ISBN: 1921214686 9781921214684

Category: Unavailable

Page count: 175

The authors look at why women remain under-represented in senior academic leadership roles and in key positions along the academic career ladder, why do women not advance at a rate proportional to that of their male peers and how do institutional policy and policy discourses influence decisions in regard to who occupies senior roles? In this book the authors use the metaphor of a mirage to map the current climate in higher education and examine whether equity and equality policies and practices have had an impact on the participation of women as leaders and managers in higher education.