ERIC ED386137: Women in Higher Education Management.

198 Pages·1993·3.1 MB·English

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ED 386 137
Women in Higher Education Management.
TITLE
Commonwealth Secretariat, London (England).;
INSTITUTION
International Development Research Centre, Ottawa
(Ontario).; International Federation of Univ. Women.;
Standing Conference of Rectors, Presidents, and
Vice-Chancellors of the European Universities.;
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, Paris (France).
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Administrator Role; *College Administration;
DESCRIPTORS
Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Foreign
Countries; Higher Education; Management Development;
Regional Characteristics; Sex Role; *Women
Administrators
Bahrain; Canada; Caribbean; Finland; France; Glass
IDENTIFIERS
Ceiling; India; Indonesia; Malaysia; Nigeria; Peru;
South Pacific; United States; University of the South
Pacific (Fiji); University of the West Indies; West
Indies; Women College Presidents
ABSTRACT
This volume contains 11 papers on the
under-representation of women in higher education management in
Bahrain, Finland, France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Peru,
the United States and Canada, the South Pacific and the West Indies.
All papers were written by women vice-chancellors, presidents and
senior managers of universities in those nations. The papers are:
"Bahrain: The Role of Women in Higher Education Management in the
Arab Region" (Rafica S. Hammoud); "Finland: Women in Higher Education
in Finland" (Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen); "France: The Role of Women
in the Administration of Higher Education in France" (Michele
Gendreau-Massaloux); "India: The Place of Women in the Management of
Higher Education in India" (Suma Chitnis); "Indonesia: Indonesian
Women in Higher Education Management" (Mariana Setiadarma);
"Malaysia: Women Managers in Higher Education in Malaysia" (Asmah
Haji Omar); "Nigeria: Women in Higher Education Management--The
Nigerian Context" (Grace Alele Williams); "Peru: The Woman's Role in
the Administration of Higher Education in Peru" (Gladys Buzzio Zamora
RSCJ); "USA/Canada: Women in Higher Education Management in the
United States and Canada" (Sandra Featherman); "University of the
South Pacific: Women in Higher Education Management in the South
Pacific--The Case of the University of the South Pacific" (Konai H.
Thaman and Sarojini Pillay); and "University of the West Indies:
Staff Development and Gender Equity in the Commonwealth Caribbean
Universities--The Experience of the University of the West Indies"
(Gwendoline Williams and Claudia Harvey). (Some papers contain
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Commonwealth Secretariat
United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization
With the participation of.
The International Development Research Centre
arid:
The International Federation of University Women
The Standing Conference of Rectors, Presidents and
Vice-Chancellors of the European Universities
Authors are responsible for the choice and the presentation of the facts
contained in signed articles and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not
necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization.
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this
publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part
of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or
of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Published in 1993
by the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization
7, place de Fontenoy, 75352 Paris 07 SP
UNESCO 1993
FOREWORD
The Commonwealth Secretariat and UNESCO are organizations committed to the
full involvement of women in higher education, including its decision-making
processes. The Commonwealth Plan of Action on Women and Development and
the Third Medium-Term Plan of UNESCO (1990-95) both call for measures which
will enhance the participation of women in development.
Higher education makes a vital contribution to sustainable development through the
generation and dissemination of knowledge. The effective management of this
domain merits top priority at a time when universities worldwide face critical
challenges due to the unprecedented expansion yet drastically reduced resources
of higher education. The numerous and complex issues facing society moreover
demand that social investment in institutions of higher education is fully justified
in terms of its return to the community.
The under-representation of women in higher education management is well-
documented and serves to demonstrate that the pool of managerial talent within
each country is not optimally utilized.
Current practices of recruitment and
promotion require urgent investigation in order to understand the barriers to
women's progress and to identify strategies to bring about a fairer gender balance
based on professional equality.
In this collection of essays, women managers working in diverse socio-cultural and
geographical contexts analyze the obstacles which they have faced and overcome
during their careers. Four principal themes emerge: the general participation of
women in education; the extent of their involvement in
higher education
management, including impediments to their advancement; the development of
strategies to surmount these career limitations; and the particular contribution of
women to the management of higher education.
The authenticity and depth of the authors' insights provide rich, experience-based
material for higher education specialists and policy-makers alike. They provide a
framework within which existing practice may be reviewed and new policies
elaborated, so as to accelerate the participation of women in higher education
management.
