Women Leaders in Higher Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 789-798
Author(s):  
Linda Ellington
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
First Century ◽  
Senior Leadership ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Line

An interesting inquiry is whether women leaders are desiring, dismissing, or being disqualified from senior leadership positions in the global K-20 educational academy. Why is there a leadership underrepresentation of those born female? It may be that women leaders have not been socialized in accordance with the male-centric leadership model; they are relatively outsiders who must forge new ways of leading. This chapter's author embarked on a small literature search of history to identify what is not new to us, but possibly forgotten – the experiences and lessons learned from women leaders who met challenges through their bold and effective leadership, as they forged paths for us. There is a feeling of belonging to the past, but not fully understanding it. There is a sense of having acquired a pressing but obscure responsibility, along with a peculiar female ancestry, for us to be the twenty-first century generation in a long line of uncommon women. The insights in this chapter are presented through a simple folktale, asking the question, Where is Walda?

Women Leaders in Higher Education

2018 ◽  
pp. 192-200
Author(s):  
Linda Ellington
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Literature Search ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
First Century ◽  
Senior Leadership ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
The Past ◽  
Long Line

An interesting inquiry is whether women leaders are desiring, dismissing, or being disqualified from senior leadership positions in the global K-20 educational academy. Why is there a leadership underrepresentation of those born female? It may be that women leaders have not been socialized in accordance with the male-centric leadership model; they are relatively outsiders who must forge new ways of leading. This chapter's author embarked on a small literature search of history to identify what is not new to us, but possibly forgotten – the experiences and lessons learned from women leaders who met challenges through their bold and effective leadership, as they forged paths for us. There is a feeling of belonging to the past, but not fully understanding it. There is a sense of having acquired a pressing but obscure responsibility, along with a peculiar female ancestry, for us to be the twenty-first century generation in a long line of uncommon women. The insights in this chapter are presented through a simple folktale, asking the question, Where is Walda?

EuroPACE: The Lessons Learned So Far

1994 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Weimer
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Projects ◽  
European Programme

One of the most significant cooperative industry–higher education projects in Europe during the past decade has been EuroPACE, the European Programme of Advanced Continuing Education. In January 1993, EuroPACE ceased its broadcasts and re-entered the planning process. By the time this article has been published, EuroPACE should again be broadcasting, but with a somewhat different format and content. In this article, Bill Weimer presents a brief history of the first five years of EuroPACE and analyses the project. He examines key assumptions and decisions made, points out those which now appear to have been in error, and lists the lessons learned. Many of the assumptions and decisions made were correct; some of these are also discussed. This article will contribute the experience and lessons learned by EuroPACE to other joint industry–higher education projects. It may help them to avoid making some of the same mistakes.

A case study of the experiences of women leaders in senior leadership positions in the education district offices

2020 ◽  
pp. 174114322094032
Author(s):  
Kishan N Bodalina ◽  
Raj Mestry
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
Gender Discrimination ◽  
Work And Family ◽  
Senior Leadership ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Experiences Of Women ◽  
District Offices

This research was inspired by two critical factors relating to women leaders in senior positions in education district offices. Firstly, women leaders are continually plagued with stereotyping, and secondly, women are repeatedly undermined by male colleagues. Although the South African Constitution and other related legislation prohibits any form of gender discrimination, inequalities and injustices against women still prevail. Women are subjected to a false notion that they lack the resilience and experience desired when faced with hard-hitting or threatening situations. The primary focus of this study was to explore the experiences of women leaders in senior positions in the Gauteng East Education District office. To underpin this study, intersectionality and feminist theories were selected. Using a qualitative case study, one of the main findings of this study revealed that women in senior leadership positions in education districts persistently struggled to balance their work and family life amidst rooted patriarchal systems and cultural traditions. These women primarily lacked the aspiration to apply for senior leadership positions, but through formal mentorship, dedication and resilience took up senior leadership positions in education district offices.

