Negotiating the Glass Ceiling: Careers of Senior Women in the Academic World

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Dedication......Page 3
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
Context......Page 9
The ‘Through the Glass Ceiling’ Network......Page 12
The Position of Women in Higher Education in Britain......Page 13
The Early History and Origins of the ‘Man-centred’ Universities......Page 15
The Universities and Higher Education Expansion in the Post-war Period......Page 16
Women’s Struggle for  Access  to Higher Education......Page 18
The Position of Women Academics in Higher Education Since the 1970s......Page 20
The Concept of the Glass Ceiling......Page 21
The Biography/Life History of the Book......Page 23
The Organization of the Book......Page 25
Acknowledgments......Page 26
References......Page 27
Part One  International Perspectives......Page 30
2 Rewinding the Tape: Starting Anew......Page 31
Travelling Forwards; Looking Backwards......Page 32
Five Decisions on a Parallel Track......Page 34
Childhood Experiences......Page 38
References......Page 40
Introduction......Page 42
The Situation of Women in Sport Science......Page 43
Women in the Scientific Community......Page 45
Background and Causes......Page 46
Biography......Page 50
Opportunities and Obstacles......Page 52
Problems......Page 53
References......Page 54
One Woman’s Swim ‘Against the Tide’: Preparing for the Swim......Page 56
Entering Academic Waters with Female Mathematicians......Page 58
Uncharted Waters for Dual-role Women in Mathematics Education......Page 59
Support for Women Who Swim Against the Tide......Page 60
Women Chief Executive Officers of American and British Colleges and Universities......Page 61
Women in Higher Education in the United States as Students, Faculty Members, and Administrators......Page 62
Women Presidents of American Colleges and Universities......Page 63
Women Chief Academic Officers of American Colleges and Universities......Page 65
The American Council on Education’s Office of Women in Higher Education......Page 66
References......Page 67
5  A Malady of Leisure and Travel: The Autobiography of A Scholar......Page 68
Part Two  Reflections on Past Careers......Page 80
6  A Lifetime of Learning......Page 81
7 A Flying Start......Page 90
Career? What Career?......Page 91
Marriage or Career?......Page 92
War: Transition to the LSE......Page 96
Secret Goals......Page 97
Going to LSE......Page 98
After LSE......Page 100
Going to Swansea......Page 103
Moving into Medical Sociology......Page 104
Public Service......Page 105
On Being the First Woman Professor......Page 106
Acknowledgment......Page 107
References......Page 108
8  An Accidental Academic......Page 109
Reference......Page 122
9  An ‘Interesting’ Career in Higher Education......Page 123
References......Page 134
10  Luck, Hard Work and An Unplanned Career......Page 136
11  The Road not Taken......Page 145
Part Three  Reflections on Current Careers......Page 156
12  Health and Efficiency......Page 157
13  From Rags to Riches to Rags Again......Page 171
14  Always a Catholic? Guilt, Rebellion and ‘Trying A Little Harder For God’......Page 180
Discovering Higher Education and the Pull of Ideas......Page 184
From Teacher Education to Industrial Sociology and Women’s Studies......Page 185
Management or Research?......Page 188
Moving On......Page 189
References......Page 190
15  The Accidental Manager......Page 192
16  ‘You Know Where You Are With Numbers’......Page 204
Might be Cracked .........Page 213
References......Page 220
Postscript......Page 223
The Themes of the Book: Opportunities and Obstacles......Page 224
Higher Education as a ‘Negative Dowry’ for Women?......Page 225
Higher Education as ‘A Room of One’s Own’?......Page 228
Reference......Page 230