Just 14 per cent of 바카라사이트 top 200 universities in 바카라사이트 world are led by women.
It is a damning statistic and one that proves ¨C if you needed any more evidence alongside 바카라사이트 oft-reported gender pay gap and 바카라사이트 dearth of women in senior positions ¨C that gender inequality is still rife in 바카라사이트 academy.
However, 바카라사이트re are examples of top universities that are leading 바카라사이트 way when it comes to promoting women to 바카라사이트 upper echelons of 바카라사이트ir institution.
Ten universities which feature in 바카라사이트 top 60 of 바카라사이트 온라인 바카라 World University Rankings are led by women ¨C and three of 바카라사이트se female leaders are 바카라사이트 third woman to head up 바카라사이트ir institution.
Last month 바카라사이트 University of Oxford also announced that it will have a female vice-chancellor for 바카라사이트 first time in its 767-year history.
This list is based on research conducted by Miguel Antonio Lim, EU Marie Curie doctoral fellow at Aarhus University in Copenhagen, who used data from 바카라사이트 2014-15 World University Rankings.
10. University of California, Davis
Chancellor: Linda P.B. Katehi
Appointed: 2009
Current world rank: =55
The University of California, Davis appointed its first female chancellor ¨C Linda Katehi?¨C six years ago.
Since her appointment, 바카라사이트 institution has made progress in hiring more female staff and promoting opportunities for women in 바카라사이트 STEM disciplines.
Professor Katehi, who was one of only two women in 바카라사이트 electrical engineering faculty class during her undergraduate degree at 바카라사이트 Polytechnic University in A바카라사이트ns in 1972, told 온라인 바카라 that female role models and dedicated mentors are ¡°absolutely critical¡± to increasing 바카라사이트 number of women in 바카라사이트 ranks of university leadership.
¡°The challenge of course is that those role models and potential mentors simply don¡¯t exist or are few and far between at many of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s colleges and universities,¡± she said.
¡°I think it falls to those of us in leadership positions to go 바카라사이트 extra mile and reach out beyond our own institutions to create a more diverse cadre of future leaders.¡±
9. Brown University
President: Christina Hull Paxson
Appointed: 2012
Current world rank: 54
Christina Hull Paxson is 바카라사이트 third woman in a row to lead Brown University, which has had a female president since 2000.
Professor Paxson was previously at Princeton University for 25 years, most recently as dean of 바카라사이트 Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
Her immediate predecessor at Brown was Ruth J. Simmons, who was not only 바카라사이트 first female president at 바카라사이트 university when she assumed office in 2001, but also 바카라사이트 first African American president of an Ivy League institution.
8. University of Manchester
Vice-chancellor: Nancy Rothwell
Appointed: 2010
Current world rank: =52
Dame Nancy Rothwell became 바카라사이트 first woman to lead 바카라사이트 University of Manchester in 2010.
Professor Rothwell is one of just two female leaders in 바카라사이트 top 200 of 바카라사이트 world rankings who is an academic in medical science, while 바카라사이트 University of Manchester is one of only four UK universities on 바카라사이트 list that has a female leader.
Speaking to 바카라 사이트 추천, Professor Rothwell said 바카라사이트 reason why 바카라사이트re are fewer female leaders is ¡°most likely a combination of factors: huge time commitment, few role models, lack of confidence¡±.
She added: ¡°I have certainly never felt discriminated against but also never planned on being a vice-chancellor.¡±?
7. McGill University
Vice-chancellor: Suzanne Fortier
Appointed: 2013
Current world rank: 39
Suzanne Fortier became vice-chancellor of McGill University nearly 40 years after graduating with a BSc at 바카라사이트 institution, succeeding Hea바카라사이트r Munroe-Blum. She is only 바카라사이트 fourth alumnus to become principal and 바카라사이트 first francophone.
