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245	0	0	_aSoaring Beyond Boundaries : _ba Women Breaking Educational Barriers in Traditional Societies / _cEdited by Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela.
246	3		_aWomen Breaking Educational Barriers in Traditional Societies
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBrill | Sense, _c2007.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aTransgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ; _v6
490	1		_aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
505	0	0	_aPreliminary Material / _rReitumetse Obakeng Mabokela -- Introduction / _rReitumetse Obakeng Mabokela -- Gender Gap / _rSandra J. Schmidt -- Graduate Student Perceptions of Secularism in Turkish Higher Education / _rFatma Nevra Seggie -- The Construction and Reconstruction of Gender in Post-secondary Education in the Islamic Republic of Iran / _rSharon Karkehabadi -- Emirati Women / _rFatma Abdulla -- Women Administrators in Colleges and Universities in Mainland China / _rNa Wei -- Gender equality education act in Taiwan / _rWei-ni Wang -- The Gender Gap and Information Communication Technology / _rChristina Dokter -- About the Contributors / _rReitumetse Obakeng Mabokela -- Further Reading / _rReitumetse Obakeng Mabokela.
520			_aHigher education systems in many countries are undergoing significant changes in response to variety of local, national, and international pressures. Among these, the shift from elitism to the provision of mass higher education; increased impact of internationalization and globalization, which are increasingly blurring national boundaries; increased competition among universities for limited resources to support higher education sector; the impact of technology and the knowledge economy; and the continuing quest educational for equity. Given what we already know about the position of women in the academy, what is so significant about the account of women represented in this book? Lessons from colleagues in Western universities provide important models for understanding some aspects of gendered identity of women scholars; however, a deeper understanding of educational experiences for women in countries such as China, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, may potentially offer innovative insights to our current understanding of gender within education. In this age of globalization, there are common themes that transcend the experiences of women across very different social, cultural, economic, and political contexts. Therefore, accounts of women scholars represented in this volume demonstrate that the experiences women scholars are not isolated incidents but global phenomena, and may offer alternative approaches to problems that seem insurmountable to women at the bottom of the professional ladder. Further, the experiences of non-Western women scholars are important because it is only through an understanding of their educational conditions that institutions can implement policies and practices to respond effectively, and to create work environments that are supportive to professional aspirations of these scholars. Effective policies can only be attained when there is a clear understanding of the barriers and challenges female scholars. Given that gender concerns, especially in non-Western countries, have historically occupied and to some extent continue to occupy a marginal position in the daily operations of institutions of higher education, it is critical to highlight their potentially harmful effects not only on women scholars, but on institutions as well.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aSex discrimination in higher education.
650		0	_aDeveloping countries.
650		0	_aDiscrimination in higher education.
650		0	_aWomen _xEducation (Higher)
700	1		_aMabokela, Reitumetse Obakeng, _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tSoaring Beyond Boundaries: Women Breaking Educational Barriers in Traditional Societies, _dLeiden Boston : Brill | Sense, 2007 _w9789077874981
830		0	_aTransgressions: Cultural Studies and Education ; _v6.
830		0	_aEducational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789087901684
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