Negotiating the Glass Ceiling: Careers of Senior Women in the Academic World - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0750708379 ISBN 13: 9780750708371

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Synopsis:

This text reviews and explains the professional and personal experiences of women in mangement positions in higher education. Universities and Colleges of Higher Education are believed to promote equality of opportunity; this book reveals some of the pitfalls in the system, and the policy practices which still create barriers for women.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0750708379
• ISBN 13: 9780750708371
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: David Dr Miriam, David Miriam, Woodward Diana