Leading change in gender and diversity in higher education from margins to mainstream / / edited by Anna CohenMiller [and three others].

• TeilnehmendeR: CohenMiller, Anna,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, New York ;, London, England : : Routledge,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1 ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (349 pages)

"This edited book provides international insights and recommendations around topics of gender and diversity in higher education linking to larger societal goals of improving equality. Within each of the four sections - Student recruitment and retention, Student experience, Faculty and staff experiences and culture, and Higher education cultures of teaching and research - topics unpack and speak to gender and diversity, equity, inclusion and access, social justice, and leadership and sustainability in higher education institutions. Incorporating innovative processes and methods, the researchers address how the experiences of groups who have been subordinated and marginalized can be heard, proposing a re-imagination of empowerment and leadership within higher education and best practices for the benefit of ongoing higher education development. This book is ideal reading for students on Higher Education courses, Leadership courses, Gender in Education, researchers, practitioners, around topics of gender and diversity, equity, inclusion and access, social justice, leadership, and sustainability in HEIs"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Figures -- Contributors -- Introduction: Reimagining Higher Education Leadership Through Envisioning Spaces for Agency -- References -- Part 1 Student Recruitment and Retention -- 1 De/Centring Gender in Higher Education Access Policy: Lived Experiences of Admission Practices in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Context -- Understanding Gender in Education -- Research Design -- University Access Experiences as Gendered - Unpacking the Evidence From Nigeria -- "They Want to Sleep With Me" - Sex as Capital? -- "I Will Go and Marry" - Women's Responses to Pressure and Experience -- Performing Gender - Agency in Context -- Implications and Conclusion -- References -- 2 Marginalized Masculinities in Australian Higher Education: Gendered Subjectivities, Discursive Spaces and First-In-Family … -- Introduction -- Theorizing Contemporary Working-Class Masculinities and Social Change -- Masculinities in Higher Education -- The First-In-Family Males Project -- Findings -- Becoming Themselves: Acclimatizing to University Life -- Being Themselves: Connecting at University -- Experiences With Class Prejudice -- Discussion and Recommendations -- Conclusion -- Funding -- References -- 3 Gendered Precarity, Intersectionality and Barriers to Higher Education for Women Seeking Asylum in Australia -- Introduction -- Gendered Precarity and Intersectionality -- Precarity -- Intersectionality -- Gender -- Background of the Study -- Methodology -- Co-Researchers - Women Seeking Asylum -- Guided Conversations and Collaborative Analysis -- Gendered Precarity Among Women Seeking Asylum -- Existence -- Status -- Gender Roles: "[There Is] Still a Man Behind" -- Time -- Family Responsibilities: Extra Burden On Women.

Mental Load: "My Husband Has The Same Problems, But He Sleeps!" -- Summary -- Recommendations for Higher Education Institutions -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- In-Dialogue Editorial for Chapters 1-3: Student Recruitment and Retention - Problematising Student Access and Participation … -- Part 2 Student Experience -- 4 Responding to the Needs of Women Students With Caring Responsibilities in Nigeria -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Methodology -- Findings: Student Perspectives -- Findings: Staff Perspectives -- Conclusions -- References -- 5 Resources and Support Services for Students With Albinism in Tanzanian Higher Education -- Introduction -- Methodology -- Theoretical Framework -- Analysing Albinism in Tanzanian Higher Education -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- 6 Gender and Higher Education in Nursing: Experiences of Male Nursing Trainees in Ghana -- Introduction -- Gender and Nursing -- An Overview of Gender and Nursing in Ghana -- Theoretical Perspective -- Data and Methodology -- Findings -- Perceptions On Nursing Being a Female Profession -- Changing Gender Norms, Unchanging Structures and Conventions -- Issues With Uniforms -- Interactional Challenges -- Performance Expectations -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- References -- In-Dialogue Editorial for Chapters 4-6: Student Experience in Higher Education -- References -- Part 3 Faculty/Staff Experience -- 7 Outsiders Reflecting On Invisible Institutional Gender Norms -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- Coloniality -- Normative Practices of Coloniality -- Microaggressive Communication -- Stress Process -- Nordic Gendered Practices -- Mobility and Social Equity-Gender Not Included -- Positionality -- Research Design -- Survey Data Processing -- Data Analysis -- Findings -- Reflection On Gender Inequality in HE -- Composite Narrative: Research Experience.