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Federico Mayor
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Secretary-General
Director-General
Commonwealth Secretariat
UNESCO
EDITORIAL NOTE
It has been our privilege and pleasure tc collaborate in the realization of this study on
women in higher education management.
Higher education is the traditional training ground for society's leaders and specialized
each and
manpower. Today, the education of a graduate constituteP, an investment for
contribution to the
every country. This should be returned through this person's sound
social, economic and cultural development of the nation. In this respect, men and women
have equal responsibility.
As the 21st century approaches, women graduates face exciting
perspectives.
Increasingly, they will be strongly urged to assume their rightful place in the decision-
both in the systems and institutions of higher education and also in the
making process
As this dual role is of the greatest
various professions for which they have studied.
importance for society, women merit strong encouragement in these endeavours.
of
We hope that this study will stimulate further reflection and action regarding the issue
this domain may be
women in higher education management so that their presence in
strengthened.
We wish to express our gratitude to the authors and to our colleagues who have
Special thanks are due to the partner organizations of the
contributed to this project.
Commonwealth Secretariat and UNESCO which have generously provided support: the
International Development Research Centre, Canada, which has sponsored the French
version, the Standing Conference of Rectors, Presidents and Vice-Chancellors of the
European Universities and the International Federation of University Women.
Hena MUKHERJEE
Commonwealth Secretariat
Mary-Louise KEARNEY
UNESCO
PRODUCTION
Li liana Simionescu
Coordination:
UNESCO, Irene Michine, Martine Coursodon, Madeleine Schick ler,
French Version:
Sophie Guerin
Jeanette Wahl
Cover Design:
Contents
Notes on the Authors
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Overview
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Elizabeth Dines, University of Adelaide, Australia
Bahrain: The Role of Women in Higher Education Management
31
in the Arab Region
Rafica S. Hammoud
53
Finland: Women in Higher Education in Finland
Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen
67
France: The Role of Women in the Administration of Higher Education
in France
Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux
India: The Place of Women in the Management of Higher Education
81
in India
Suma Chitnis
105
Indonesia: Indonesian Women in Higher Education Management
Mariana Setiadarma
Malaysia: Women Managers in Higher Education in Malaysia
121
Asmah Haji Omar
135
Nigeria: Women in Higher Education Management - The Nigerian
Context
Grace Alele Williams
147
Peru: The Woman's Role in the Administration of Higher Education
in Peru
Gladys Buzzio Zamora RSCJ
165
USA/Canada: Women in Higher Education Management in the
United States and Canada
Sandra Featherman
177
University of the South Pacific: Women in Higher Education
Management in the South Pacific - The Case of the University
of the South Pacific
Konai H. Thaman and Sarojini Pillay
187
University of the West Indies: Staff Development and Gender Equity
in the Commonwealth Caribbean Universities - The Experience of the
University of the West Indies
Gwendoline Williams and Claudia Harvey
The French version has been sponsored by
The International Development Research Centre, Canada
NOTES ON THE AUTHORS
Elizabeth Dines, Australia
Adelaide, South
Elizabeth Dines is the Academic Registrar of the University of
the public
Australia. Her varied career has taken her from school teaching to academia, to
service and now to university administration.
Public Service
In 1984 Dr. Dines moved into general management in the Australian
policies covering
and for a time was responsible for a diverse range of personnel
recruitment, educational qualifications and training. She became Academic Registrar at
in educational
Adelaide in 1988, a role which has drawn on her expertise and experience
been the development
policy making and administration. A major focus of het activity has
student exchanges.
of the University's international programs, particularly in the area of
professional
Married with four children Dr. Dines well knows the pressures which
Her current research interests are in
women encounter in balancing their multiple roles.
their personal and
exploring the ways in which women resolve the tensions between
style.
professional lives and in formulating a theory of a female management
Rafica Hammoud, Bahrain
from the
Professor Hammoud was born in Lebanon and graduated in Psychology
Université de Paris III
Lebanese University, Beirut. Also, she holds a doctorate from the
(Sorbonne).
moved to
After a distinguished teaching and administrative career in Lebanon, she
UNESCO adviser
Bahrain where she coordinated diploma courses in Education and was a
Department of EduCation
in Teacher Education. In 1985 she became chairperson of the
in 1991.
at the University of Bahrain, then dean and professor
in the field of
She has participated in numerous regional and international seminars
education issues
Education and is the author of over 30 books and articles dealing with
of women in this
in the Arab world. Her special interests include the status and education
region and population studies.
Sarojini Pi !lay, Fiji
Pacific Suva (USP), Fiji.
