| Description |
1 online resource (595 p.) |
| Series |
Wiley Handbooks in Education Ser |
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Wiley Handbooks in Education Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- References -- Part I The Higher Education Corporation and Its Gender Implications -- Chapter 1 Unpacking the "Female Advantage" in the Career and Economic Impacts of College -- Trends and Context -- Theoretical Frameworks -- Evidence on Gender Differences in Career and Economic Outcomes -- Toward an Integrated Conceptual Model -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Women's Leadership in Higher Education: Addressing Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors |
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Macro-Level Barriers: Societal Gender Inequity -- Meso-Level Barriers: Higher Education and Women's Leadership -- Micro-Level Barriers: The Complexities of Leader Identity Development -- Implications for the Future of Higher Education -- References -- Chapter 3 Gender, Digital Literacies, and Higher Education: Examinations of Equity -- Gender, Generations, and Digital Age -- Gender Socialization -- Digital Literacies, Gender, and Higher Education -- Digital Literacies and Gender Differences -- Implications for Gender, Digital Literacies, and Higher Education -- References |
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Chapter 4 Gender, Neoliberalism, and Corporatized Higher Education -- What Is Neoliberalism? -- Neoliberalism, Performativity, and Gender Equity -- Women Leaders in Neoliberal Higher Education -- Excellence, Inclusion, and Equity -- Feminist Challenges to Neoliberal Ontological and Epistemological (Mis)framing of Higher Education -- Theorizing and Researching Gender, Neoliberalism, and Corporate Higher Education -- Feminist Reframings -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 5 Governing Boards and Their Relationship to Gender Issues in Higher Education |
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Female Representation on U.S. Governing Boards: An Overview -- Factors Contributing to Female Underrepresentation on Governing Boards -- Analyzing the Higher Education Governing Board-to-Corporate Board Connection -- Moving Forward -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- References -- Chapter 6 Gender Inequality and the New Faculty Majority -- Overrepresentation of Women in Contingent Faculty -- Explanations for The Overrepresentation of Women in Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Positions -- Types of Inequities Among Women on Contingent Appointments -- Theories for Understanding Gender and Contingency |
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Explanations for the Overrepresentation of Women in Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Positions: Applying Multiple Theories for Greater Understanding -- What Can Be Done About Inequities -- Future Research -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II Student Learning and Life in Global Contexts -- Chapter 7 Gender and Substance Use in Higher Education -- Consequences of College Substance Use -- Substance Use and Gender -- Gender Performativity -- College Men's Health as Masculinity -- Substance Use as a Performance of Collegiate Masculinity -- Substance Use and Race/Ethnicity -- Power and Substance Use |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Implications for Research and Practice |
| Subject |
Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Sexism in higher education -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Education, Higher -- Social aspects
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Sexism in higher education
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Weaver-Hightower, Marcus B
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| ISBN |
9781119257592 |
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111925759X |
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1119257638 |
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9781119257639 |
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