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Negotiating the glass ceiling : careers of senior women in the academic world
- Title
- Negotiating the glass ceiling : careers of senior women in the academic world / edited by Miriam David and Diana Woodward.
- Publication
- London ; Washington, DC : Falmer Press, 1998.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | LB2332.3 .N436 1998 | Off-site |
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- Description
- vi, 216 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- 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.
- Subject
- Women college teachers > Cross-cultural studies
- Women college administrators > Cross-cultural studies
- Women scholars
- Women in education
- Sex discrimination in employment
- scholars
- Women college administrators
- Women college teachers
- Women in education
- Women scholars
- Vrouwen
- Loopbaanontwikkeling
- Universiteiten
- Women college teachers > Employment
- Discrimination in employment
- Women scientists > Employment
- Sex discrimination in employment
- Glass ceiling (Employment discrimination)
- Femmes professeurs (enseignement supérieur) > Récits personnels
- Discrimination dans l'enseignement supérieur > 1945-1975
- Femmes > Travail > Récits personnels
- Genre/Form
- Cross-cultural studies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction / Miriam David, Diana Woodward -- International Perspectives -- Rewinding the Tape: Starting Anew / Berit As -- The Struggle for Balance: The Career of a German University Professor / Gertrud Pfister -- Against the Tide: Career Paths of Women Chief Academic Officers of American Colleges and Universities / Karen Doyle Walton -- A Malady of Leisure and Travel: The Autobiography of A Scholar / Chryssi Inglessi -- Reflections on Past Careers -- A Lifetime of Learning / Dorothy Wedderburn -- A Flying Start / Meg Stacey -- An Accidental Academic / Hilary Rose -- An 'Interesting' Career in Higher Education / Dulcie Groves -- Luck, Hard Work and An Unplanned Career / Angela Crum Ewing -- The Road Not Taken / Mavis Ainsworth -- Reflections on Current Careers -- Health and Efficiency / Elaine Thomas -- From Rags to Riches to Rags Again / Dorothy Severin -- Always a Catholic? Guilt, Rebellion and 'Trying A Little Harder For God' / Eileen Green -- The Accidental Manager / Dianne Willcocks -- 'You Know Where You Are With Numbers' / Maggie Deacon -- Women's Careers in Education: Theoretical and Practical Considerations of How the Glass Ceiling Might be Cracked / Myra McCulloch -- Postscript / Miriam David, Diana Woodward.
- ISBN
- 0750708379
- 9780750708371
- 0750708387
- 9780750708388
- OCLC
- ocm38543441
- 38543441
- SCSB-694458
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library