Sarojini Pillay is Registrar at the University of the South
and Teaching, and
She graduated from the University of Madras, India, in Science
of the USP.
has lectured in Biology at the Schools of Medicine and Agriculture
wide range of areas
Her long experience in university administration has covered a
including Extension Services, Staffing and Finance.
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has studied
Ms Pi Ilay
university management systems through exchange
programmes with institutions in Australia, notably the Universities of Melbourne and New
England, Armidale. In 1988, she obtained a Master of Science in Administration from the
Central Michigan University, USA.
Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen, Finland
Vice-Rector at the University of Tampere, Dr. Stolte Heiskanen holds degrees in
Science and Sociology from Columbia University, the University of Chicago and the
University of Helsinki. She is currently a member of the Finnish National Commission for
UNESCO and has served on the committee on Problems and Obstacles in Women's
Careers in Science, set up by the Finnish Ministry of Education.
She is the author of many publications in the fields of Science and Sociology and
is the current president of the Tampere Peace Research Institute.
Michèle Gendreau-Massaloux, France
Professor Gendreau-Massaloux holds degrees in Spanish and Political Science and has
taught at the Universities of Paris III (Sorbonne), Paris XIII (Villetaneuse), and also Limoges
where she was Vice-President. From 1981-84, she was Rector of the Academy of Orleans
and Tours. Since 1984, she has held several important posts in the French administration and
commenced her present position as Rector of the Academy and Chancellor of the Paris
Universities in 1989.
She is the author of a number of works on Spanish literature and is a board member
of both the Conseil d'Administration de l'Association frangaise d'Action artistique and the
College universitaire frangais de Moscou.
Mme Gendreau-Massaloux holds the rank of Chevalier in the Ordre de la Legion
d'Honneur.
Marie Francoise Fave-Bonnet provided research assistance for the article written by
She is a lecturer at the Université de Paris X at
Professor Gendreau-Massaloux.
Nanterre and has done extensive analysis on women in higher education.
Suma Chitnis, India
Suma Chitnis (Ph.D., M.A. Sociology, B.A. Philosophy) is currently Vice Chancellor of
the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women's University at Bombay. This
university established in 1916 serves 40,000 students in a range of disciplines through its 32
graduate colleges and 38 departments for post-graduate study and research. It has several
other academic and research programmes, amongst which is the country's largest and best
known Centre for Research on Women.
It also has a major programme in Education
Management which offers a variety of courses for Women Administrators in Education.
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Prior to taking up this post, Professor Chitnis was Head of the Unit for Research in
Sociology of Education as well as Director of the Women's Studies Programme at the Tata
Institute of Social Sciences at Bombay.
She has lectured and published extensively in both fields. She is a widely published
author and has taught abroad as a research fellow and Visiting Professor.
Among her
administrative appointments, Professor Chitnis has served on many official bodies dealing
with higher education in India.
Mariana Setiadarma, Indonesia
Born in Bojonegoro, Indonesia in 1933, Mariana Setiadarma is the mother of 4 children
and holds a degree in Economics from the Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta.
After running her own business for 15 years, she became a lecturer in Industrial
Economics and Organizational Behaviour at the Atma Jaya Catholic University in 1975, where
she was named dean of the Economics Faculty in 1987.
Currently, she is Rector of this university and is active in the International Federation
of Catholic Universities for which she is Vice-President of the Asia region.
Asmah Haji Omar, Malaysia
Professor Asmah Haji Omar holds a doctorate in General Linguistics from the University
of London and was appointed to the Chair of Malay Linguistics at the University of Malaya
in 1976. As well, she is the director of the University's Language Centre.
Her research interests focus on language planning and sociolinguistic issues. She has
written extensively on these subjects and participated in international projects related to these
fields.
Professor Omar was responsible for the establishment of the University of Malaya's
Language Centre in 1972, deaiing with both its curriculum and administrative planning. From
1983-1986, she was Deputy Vice Chancellor of the university.
Grace Ale le Williams, Nigeria
Grace Ale le Williams was Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin, Benin City until
her retirement in August 1992. She holds master's and doctoral degrees in Education and
undertook her studies at University College lbadan, the University of Vermont and the
University of Chicago. During her distinguished academic and administrative career, she has
worked in many of Nigeria's leading educational establishments including the University of
Lagos where she headed the Arts and Education Divisions.
Professor Williams has had a special interest in the access of female African students
to scientific and technological subjects and is the author of several publications on
mathematics.
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