Gender Equality Programmes in Higher Education

1. Front Matter

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2. Gender Equality Programmes in Higher Education — Introduction

   • Sabine Grenz, Beate Kortendiek, Marianne Kriszio, Andrea Löther

   Pages 7-12

3. Options of Knowledge — Opportunities in Science

   • Susanne Baer

   Pages 13-26

4. The Success of Female Scientists in the 21st Century

   • Wanda E. Ward

   Pages 27-44

5. Cooling Out? Gender and Research in Switzerland

   • Maya Widmer, Regula Julia Leemann, Heidi Stutz, Katrin Schönfisch

   Pages 45-52

6. Evaluation of Gender Equality Policies

   • Andrea Löther, Elisabeth Maurer

   Pages 53-67

7. Pathways to Success for Women Scientists in Higher Education in the US

   • Terry Morehead Dworkin, Angel Kwolek-Folland, Virginia Maurer, Cindy A. Schipani

   Pages 69-86

8. Gender Equality as Organizational Change Frames, Challenges, and Strategies in the European Union and the United States

   • Mary Ann Danowitz

   Pages 87-99

9. ‘Keeping your Eye on the Prize’: Gender Equality Programmes in Enterprise Universities

   • Jane Wilkinson

   Pages 101-118

10. Balancing and Optimising Gender Mainstreaming at German Universities

    • Quirin J. Bauer, Susanne Gruber

    Pages 119-135

11. Political Will is Not Enough Results from the Evaluation of a Pilot Scheme for Implementing Gender Mainstreaming

    • Angelika Paseka

    Pages 137-151

12. Promoting Women Researchers through Mentoring Eument-Net as a Basis for a European Network of Mentoring Programmes for Women in Academia and Research

    • Helene Füger, Nikolina Sretenova, Christine Brunn, Dagmar Höppel, Evi Genetti, Sabine Lask

    Pages 153-162

13. Where is the Key to Success? A Comparative Evaluation of Mentoring Programmes for Outstanding Female Scientists in Natural Science, Engineering, Social Sciences and Medicine

    • Carmen Leicht-Scholten

    Pages 163-178

14. Leading Women: The Positive Impact of Women and Leadership Programs

    • Lynette Browning

    Pages 179-191

15. Balancing Career and Family in Higher Education — New Trends and Results

    • Inken Lind

    Pages 193-208

16. Gender Equality Programmes: Recommendations of the 5th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education 2007 at Humboldt-Univesität zu Berlin

    • Sabine Grenz, Beate Kortendiek, Marianne Kriszio, Andrea Löther

    Pages 209-211

17. Back Matter

    Pages 213-219

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Gender equality has been on the agenda of national policies of higher education within and outside the European Union (EU) for the last twenty years. In some European countries, this process was initiated early on and has brought about remarkable results, while in others progress has been slower. Different countries and institutions have focussed on different strategies for raising awareness about the discrimination of women and for increasing the number of women in aca- mia, particularly in leadership positions. Previous research on gender equality in higher education has produced many case studies about programmes at institutions of higher education in Europe and elsewhere. Different actors like the European Commission and - tional organisations have also furnished reports about national policies. Building on this material, it is now time to analyse under what conditions equality p- grammes are successful. For a deeper understanding of the mechanisms of and barriers to gender equality in higher education, we also need studies that focus on the development of gender equality policies in different countries, as well as on conditions of implementation, change of strategy, and the evaluation of - sults. Comparative studies would be another useful tool for understanding the development and success of gender equality programmes.

• Erziehungssystem
• Europe
• Evaluation
• Frauenpolitik
• Gender
• Gender Equality
• Gender Mainstreaming
• Leadership
• Mentoring
• education

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Dr. Sabine Grenz is postdoc researcher at the Department of Gender Studies at the University of Gothenburg.
Dr. Beate Kortendiek is the coordinator of the Women’s Research Network NRW at the Technische Universität Dortmund.
Dr. Marianne Kriszio is Gender Equality Officer at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Dr. Andrea Löther is project manager at the Center of Excellence Women and Science (CEWS), Bonn.

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