Research Reports: THE IMPACT OF WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION (HE) ON WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA (UG)

Authors

  • Claudette Collette Austin University of Guyana

Abstract

The 4 small scale studies reported here have been included to indicate some of the complex processes emerging as part of an engagement with gender equality concerns in Commonwealth universities and the potential for larger and more in depth examination of these issues. The studies, mostly conducted as projects for Masters degree dissertations, highlight the potential of qualitative methodologies in casting light on the multiple spaces in which gender inequality persists despite some considerable expansion of student enrolment to include women. A number of the authors as postgraduate students examining gender issues in higher education remarked on the dearth of studies on this theme outside the UK, Australia and North America. Their own work, published here, is an attempt to redress that balance.

Author Biography

Claudette Collette Austin, University of Guyana

CLAUDETTE COLLETTE AUSTIN is a Lecturer II in Educational Administration and Head, Department of Foundations and Education Management in the School of Education and Humanities, University of Guyana. She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Arts and a Diploma in Education from the University of Guyana as weil as a Masters degree in Women and Management in Higher Education from the Institute of Education, University of London. Prior to her appointment as a Lecturer in 1998 she worked for over a decade as an Administrator in the University of Guyana. Claudette has written courses in Issues and Perspectives in Education and Gender and Education Management for distance education delivery. She is currently carrying out research and writing on Gender Equity in Higher Education, Women and Management and current issues in education. Depuis 1998, CLAUDETTE COLLETTE AUSTIN est maître de conférence en Administration scolaire et dirige le département de Fondements et Gestion en éducation au sein de la School of Education and Humanities de l'Université de Guyana. Elle détient un Baccalauréatès-Lettres et un Diplôme en éducation de cette même université, ainsi qu'une Maîtrise portant sur les femmes et la gestion universitaire de l'institute of Education de l'Université de Londres. Avant sa nomination en 1998, elle a, pendant dix ans, oeuvré dans l'administration de l'Université de Guyana. Claudette est l'auteur de cours d'enseignement à distance portant sur les problèmes contemporains en éducation et sur la parité sexuelle dans les postes de direction en éducation. Ses recherches en cours touchent aux questions d'équité dans l'enseignement supérieur. à la place des femmes dans les postes de direction et à des questions qui se posent aujourd'hui en éducation.

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Published

2003-09-01

How to Cite

Austin, C. C. (2003). Research Reports: THE IMPACT OF WOMEN IN MANAGEMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION (HE) ON WOMEN UNDERGRADUATES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA (UG). McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 38(003). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8710

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Vol. 38 No. 003 (2003)

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