Ladies Leading Ladies Who Lead Ladies

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Ashley Gambino ◽  
Rachel Flemming
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Psychosocial Support ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Personal Perspective ◽  
Female Leaders ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Life Balance ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Extant Literature

During the COVID-19 pandemic, women in academic leadership positions were faced with an unprecedented career challenge. While data previously existed to show that female leaders face an uphill battle in obtaining promotions, tenure, and leaderships positions within academia, the COVID-19 crisis that ensued within higher education created an unstable work-life balance, inequitable work expectations, and a need for increased psychosocial support for these already disadvantaged leaders. This chapter will explore the power and challenge of women mentoring other women in the midst of a global crisis. Using a personal perspective from a mentor and mentee, the authors will comment on current and extant literature on the challenges facing women leaders in academia.

The Chinese Century? The Challenges of Higher Education

Daedalus ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 143 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
William C. Kirby
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Leadership ◽  
First Century ◽  
Louis Xiv ◽  
The Past ◽  
Leadership In Higher Education ◽  
The World ◽  
Rise Of China ◽  
The Rise Of China

One can find in any airport kiosk books that proclaim ours to be “the Chinese century.” We have titles such as “The Dragon Awakes,” “China's Rise,” “The Rise of China,” and “China's Ascent,” to name but a few. But to rise is not necessarily to lead. What constitutes leadership? In higher education, China is building the fastest growing system–in quality as well as in quantity–in the world. The foremost global powers of the past four centuries all offered models in the realms of culture, ideas, and education. This may be said of seventeenth-century France under Louis XIV; of the Qing during the Qianlong reign of the eighteenth century; of Britain and Germany in the nineteenth century; and of the United States in the twentieth. China now aspires to educate global elites. For the twenty-first century, then, are Chinese universities poised for global leadership?

scholarly journals Mujeres Levantándose con la Iglesia Morava, la guerra y los ONGs

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-108
Author(s):  
Laura Hobson de Herlihy
Keyword(s):  
Political Participation ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Political Leadership ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
The Past ◽  
Sandinista Revolution ◽  
Development Organizations ◽  
Moravian Church ◽  
Las Mujeres

Este artículo se centra en la situación actual de las mujeres indígenas y afrodescendientes  y la participación política y su acceso a puestos de liderazgo. La investigación exploró el proceso desde el cual las mujeres miskitu y kriol en Nicaragua han catapultado posiciones de liderazgo en el grupo matrilocal en altos cargos políticos. Los datos recogidos en Bilwi-Puerto Cabezas demuestra que mujeres las miskitu y kriol lideresas en los últimos 30 años han accedido a puestos de liderazgo político a través de su participación con la Iglesia Morava, la revolución sandinista, y después de 1990 las organizaciones de desarrollo. Estas etapas de empoderamiento pueden combinarse para favorecer el liderazgo de mujeres.SummaryThis article focuses on the current situation of indigenous and afrodescendant women, their political participation and access to leadership posts. The research explored the process from which the Miskitu and Creole women in Nicaragua have catapulted leadership positions in the matrilocal group in high political posts. Data collected in Bilwi-Puerto Cabezas shows that Miskitu and Creole women leaders, in the past 30 years have had access to political leadership positions through their involvement with the Moravian Church, the Sandinista revolution, and after 1990 due to the development organizations. These stages of empowerment can be combined to promote women leadership.

scholarly journals Future of Rankings in Higher Education

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 8628-8635
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Scientific Progress ◽  
First Century ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
The Past ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The Future

