Anmerkungen:
A number of the articles in this book were previously published in Higher education, Vol. 17, No. 5 (1988)
Beschreibung:
Inhalt: PART 1. THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION (Kelly, Gail P./ Slaughter, Sheila S.: Women and higher education. Trends and perspectives). - PART 2. POLITICS AND POLICIES IN NATION STATES (Ratliff, Patricia M.: Womens education in the U. S. S. R. 1950-1985. - Mak, Grace C. L.: Continuity and change in womens access to higher education in the Peoples Republic of China, 1930-1980. - Rathgeber, Eva M.: Women in higher education in Africa. Access and choices. - Stromquist, Nelly P.: Feminist reflections on the Peruvian university politics. - Lindsay, Beverly: Public and higher education policies influencing African-American women. - Elgqvist-Saltzman, Inga: Educational reforms - Womens life patterns. A Swedish case study. - Ve, Hildur/Fjelde, Nina: Public-private tendencies within higher education in Norway from a womens perspective. - Sutherland, Margaret: Women in higher education. Effects of crises and change). - PART 3. WOMEN IN THE ACADEMIC WORKFORCE AND THE ECONOMY (Eliou, Marie: Women in the academic profession. Evolution or stagnation? - Toren, Nina: Women at the top. Female full professors in higher education in Israel. - Moore, Kathryn M./Sagaria, Mary Ann D.: The situation of women in research universities in the United States. Within the inner circles of academic power. - Ethington, Corinna A./Smart, John C./Pascarella, Ernest T.: Influences on womens entry into male-dominated occupations. - Biraimah, Karen: Access, equity, and outcomes. Women students participation in Nigerian higher education. - Opper, Susan: Study abroad. A competitive edge for women? - Currie, Jan: Gender, wages and the labour market for tertiary graduates in Australia). - PART 4. LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES IN HIGHER EDUCATION. WOMENS STUDIES (Kelly, Gail P./Korsmeyer, Carolyn: Feminist scholarship and the American Academy. - Gumport, Patricia J.: Feminist scholarship as a vocation. - MacCorquodale, Patricia/Lensink, Judy: Integrating women into the curriculum. Multiple motives and mixed emotions. - Chitnis, Suma: Womens Studies in India). - PART 5. BIBLIOGRAPHY (Kelly, David H.: Women and higher education. A bibliography) (HoF/Text übernommen)