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Why is it that in many universities the number of women professors can literally be counted on the fingers of one hand while the number of men number in the hundreds? Why are women academics so relatively disadvantaged and men so firmly in control?
In an attempt to find answers to these questions Negotiating the Glass Ceiling gathers together the unique personal reflections of 16 eminent women working in higher education across the world. These personal reflections document some of the changing patterns of women's lives in higher education since the war, a time of massive social change within education itself, as well as in women's lives outside higher education. They also illustrate that the changes that have occured have been hard won and not without consequences for the women involved.
List of contents
1. Introduction Miriam David and Diana Woodward Part One: International Perspectives 2. Rewinding the Tape: Starting Anew Berit As 3. The Struggle for Balance: The Career of a German University Professor Gertud Pfister 4. Against the Tide: The Career Paths of Women Chief Academic Officers of American Colleges and Universities Karen Doyle Walton 5. A Malady of Leisure and Travel: The Autobiography of a Scholar Chryssi Inglessi Part Two: Reflections on Past Careers 6. A Lifetime of Learning Dorothy Wedderburn 7. A Flying Start Meg Stacey 8. An Accidental Academic Hilary Rose 9. An 'Interesting' Career in Higher Education Dulcie Groves 10. Luck, Hard Work and An Unplanned Career Angela Crum Ewing 11. The Road Not Taken Mavis Ainsworth Part Three: Reflections on Current Careers 12. Health and Efficiency Elaine Thomas 13. From Rags to Riches to Rags Again Dorothy Severin 14. Always a Catholic? Guilt, Rebellion and 'Trying a Little Harder For God' Eileen Green 15. The Accidental Manager Dianne Willcocks 16. 'You Know Where You Are With Numbers Maggie Deacon 17.Women's Careers in Education: Theoretical and Practical Considerations of How the Glass Ceiling Might Be Cracked Myra McCulloch 18. Postscript Miriam David and Diana Woodward
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Dr Miriam David, Miriam David, Diana Woodward
Summary
This book gathers together the unique personal reflections of 16 eminent women working in higher education across the world, in an attempt to understand why female academics are so under-represented in todays universities.