In the late 1990s, some institutions started discussing the idea of comparing universities and educational institutions according to certain criteria. Since then, the rankings of universities have become widespread. With the rapid spread, extended and developed scientific progress and technological development every day as we have not seen before, and with the increasing spread of the Internet, these sites have become dependent on the Internet to obtain the data they rely on in the ranking of these universities. Because the ranking of universities, educational institutions, higher education institutions, colleges, and institutes is one of the main elements that have been used in the past two centuries, and because the ranking of universities has become one of the most important ways and means to measure the development or decline of universities, it was important to clarify the mechanisms of the ranking of universities in This period of the twenty-first century and the expected perception for tanking of university for the future period. The aim of this research paper is to present a study on the methods and methodologies that can be used to measure the ranking of universities, taking into account the technological development that has taken place over the past period and to determine what is the possibility of relying on the ranking in the future as a tool to measure the progress and development of universities and the possibility of relying on the Internet as a reliable means of ranking. Observations regarding the educational institutions' perception of ranking are also discussed. Keywords: Ranking, University Rankings, Higher Education Institutions Ranking, Future Ranking, Top Universities, Standards, Indicators, Future

Implementing a Successful Sustainability Plan at Queen’s University

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Blake Anderson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Stakeholder Group ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Queen's University ◽  
Sustainability Movement

Over the past decade universities from around the world have begun recognizing their need and  responsibility to incorporate sustainable ideals into their teaching practices and daily operations. This same recognition has taken place at Queen’s University where over the past several years a sustainability  movement has been gathering momentum. Individuals from every stakeholder group are beginning to  explore how Queen’s can implement a successful campus wide sustainability plan. It is however unclear  how exactly this commitment should be approached. In spite of the large number of universities making  similar commitments there appears to be no ‘cookie cutter’ model for success. Every university has its own  unique challenges and opportunities that must be addressed early in the planning phases. By combining the lessons learned at other institutions of higher education with the challenges and opportunities at Queen’s this paper lays out a strategy for how Queen’s should approach sustainability.

Motherscholar

2021 ◽  
pp. 190-205
Author(s):  
Heidi L. Schnackenberg
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Women Leaders ◽  
Colleges And Universities ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Gender Inequities ◽  
Academic Women ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Taking Responsibility

Academic women leaders are teaching, conducting research, running departments, making policies, and overseeing their faculty and students, all while taking responsibility for their own homes, families, and children, and doing it all under one roof. Motherscholars (i.e., academic mothers who accepted administrative and/or leadership positions in higher education) have a particular story to tell during this pandemic. This chapter will highlight the issues confronting these MotherLeaders and illustrate how institutional gender inequities and societally imposed responsibilities in the home, and with children, impact women's ability to lead in colleges and universities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Have Women Broken the Glass Ceiling in North American Dental Leadership?

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Li ◽  
R. de Souza ◽  
S. Esfandiari ◽  
J. Feine
Keyword(s):  
Women Leaders ◽  
North American ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Senior Leadership ◽  
Leadership Positions ◽  
Women Editors ◽  
Underrepresentation Of Women ◽  
Dental Professional ◽  
Dental Schools

In the last few decades, the number of women graduating from North American (NA) dental schools has increased significantly. Thus, we aimed to determine women’s representation in leadership positions in NA dental and specialty associations/organizations, dental education, and dental journals, as well as the proportion of men/women researcher members of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR). We contacted NA dental associations to provide us with the total number and the men/women distribution of their members. Men/women distributions in leadership positions were accessible from the internet, as were data on the sex of deans of NA dental schools. Data on the editors in chief of NA dental journals were gathered from their websites, and the AADR provided the number and sex of its researcher members. Collected data underwent descriptive statistics and binomial tests (α = 0.05). Our findings suggest that women are underrepresented in leadership positions within the major NA dental professional associations. While the median ratio of women leaders to women members in professional associations is 0.91 in Canada, it is only 0.67 in the United States. The same underrepresentation of women is evident in the leadership of the Canadian Dental Association and the American Dental Association. We found that women are underrepresented as deans and editors in chief for NA oral health journals. Only 16 of 77 NA dental school deans are women, while 3 of 38 dental journals have women editors in chief. The probability of finding these ratios by chance is low. However, the number of women dental researcher AADR members underwent an overall increase in the past decade, while the number of men declined. These results suggest that, despite the increase in women dentists, it will take time and effort to ensure that they move through the pipeline to senior leadership positions in the same manner as their male colleagues.

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