Composite Narrative: Teacher/Administration Experience -- Composite Narrative: Work-Life Balance Experience -- Composite Narrative: (Im)mobility Experience -- Related to Microaggressive Communication -- Related to Stress Processes -- Related to Gender Stereotypes -- Conclusions -- Recommendations Addressing Gender Inequality -- First Recommendation: Raise Awareness in the Academic Community -- Second Recommendation: Raise Societal Awareness -- Third Recommendation: Decommodification of HE Practices -- References -- 8 Gender, Precarity and Marginality in Higher Education Spaces in India -- Introduction -- Conceptual Framework -- Setting the Stage -- University as a Contested Space -- Situating Contingent Faculty in Context -- Gender and Intersectionality -- Methodology -- Findings -- Identity and Voice -- Pay Disparity and Unsteady Finances -- Gendered/Differential Treatment -- Patriarchal Societal System -- Safe Space and Dissent -- Time Graph -- Discussion, Recommendations and Conclusion -- Reimagining Institutional Space -- Notes -- References -- 9 Centering Voices of Motherscholars During the COVID-19 Pandemic Shows Overwhelming Responsibilities, Ingrained Gender … -- Introduction -- Academic Institutions and Mothers -- Who We Are: Positionality -- Methodology -- Study 1-Photovoice: Motherscholar During Quarantine (Anna's Study) -- Study 2-Institutional Policy Structure (Jessica's Study) -- Samples -- Impact of COVID-19 On the Careers of Motherscholars -- COVID-19 Impact On Research Productivity -- Time -- Boundaries (Work/Life Fit) -- Space -- What Mothers Need: Institutional Wishlist -- Seeing the Commonalities: Discussion -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Limitations and Future Directions -- Note -- References -- 10 Decolonising "Those Who Are Not" in Polish Higher Education Institutions -- Introduction -- Those Who Are Not at Polish HEIs.

Invisible and Mute -- Gender and Intersectionality -- Methodology -- Ethical Issues -- Sample Characteristics -- Encoding -- Findings -- Academics -- Non-Academics -- What Academics Think of Non-Academics -- What Non-Academics Think of Academics -- Language and Emotions -- The Necessary Changes -- Discussion -- Conclusions, Recommendations and Implications for Higher Education and Other Contexts -- Recommendations -- Notes -- References -- In-Dialogue Editorial for Chapters 7-10: Responding to Invisibility in Higher Education Institutions With Purposeful … -- References -- Part 4 Higher Education Cultures of Teaching and Research -- 11 Making Higher Education Institutions Gender-Sensitive: Visions and Voices From the Indian Education System -- Setting the Context: Higher Education and the Gender Question -- The Global Context -- The Regional Context: India -- The Vision -- Policies and Reports -- National Education Policy (NEP), 2020 -- UGC Regulations, 2015 -- Gender Concerns in Education, National Council for Educational Research and Training (NCERT) -- Report of Expert Committee On Gender and Education, 2012 -- Empirical Studies: Responses From Stakeholders -- Summary of Thematic Responses -- Perception of Gender Sensitivity in Higher Education and If Higher Enrolment of Women in Higher Education Translates Into … -- Awareness of India's Current Education Policy, UGC SAKSHAM Report and UGC Regulations 2015 and Whether Redressal Mechanisms … -- Perception of Gender-Sensitive Curriculum, Ways of Gender-Sensitizing Existing Curriculum in the Context of Respondent's … -- Role of Teachers in Addressing Gender Questions in the Classroom, Need for Gender Sensitization/Orientation for Teachers… -- Impact of Students' Socio-Economic Background in Their Gender Socialization in HEIs and Need to Incorporate Students' ….

If Low Presence of Women in Senior/Administrative/Managerial Positions in the Education Sector Is Indicative of the … -- If the Impact of Digital/Virtual Education During the Pandemic in the Last Two Years Has a Gendered Impact On Students -- Way Forward -- Notes -- References -- 12 Co-Creating Cross-Cultural Approaches to Gender Mainstreaming in Higher Education: Experiences and Challenges in … -- Introduction -- Existing Insight Into International Collaborative Feminist Research -- Collaborative International Feminist Research in Theoretical Context -- Designing International Feminist Collaborative Research for Equity and Inclusion -- Insights From Reflection: Communication, Humanisation, Embodiment, Ethics -- Complex Communication -- Connectedness and Humanisation -- Embodied Experience and Affect -- Ethical Concerns and Considerations -- Conclusions: What Have We Learned as International Feminist Researchers? -- References -- 13 Improving Gender Diversity in STEM Through an Inclusive Professional Framework -- Introduction -- Gender Disparities in Higher Education -- Positionality Statement -- The Inclusive Professional Framework (IPF) -- Leadership With an Equity Focus -- Classroom as Sphere of Influence -- Introductory Undergraduate STEM Course -- Classroom as Sphere of Influence -- Equity in STEM for All Genders Course (Graduate and Post-Doc) -- Organizational Structures and Policies in STEM Higher Education -- Reward Structure -- Disciplinary Norms Regarding Research -- Structure of Career Progression -- Applying the IPF to Organizational Structures and Policies -- Conclusion and Recommendations -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 14 Feminist Perspectives for the Co-Decolonization of Gender Equality in Cambodian Higher Education -- Introduction -- Background -- Literature Review -- Researcher Positionality -- Methodology.

Feminist Participatory Action Research Method.