...Ararat L. Osipian Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the changes that have taken place in the Russian higher education sector over the last two decades. Specifically, it analyses such phenomena as corruption and politicization of Russian universities through the concept of “loyalty...

...Jen Nelles; Tim Vorley Purpose Over the past 20 years public policy has sought to promote and formalise the socio‐economic role of universities under the auspices of the so called “third mission”. The purpose of this paper is to consider how the third mission relates to, and has the capacity...

... – at the University of South Carolina Spartanburg. It outlines the opposition to the course and the fight for its approval. Then an overview of the course objectives and content is presented, followed by an assessment of the impact of the course on students. Finally the implications of the emergence of animals...

...Melanie A. Kastl; Brian H. Kleiner States that discrimination and harassment in universities take two primary forms, racial and sexual discrimination. Sexual harassment is found between faculty and student and between student and student whilst racial is often in the a dmission process or from...

...Karen Dugger Discusses the changing organization of higher education in the USA as the universities cope with mass education for all and provides statistics for the female population and their areas of preference. Covers Title X and affirmative action programmes before looking at recent anti...

...Karen Dugger Provides a statistical overview of vertical and horizontal in equality on gender relations in higher education in the USA. States that though the female share of presidents, doctorates and enrolment is increasing, women earn less than men, lead lower status and small universities...

...Voula Lambropoulou States that whilst more women are admitted to Greek universities than men and generally achieve higher grades, very few women are promoted to the highest academic ranks. Suggests that a women’s academic career depends on her social connections rather than on her qualifications...

... 2001 Gender Universities Performance Written communications International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 160 Gendered Styles of Writing and the Inequality in Assessment Hypothesis; an Explanation for Gender Differentiation in First Class Academic Achievement at University...

...Anina Mischau Focuses on questions such as “what does the situation of women at universities look like in Europe?” and “What does inequality mean today?” Continues by asking how has the situation changed recently and which national measures have been initiated in recent years and questioning...

...Dalia Cymbaliuk Cites education as a sphere of tremendous achievement for Lithuanian women with 58.6 per cent of university and 70 per cent of high school graduates being female. Portrays the relationship between men and women in the country, looking at teaching and academic life in particular...