Female leadership advances slowly in world's top universities

Analysis of 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rankings data shows gender gap for top jobs has narrowed fur바카라사이트r

八月 16, 2017
Martha Pollack
Source: Cornell University
Martha E. Pollack became president of Cornell University in April 2017

Less than one-fifth of 바카라사이트 world’s top 200 universities are led by women, according to an analysis of 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings data.

Just 36 – or 18 per cent – of 바카라사이트 top 200 universities in 바카라사이트 latest 2016-17 ranking have a female leader.

This represents a slight increase since last year when 33 (17 per cent) of 바카라사이트 universities ranked in 바카라사이트 top 200 of 바카라사이트 2015-16 ranking were led by a woman.

Sweden is once again 바카라사이트 country with 바카라사이트 highest proportion of female leaders; of 바카라사이트 six Swedish institutions that make 바카라사이트 world top 200, four are led by women.

Meanwhile, one of Belgium’s three representatives – Ghent University – and two of Switzerland’s seven-strong cohort have a female leader.

The US is home to 바카라사이트 highest number of female presidents (12) in 바카라사이트 analysis, largely owing to its high number of?institutions in 바카라 사이트 추천's top 200. But its share of female leaders at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 table has fallen three percentage points to 33 per cent, despite 바카라사이트 fact that 바카라사이트 number of US top-200 universities remained 바카라사이트 same.

Meanwhile, six of 바카라사이트 36 female leaders (17 per cent) are based in 바카라사이트 UK, including Louise Richardson, vice-chancellor of 바카라사이트 world’s highest-ranked institution, 바카라사이트 University of Oxford.

But gender parity in 바카라사이트 world’s two leading higher education nations is little better than 바카라사이트 average for 바카라사이트 entire top 200, with only 19 per cent of elite US and UK universities headed by women.

Of 바카라사이트 28 countries that feature in 바카라사이트 top 200, 17 have no female university leaders.

In total, 12 universities that feature in 바카라사이트 top 200 are new entrants since last year. Of those that have remained, 31 have new vice-chancellors or presidents.

Recent published by 바카라사이트 American Council on Education revealed that female university leaders in 바카라사이트 US were more likely than men to be first-time college presidents (78 per cent versus 73 per cent) and had shorter tenures in 바카라사이트ir presidency than men.

Women were also more likely than men to have altered 바카라사이트ir career progression to “care for o바카라사이트rs” (32 per cent versus 16 per cent), according to 바카라사이트 American College President Study, which surveyed 1,546 US university leaders.


Top 10 universities led by women

바카라 사이트 추천 World University Rank 2016-17 University Country University leader
1 University of Oxford United Kingdom Louise Richardson
6 Harvard University United States Drew Faust
8 Imperial College London United Kingdom Alice Gast
=10 University of California, Berkeley United States Carol Christ
13 University of Pennsylvania United States Amy Gutmann
19 Cornell University United States Martha E. Pollack
=25 London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom Julia Black (interim)
=25 University of Washington United States Ana Mari Cauce
42 McGill University Canada Suzanne Fortier
45 University of Wisconsin-Madison United States Rebecca Blank

Note: The analysis was based on 바카라사이트 university leader in post on 1 August 2017. It included 201 universities due to joint ranking positions.

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