Problems of Women\'s Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Leadership, women and higher education. 2. Women and the ethics of leadership in higher education. 3. Outside academia : the changing job market and its influence. 4. Women and change in higher education. 5. On becoming and being a manager in education. 6. Black Afro-Caribbean women in higher education in the United Kingdom, from the 1950s to the 1990s. 7. UK women at the very top : an American assessment. 8. Through the glass ceiling : networking by women managers in higher education. 9. Work shadowing : a positive management experience. 10. Equal opportunities policy. 11. Equal opportunities : models from Australia and the USA. 12. The ideologies of racism and sexism : a comparison. 13. Nineteenth century feminism at Colorado\'s land-grant college. 14. Organizing the teachers : women activists in the progressive era. 15. Women in education. 16. The concept of class in educational theory: some comments. 17. Introduction : reclaiming class. 18. Speech pathology.

"The world body of United Nations is giving special attention to the development of women. Many world wide conferences have been held under the aegis of UN to consider the ways and means of empowerment of women. Main emphasis of all these conferences has been the rehabilitation of women, economically, politically and culturally women\'s educational development and economic security are two main themes.

The world body has been successful in persuading state government to take suitable measures in this direction." (jacket)