This book studies the various dimensions of gender inequality that persist in higher education and employment in India. It presents an in-depth analysis of the complex challenges women face in higher education participation and in translating higher education opportunities into labour market success and into leadership positions, including in academia. It argues that despite substantial progress towards gender equality in enrolment, these inequalities act as barriers to realising the transformative role that higher education can have for women’s well-being and for the nation’s development. The volume looks at the issues that keep women from accessing the areas of their choice, and the challenges they face in leadership positions in higher education.
An important critique of higher education policy and planning, the volume will be of interest to teachers, students and researchers of education, public policy, political science and international relations, economics, feminism, women’s studies, gender studies, law and sociology. It will also be useful for academicians, policymakers and anyone interested in the study of gender in Indian Higher Education.
Edited by:
N.V. Varghese,
Nidhi Sabharwal
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 793g
ISBN: 9781032458786
ISBN 10: 103245878X
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 31 July 2023
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1 Women in higher education: an overview N.V. VARGHESE AND NIDHI S. SABHARWAL PART I Women, education and development 2 Education, development and employment: the ongoing crisis in women’s employment and its revelations N. NEETHA PART II Women’s access to HE and their educational inter-generational mobility 3 Women enrolment in higher education SACHIDANAND SINHA AND BISWAJIT KAR 4 Access to higher education of women from disadvantaged groups and minorities 67 ABDUL SHABAN, ZINAT ABOLI AND S.K. MD MUSHARUDDIN 5 From gender parity to gender prism: looking beyond enrolment parity to explore gendered conditions of access to higher education in Haryana, India EMILY F. HENDERSON, NIDHI S. SABHARWAL AND ANJALI THOMAS 6 Gender, inter-generational mobility and higher education MANIKA BORA PART III Women’s field of study, representation in research programmes and career trajectories 7 Higher education, career and women entrepreneurship: between compulsion and choice ANIRBAN SENGUPTA 8 Gendered academic trajectories through research and publication: influences and implications RATNA M. SUDARSHAN AND ANJALI THOMAS 9 Women in science education and science careers in India DEEPIKA BANSAL PART IV Women in academic profession and leadership positions in higher education 10 Structures of exclusion: promotion procedures and gender inequality in the professoriate in India KARUNA CHANANA 11 Women in leadership in higher education: opportunities, challenges and the way forward MADHULIKA KAUSHIK 12 Women in leadership in higher education: narratives from the field GEETHA VENKATARAMAN 13 Women in leadership: exploring the barriers and facilitators in the Indian higher education sector MEENAKSHI GANDHI PART V Gender-responsive policies and HEI strategies for inclusion on campuses 14 Implementing the sexual harassment law within higher education: a qualitative enquiry JYOTHSNA BELLIAPPA AND S. AROKIA MARY 15 Gendering pedagogy, engendering practices: contemporary STEM education landscape RUKMINI SEN Index
N.V. Varghese is Vice Chancellor, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, India, and the Founding Director of the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE) at NIEPA. Formerly, he was Head, Governance and Management of Education at the International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP/UNESCO), Paris. He has been a member of several International Boards/Committees and editorial Boards of Journals. N.V. Varghese is the Chief Editor of the Journal for Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA) NIEPA. He has directed several national and international research projects, has carried out research projects in several countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America and CIS regions and published several books and articles. Nidhi S. Sabharwal is currently Associate Professor at the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education (CPRHE), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, India. She has previously been the In-charge of CPRHE/NIEPA. She has also previously served as the Director at the Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, New Delhi. She has studied inter-group inequalities across human development indicators, focusing on the role of caste and gender-based discrimination in the market and non-market institutions. Her current research focuses on college readiness, student diversity, student success, gender and equity in higher education.
