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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.

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