in the UK Academy? Carole Leathwood .- 13 Women Teaching Languages in Higher Education: Voices from the European Union. Elisabeth Lillie.- 14 Early Career Women in Academia: An Exploration of Networking Perceptions. Terhi Nokkala, Bojana Culum, and Tatiana Fumasoli.- 15 Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Notes on the Situation of Women Professors in Brazil. Marilia Moschkovich.- Part IV : The Future.