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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778998603321

Titolo

Gender equity or bust! [[electronic resource] ] : on the road to campus leadership with women in higher education / / Mary Dee Wenniger, Mary Helen Conroy ; foreword by Lesley A. Diehl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass Publishers, c2001

ISBN

1-280-35106-3

9786610351060

0-7879-5998-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (335 p.)

Collana

The Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series

Altri autori (Persone)

WennigerMary Dee <1944->

ConroyMary Helen

Disciplina

378/.0082

Soggetti

Women college teachers - United States

Women - Education (Higher) - United States

Sex discrimination in education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-292) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Gender Equity or Bust!; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Bill of Rights for Women in Higher Education; Abbreviations; The Editors; 1. Current Road Conditions for Women Drivers; 2. In the Driver's Seat: Women as Leaders; 3. Driver's Ed: Developing Leadership Skills; 4. Reading the Map of Your Career 101; 5. Roadblocks and Road Rage; 6. Sex on the Road; 7. The Driver Within; 8. Are We There Yet?; Epilogue; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Gender battles still rage on most college and university campuses today. For eight years, Women in Higher Education has reported women's strategic advances in the academy. Its goal is to enlighten, encourage, empower, and enrage women administrators, faculty, and students in higher education.This book is a compendium of lively, hard-hitting articles from the successful newsletter. Its thematic sections blend serious commentary, research results, and practical advice with wry humor. Readers will find a broad view of recent progress as well as effective strategies from women who have changed the