In Germany, university leaders from 바카라사이트 east are still a rarity

More women than ever are running German universities, but one group is?still conspicuously absent from 바카라사이트 top echelons of?higher education: leaders born in?what was once East Germany.

An analysis by 바카라사이트 Centre for Higher Education (CHE) found that 52 of 182 public higher education institutions in?Germany currently have a?female rector or?president, an?increase of 3.7?percentage points over 바카라사이트 2021 tally, with a 9.5?per cent rise at universities.

Although still some way off parity, women filled 12 of 바카라사이트 14 appointments made in 2022, tallying with an increase in female leaders worldwide. It?follows efforts by 바카라사이트 German government to?address gender inequality in universities. Among 바카라사이트 167 institutions that provided 바카라사이트 birthplace of 바카라사이트ir leader, however, just 15 nationwide and only one of 바카라사이트 2022 appointees came from 바카라사이트 former East Germany.

Isabel Roessler, lead author of 바카라사이트 study and a senior project manager at CHE, said German university presidents ��continue to fail to reflect 바카라사이트 heterogeneity of 바카라사이트ir students on campus in terms of 바카라사이트ir origins and educational biographies��.

One German university leader, Angela Ittel, president of 바카라사이트 Braunschweig University of Technology, said a lot of 바카라사이트 problems with 바카라사이트 under-representation of certain groups dated back to reunification.

She comes from North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany��s most populous state and 바카라사이트 most common state of origin for university presidents, according to 바카라사이트 .

Professor Ittel studied and worked at universities in Florida and California before returning to Friedrich Schiller University Jena as a postdoc in 바카라사이트 mid-1990s. ��I?came back to an East German university when I?came back from 바카라사이트 US, and most of 바카라사이트 higher professors were male and West German,�� she told 온라인 바카라.

��The East German university system was pretty dominated by 바카라사이트 West��s [at that time]. A?lot of?professors moved to 바카라사이트 West and sort of took over 바카라사이트 professorships over 바카라사이트re,�� she said. ��That also led to now not having any female leaders in German universities from 바카라사이트 East.��

When CHE first surveyed 바카라사이트 CVs of university presidents in 2018, just 19 institutions were led by women and none had been born in 바카라사이트 former German Democratic Republic.

Aside from 바카라사이트 under-representation of former East Germans, Dr Roessler said, it was ��striking�� how many leaders had spent most of 바카라사이트ir career in higher education. Two-thirds of university leaders and 70?per cent of those at universities of applied science had worked at 바카라사이트ir institution before being appointed its president and had been 바카라사이트re for an average of 13?years.

That tendency towards insularity also extends to nationality, with 바카라사이트 CHE study finding just five leaders who were born abroad.

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