Women and Higher Education

Contents: Preface. 1. Leadership women and higher education. 2. The ethics of leadership in higher education. 3. The changing job market and its influence. 4. Women and change in higher education. 5. Women being a manager in education. 6. Black Afro Caribbean women in higher education in the United Kingdom. 7. UK women at the very top: an American assessment.  8. Through the glass ceiling: networking by women managers in higher education. 9. A positive management experience? 10. Equal opportunities policy. 11. Reaching for equal opportunities: models from Australia and the USA. 12. Positional of women and education. 13. Toward positional pedagogies. 14. Learning in the dark. Bibliography. Index.

For uplifting life standard personality development and overall enhancement of quality of life education is a prerequisite. Unfortunately a major segment of our society i.e. women are deprived of equal opportunities of education. Only few of them could reap the fruits of higher education.

As the name of the title suggests this book compiles highly informative readings on the theme on women and higher education. Packed with facts and figures for use of specialists as well as common readers, this book will be a welcome addition tot he literature available on this subjected. (jacket)