Gendered success in higher education : global perspectives / Kate White, Pat O'Connor, editors.
This book examines higher education institutions that exemplify gendered success whether in terms of the presence of women in senior positions or attempts to change a gendered organisational culture. It reflects a global perspective, drawing on case studies from eleven countries: Australia, Austria,...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the focus on success stories / Kate White
- Gender equality as a core academic value: undoing gender in a 'non-traditional' Swedish university / Helen Peterson and Birgitta Jordansson
- Feminist university management: precondition or indicator for success? A case study from Austria / Angela Wroblewski
- Women vice-chancellors as change agents? An Australian case study / Kate White
- Changing the gender profile of the professoriate: an Irish case study / Pat O'Connor
- The exceptionalism of women rectors: a case study from Portugal / Teresa Carvalho and Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor
- Negotiating space for women's academic leadership within the Arab Gulf States / Linzi J. Kemp, Christina Gitsaki and Wafa Zoghbor
- The Athena SWAN charter: promoting commitment to gender equality in higher education institutions in the UK / Sarah Barnard
- Making a difference: national and local initiatives for gender equity in New Zealand / Jenny Neale
- Promoting gender transformation at a higher education institution in South Africa / Connie Zulu
- Gendered success and strategies for change in a Turkish university / Ozlem Atay
- Who promotes a gender agenda? An Indian case study / Tanuja Agarwala
- Towards a new gender agenda and a model for change / Pat O'Connor.