Gender and the Changing Face of Higher Education in Asia Pacific

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This book establishes gender issues as a major focus within developments shaping higher education in the Asia Pacific region. The discussion is framed as a response to various dedicated efforts, such as that of the United Nations, to foreground gender as a site for political discourse throughout the region. Throughout the volume, authors confront issues that continue to gain prominence in higher education as a policy arena, including the degree to which higher education operates within a framework of gender equity and how higher education appointments—even promotions—are sensitive to gender. By touching specific instances throughout Korea, Japan, China, Australia, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan, authors offer an unprecedented big-picture view of gender-relevant policy issues. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxiv Introduction (Deane E. Neubauer, Surinderpal Kaur)....Pages 1-7 Framing Gender Issues in Asia-Pacific Higher Education (Denise Cuthbert, Molly N. N. Lee, Weiling Deng, Deane E. Neubauer)....Pages 9-21 Gender Issues in Asia Pacific Higher Education: Assessing the Data (Deane E. Neubauer)....Pages 23-40 World-Class Universities and Female Leadership in the Academic Profession: Case Studies of East Asian Higher Education (Hei-hang Hayes Tang)....Pages 41-56 Gender Equity Instrumentalism and (Re)Building the Nation Through Innovation: Critical Reflections on Women in STEM Policy in Australia (Denise Cuthbert, Leul Tadesse Sidelil)....Pages 57-71 Gender and Higher Education in India: Negotiating Equity with Access (Manasi Thapliyal Navani)....Pages 73-88 Thinking of Gender: On the Way to Emancipatory Higher Education in the Globalizing China (Weiling Deng)....Pages 89-106 Gender, Higher Education, and Earnings: The Case of Hong Kong (Linda Chelan Li, Iris Chui Ping Kam)....Pages 107-125 Gender and Leadership in Research Universities in Malaysia: The Case of University of Malaya (Surinderpal Kaur)....Pages 127-143 Changing Landscape of the Malaysian Higher Education: An Overview of Women’s Glass Ceiling (Hazri Jamil, Ahmad Firdaus Ahmad Shabudin, Santhiram R. Raman, Ooi Poh Ling)....Pages 145-165 The Beginning of the End? Changes in Junior Colleges in Japanese Female Higher Education (Shangbo Li)....Pages 167-179 Gender Equality in Higher Education Institutions: Current Status and Key Issues in South Korea (Minho Yeom)....Pages 181-197 Women in Higher Education: A Vase-Breaking Theory by Female Technologists in Taiwan (Ya-Hsuan Wang)....Pages 199-211 The Glass Ceiling Facing Women Leaders in Thai Higher Education (Prompilai Buasuwan, Ratikorn Niyamajan)....Pages 213-230 Conclusion (Deane E. Neubauer, Surinderpal Kaur)....Pages 231-235 Back Matter ....Pages 237-250