Inequalities and the Paradigm of Excellence in Academia
Barbara Hoenig, "Inequalities and the Paradigm of Excellence in Academia "
English | ISBN: 0367188368 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 0367188368 | 2022 | 256 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This volume examines the criteria of excellence producing inequalities of gender in the daily working environment and evaluation of academics.
Policymakers have increasingly placed emphasis on gender equality as part of a strategy for achieving research excellence, and efforts to reduce gender bias have become mainstream. This book suggests that this goal has remained elusive in practice due to continuing under-representation of women across many academic and scientific fields. Questioning the old structures of male dominance still prevalent in national research policy, the book explores the effects of institutional values and practices on the careers of academics, particularly the academic identities of women and their career developments.
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