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Challenge accepted: Women claiming leadership in higher education Challenge accepted: Women claiming leadership in higher education learning and teaching.

ADVANCE: Organizational Change for Gender Equity in STEM Academic Professions AND Program Evaluation

Harvey, Jones

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Excerpt

A recognised challenge for women in higher education learning and teaching is of rightfully claiming leadership. Higher education processes for recruitment, promotion, awards, grants and fellowship are founded on an ability to document and convincingly present one's leadership contribution. The focus is on evidencing from a traditional, formal positional role view of leadership. However, the leadership contribution of women to learning and teaching often accords with a more distributed leadership approach. This may lead to women …