Gendered Success in Higher Education

Part I. Introduction

1. Introduction: The Focus on Success Stories
Kate White

Part II. Case Studies

2. Gender Equality as a Core Academic Value: Undoing Gender in a ‘Non-Traditional’ Swedish University
Helen Peterson, Birgitta Jordansson

3. Feminist University Management: Precondition or Indicator for Success? A Case Study from Austria
Angela Wroblewski

4. Women Vice-Chancellors as Change Agents? An Australian Case Study
Kate White

5. Changing the Gender Profile of the Professoriate: An Irish Case Study
Pat O’Connor

6. The Exceptionalism of Women Rectors: A Case Study from Portugal
Teresa Carvalho, Maria de Lourdes Machado-Taylor

7. Negotiating Space for Women’s Academic Leadership within the Arab Gulf States
Linzi J. Kemp, Christina Gitsaki, Wafa Zoghbor

8. The Athena SWAN Charter: Promoting Commitment to Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions in the UK
Sarah Barnard

9. Making a Difference: National and Local Initiatives for Gender Equity in New Zealand
Jenny Neale

10. Promoting Gender Transformation at a Higher Education Institution in South Africa
Connie Zulu

11. Gendered Success and Strategies for Change in a Turkish University
Özlem Atay

12. Who Promotes a Gender Agenda? An Indian Case Study
Tanuja Agarwala

Part III. A New Gender Agenda

13. Towards a New Gender Agenda and a Model for Change
Pat O’Connor

Nyckelord: Business and Management, Business and Management, general