Shattering the Myths
Title | Shattering the Myths PDF eBook |
Author | Judith Glazer-Raymo |
Publisher | JHU Press |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2001-03-21 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780801866418 |
Winner of the Outstanding Publication Award of the Post-secondary Education Division of the American Educational Research Association In Shattering the Myths, Judith Glazer-Raymo uses a critical feminist perspective to examine women's progress in higher education since 1970. She contrasts the activism of the 1970s, the passivity of the 1980s, and the ambivalence and antipathy demonstrated toward feminism in the 1990s. These waves of change, she explains, were brought about by external forces, by generational differences among women, and by intellectual and ideological struggles within the women's movement and the larger academic culture. In tracing three decades of women's progress in the academy, the author provides data from a variety of sources on women's rank, salary, employment status, and education. The book also draws on the experience of women faculty and administrators as they articulate and reflect on the social, economic, political, and ideological contexts in which they work and the multiple influences on their professional and personal lives.
Women in Academe
Title | Women in Academe PDF eBook |
Author | Mariam K. Chamberlain |
Publisher | Russell Sage Foundation |
Pages | 444 |
Release | 1989-03-16 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1610441141 |
The role of women in higher education, as in many other settings, has undergone dramatic changes during the past two decades. This significant period of progress and transition is definitively assessed in the landmark volume, Women in Academe. Crowded out by returning veterans and pressed by social expectations to marry early and raise children, women in the 1940s and 1950s lost many of the educational gains they had made in previous decades. In the 1960s women began to catch up, and by the 1970s women were taking rapid strides in academic life. As documented in this comprehensive study, the combined impact of the women's movement and increased legislative attention to issues of equality enabled women to make significant advances as students and, to a lesser extent, in teaching and academic administration. Women in Academe traces the phenomenal growth of women's studies programs, the notable gains of women in non-traditional fields, the emergence of campus women's centers and research institutes, and the increasing presence of minority and re-entry women. Also examined are the uncertain future of women's colleges and the disappointingly slow movement of women into faculty and administrative positions. This authoritative volume provides more current and extensive data on its subject than any other study now available. Clearly and objectively, it tells an impressive story of progress achieved—and of important work still to be done.
Women Thriving in Academia
Title | Women Thriving in Academia PDF eBook |
Author | Marian Mahat |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2021-04-26 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1839822260 |
In a male-dominated higher education sector characterised by overt and subtle adversities for women, the path for women in academia is rarely a simple and easy one. This book sets out to empower women in academia to unite in sharing their stories, inspiring and encouraging one another.
Women in Academic Leadership
Title | Women in Academic Leadership PDF eBook |
Author | Susan J. Bracken |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 174 |
Release | 2023-07-03 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1000978168 |
Colleges and universities benefit from diversity in their leadership roles and profess to value diversity--of thought, of experience, of person. Yet why do women remain under-represented in top academic leadership positions and in key positions along the academic career ladder?Why don’t they advance at a rate proportional to that of their male peers? How do internal and external environmental contexts still influence who enters academic leadership and who survives and thrives in those roles? Women in Academic Leadership complements its companion volumes in the Women in Academe series, provoking readers to think critically about the gendered nature of academic leadership across the spectrum of institutional types. It argues that leadership, the academy, and the nexus of academic leadership, remain gendered structures steeped in male-oriented norms and mores. Blending research and reflection, it explores the barriers and dilemmas that these structures present and the professional strategies and the personal choices women make in order to successfully surmount them. The authors pose questions about how women leaders negotiate between their public and private selves. They consider how women develop a vital sense of self-efficacy along with the essential skills and knowledge they need in order to lead effectively; how they cultivate opportunity; and how they gain legitimacy and maintain authenticity in a male-gendered arena. For those who seek to create an institutional environment conducive to equity and opportunity, this book offers insight into the pervasive barriers facing women of all colors and evidence of the need for a more complex, multi-dimensional view of leadership. For women in academe who seek to reach their professional potential and maintain authenticity, it offers encouragement and a myriad of strategies for their growth and development.
Career Strategies for Women in Academia
Title | Career Strategies for Women in Academia PDF eBook |
Author | Lynn H. Collins |
Publisher | SAGE |
Pages | 356 |
Release | 1998-07-23 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 9780761909903 |
In this new volume, editors Lynn H. Collins, Joan C. Chrisler, and Kathryn Quina provide a wealth of information about institutional pitfalls in higher education professions, advice on how to handle difficult situations, and encouragement to those who persevere in their pursuit of an academic career.
Women in Academe
Title | Women in Academe PDF eBook |
Author | Jeanie K. Allen |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 2009-02-10 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9781579224073 |
This set comprises the paper editions of: "The Balancing Act "Most College Students are Women"and"Women in Academic Leadership"
Journeys of Black Women in Academe
Title | Journeys of Black Women in Academe PDF eBook |
Author | Brenda L. Walker |
Publisher | Emerald Group Publishing |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2024-06-28 |
Genre | Education |
ISBN | 1835492681 |
Journeys of Black Women in Academe provides lessons that are instructive to faculty and administrators across race and gender boundaries relative to the successes and challenges that African American women continue to experience in academia.