The Changing Role of Women in Higher Education: Academic and Leadership Issues

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.- FOREWORD. Jackie Ashley.- INTROUCTION: Women in Higher Education: Charting the Trajectory. Heather Eggins.- PART 1 : Setting the Scene.-1 Whither Women Graduates in the Knowledge Economy ? Mary-Louise Kearney.- 2 Women in American Higher Education: A Descriptive Profile. Carol Frances.- 3 Women in Chinese Higher Education: Educational Opportunities and Employability Challenges. Zhou Zhong and Fei Guo.- 4 Women, Leadership and Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Lessons Learned from South Africa and Ghana.- Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela and Yeukai A. Mlambo.- PART II Adjusting to Change.- 5 Gender and Academic Work at a Dutch University. Liudvika Leisyte and Bengu Hosch-Dayican.- 6 Female Academics in Greek Higher Education: Issues of Organizational Change, Economic Crisis and Social Responsibility. Antigoni Papadimitriou.- 7 Managing Modern Malaysia: Women in Higher Education Leadership. Louise Morley, Madeline Berma and Bahiyah Dato' Hj. Abdul Hamid.- 8 Women of Color Advancing to Senior Leadership in US Academe. Belinda Lee Huang.- 9 Women's Place in Academia: Case Studies of Italy and Switzerland. Gaele Goastellec and Massimiliano Vaira .- Part III: Gender Equality? 10 Gender Equality in Academic Career Progression: a Matter of Time? Mary Henkel.- 11 Women and Gender Equality in Higher Education? Miriam David.- 12 Women Academic Researchers: Still Interlopers in the UK Academy? Carole Leathwood .- 13 Women Teaching Languages in Higher Education: Voices from the European Union. Elisabeth Lillie.- 14 Early Career Women in Academia: An Exploration of Networking Perceptions. Terhi Nokkala, Bojana Culum, and Tatiana Fumasoli.- 15 Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Notes on the Situation of Women Professors in Brazil. Marilia Moschkovich.- Part IV : The Future.