Negotiating the Glass Ceiling: Careers of

Why is it that in many universities the number of women professors can literally be counted on the fingers of one hand, while the number of men number in the hundreds? Why are women academics so relatively disadvantaged and men so firmly in control? In an attempt to find answers to these questionsNegotiating the Glass Ceilinggathers together the unique personal reflects of 16 eminent women working in higher education across the world. These personal reflections document some of the changing patterns of women's lives in higher education since the war, a time of massive social change within the education itself, as well as in women's lives outside higher education. They also illustrate that the changes that have occurred have been hard won and not without consequences for the women involved.

Introduction	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
International Perspectives	p. 23
Rewinding the Tape: Starting Anew	p. 25
The Struggle for Balance: The Career of a German University Professor	p. 35
Against the Tide: Career Paths of Women Chief Academic Officers of American Colleges and Universities	p. 48
A Malady of Leisure and Travel: The Autobiography of A Scholar	p. 60
Reflections on Past Careers	p. 73
A Lifetime of Learning	p. 75
A Flying Start	p. 83
An Accidental Academic	p. 101
An 'Interesting' Career in Higher Education	p. 114
Luck, Hard Work and An Unplanned Career	p. 126
The Road Not Taken	p. 135
Reflections on Current Careers	p. 145
Health and Efficiency	p. 147
From Rags to Riches to Rags Again	p. 160
Always a Catholic? Guilt, Rebellion and 'Trying A Little Harder For God'	p. 168
The Accidental Manager	p. 179
'You Know Where You Are With Numbers'	p. 190
Women's Careers in Education: Theoretical and Practical Considerations of How the Glass Ceiling Might be Cracked	p. 199
Postscript	p. 209
Postscript	p. 211
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Negotiating the Glass Ceiling: Careers of Senior Women in the Academic World

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