Women, Universities, and Change: Gender Equality in the European Union and the United States (Issues in Higher Education)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 8
List of Figures......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 12
Contributors’ Biographies......Page 14
1 Reframing Gender Equality Initiatives as University Adaptation......Page 18
2 Pushing the Gender Equality Agenda Forward in the European Union......Page 24
3 Between Change and Resistance: Gender Structures and Gender Cultures in German Institutions of Higher Education......Page 40
4 Gender Equality Challenges and Higher Education Reform: A Case Study University of Dortmund......Page 60
5 Gender Equity and Higher Education Reform in Austria......Page 78
6 University Adaptation and Gender Equality: A Case Study of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration......Page 90
7 Women in Universities in Finland: Relative Advances and Continuing Contraditions......Page 106
8 Promotion of Gender Equality in the University of Helsinki......Page 130
9 Gender and U.K. Higher Education: Post-feminism in a Market Economy......Page 150
10 Personal Learning on Professional Doctorates: Feminist and Women’s Contributions to Higher Education......Page 162
11 Gender Equality in the American Research University: Renewing the Agenda for Women’s Rights......Page 178
12 Academic Excellence and Gender Equality at Ohio State University......Page 196
13 Helping or Hurting Women? The Case of a Dual Career Couple Policy at the University of Kansas......Page 214
14 Frames, Changes, Challenges, and Strategies......Page 232
E......Page 240
G......Page 241
O......Page 242
U......Page 243
W......Page 245