Women, Universities, and Change : Gender Equality in the European Union and the United States

This volume analyzes how higher education responses to sociopolitical and economic influences affect gender equality at the nation-state and university levels in the European Union and the United States.

Contemporary scholars of higher education change tend to overlook gender, and gender scholars tend to overlook higher education adaptation. Women, Universities, and Change demonstrates a deep commitment to leading and documenting change in higher education, especially that relating to gender equality and to recognizing the influence that women have in that process. The contributors have been devoted to creating scholarship in the areas of higher education, organizations, policy, employment, feminist sociology, and women''s studies. In this important volume, the authors analyze how higher education''s responses to sociopolitical and economic influences affect gender equality at the nation-state and university levels in the European Union and the United States. They do this by examining strategic responses to key contextual and environmental factors and their impact on gender equality in higher education and by identifying ingredients for promoting gender equality within the structures and cultures of universities.