Includes bibliographical references. Machine generated contents note: pt. I Setting the Scene --

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --
FOREWORD. Jackie Ashley --
INTROUCTION: Women in Higher Education: Charting the Trajectory. Heather Eggins --
PART 1 : Setting the Scene.-1 Whither Women Graduates in the Knowledge Economy? Mary-Louise Kearney --
2 Women in American Higher Education: A Descriptive Profile. Carol Frances --
3 Women in Chinese Higher Education: Educational Opportunities and Employability Challenges. Zhou Zhong and Fei Guo --
4 Women, Leadership and Organizational Culture in Higher Education: Lessons Learned from South Africa and Ghana --
Reitumetse Obakeng Mabokela and Yeukai A. Mlambo --
PART II Adjusting to Change --
5 Gender and Academic Work at a Dutch University. Liudvika Leisyte and Bengu Hosch-Dayican --
6 Female Academics in Greek Higher Education: Issues of Organizational Change, Economic Crisis and Social Responsibility. Antigoni Papadimitriou --
7 Managing Modern Malaysia: Women in Higher Education Leadership. Louise Morley, Madeline Berma and Bahiyah Dato' Hj. Abdul Hamid --
8 Women of Color Advancing to Senior Leadership in US Academe. Belinda Lee Huang --
9 Women's Place in Academia: Case Studies of Italy and Switzerland. Gaele Goastellec and Massimiliano Vaira .-Part III: Gender Equality? 10 Gender Equality in Academic Career Progression: a Matter of Time? Mary Henkel --
11 Women and Gender Equality in Higher Education? Miriam David --
12 Women Academic Researchers: Still Interlopers in the UK Academy? Carole Leathwood --
13 Women Teaching Languages in Higher Education: Voices from the European Union. Elisabeth Lillie --
14 Early Career Women in Academia: An Exploration of Networking Perceptions. Terhi Nokkala, Bojana Culum, and Tatiana Fumasoli --
15 Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Notes on the Situation of Women Professors in Brazil. Marilia Moschkovich --
Part IV : The Future.