Women’s Higher Education in Comparative Perspective

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Women and higher education: Trends and perspectives....Pages 3-13
Front Matter....Pages 15-15
Women’s education in the U.S.S.R.: 1950–1985....Pages 17-30
Continuity and change in women’s access to higher education in the People’s Republic of China, 1930–1980....Pages 31-46
Women in higher education in Africa: Access and choices....Pages 47-62
Feminist reflections on the Peruvian university politics....Pages 63-83
Public and higher education policies influencing African-American women....Pages 85-102
Educational reforms — Women’s life patterns: A Swedish case study....Pages 103-116
Public-private tendencies within higher education in Norway from a women’s perspective....Pages 117-130
Women in higher education: Effects of crises and change....Pages 131-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Women in the academic profession: Evolution or stagnation?....Pages 145-164
Women at the top: Female full professors in higher education in Israel....Pages 165-184
The situation of women in research universities in the United States: Within the inner circles of academic power....Pages 185-200
Influences on women’s entry into male-dominated occupations....Pages 201-218
Access, equity, and outcomes: Women students’ participation in Nigerian higher education....Pages 219-231
Study abroad: A competitive edge for women?....Pages 233-248
Gender, wages and the labour market for tertiary graduates in Australia....Pages 249-265
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Feminist scholarship and the American Academy....Pages 269-282
Feminist scholarship as a vocation....Pages 283-296
Integrating women into the curriculum: Multiple motives and mixed emotions....Pages 297-314
Women’s Studies in India....Pages 315-327
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Women and higher education: A bibliography....Pages 331-355
Back Matter....Pages 357-359