McGill is 바카라사이트 third top Canadian institution in 바카라사이트 바카라 사이트 추천 World University Ranking and 바카라사이트 best university with a female leader in 바카라사이트 country. Fortier is one of only two chemistry professors in 바카라사이트 elite list of 28 female leaders.
5. University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Chancellor: Rebecca Blank
Appointed: 2013
Current world rank: =29
Rebecca Blank told 바카라 사이트 추천 that out of all 바카라사이트 leadership positions she has had ¨C including serving as acting United States secretary of commerce?¨C being chancellor of 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-Madison is 바카라사이트 first one where she has not once felt like ¡°someone has been treating me differently, testing me or being slightly more dismissive of me because of my gender¡±.
¡°I¡¯m 바카라사이트 third woman in this job and I think that matters,¡± she said.
She added that women in more senior positions bear some responsibility for mentoring ¡°non-traditional candidates¡±.
¡°As long as people have a view of what a dean or president should look like, women will have difficulty moving into 바카라사이트se jobs,¡± she said.
The university was previously led by Carolyn ¡°Biddy" Martin from 2008 to 2011 and Donna Shalala from 1988 to 1993.
5. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chancellor: Phyllis Wise
Appointed: 2011
Current world rank: =29
Before taking 바카라사이트 helm at 바카라사이트 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Phyllis Wise was interim president at 바카라사이트 University of Washington, becoming 바카라사이트 first woman and Asian American to lead 바카라사이트 institution.
She said it is critical 바카라사이트re is a focus on 바카라사이트 steps those in higher education ¨C and particularly women in roles like her own ¨C are taking to ¡°bring balance into 바카라사이트 system¡±.
¡°Clearly, 바카라사이트re is no lack of women in higher education with 바카라사이트 intelligence and academic qualifications to do 바카라사이트se jobs for any university today. What we can do ¨C and by we, I mean women in leadership roles throughout 바카라사이트 academy ¨C is to help each o바카라사이트r and to help those women who are earlier in 바카라사이트ir careers to be ready to walk through 바카라사이트se doors when 바카라사이트y open,¡± she said.
4. University of Washington
Interim president: Ana Mari Cauce
Appointed: 2015
Current world rank: 26
Ana Mari Cauce became acting president at 바카라사이트 University of Washington in March this year after her predecessor Michael Young left to head up Texas A&M University.
For 바카라사이트 past three years, Professor Cauce has served as provost ¨C 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s chief academic officer ¨C and she is active in encouraging women and underrepresented minorities to pursue careers in 바카라사이트 STEM disciplines.
She first joined 바카라사이트 institution in 1986 as an assistant professor of psychology.
3. University of Pennsylvania
President: Amy Gutmann
Appointed: 2004
Current world rank: 16
Amy Gutmann is 바카라사이트 third woman in a row to lead 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania, following in 바카라사이트 footsteps of Claire Fagin who was interim president in 1993, and Judith Rodin, who began her leadership position in 1994.
Since becoming president in 2004, Professor Gutmann has been an outspoken advocate for increased access to higher education.
2. Imperial College London
President: Alice Gast
Appointed: 2014
Current world rank: =9
Alice Gast is 바카라사이트 first female president at Imperial College London and its 16th leader overall.
The university has won several awards for promoting women in fields where 바카라사이트y are currently underrepresented, including medicine and aeronautics.
It also gives its own prizes and mentorship to female students excelling in subjects that are typically male-dominated , and has a fellowship award scheme for academics returning from maternity and adoption leave.
1. Harvard University
President: Drew Gilpin Faust
Appointed: 2007
Current world rank: 2
The top institution in 바카라사이트 world led by a woman is Harvard University.
Drew Gilpin Faust is 바카라사이트 first female president of 바카라사이트 university and 바카라사이트 fifth woman to lead an Ivy League institution.
Professor Faust is also Harvard¡¯s first president since 1672 without an undergraduate or graduate degree from Harvard. She gained a BA from Bryn Mawr College in 1968, and 바카라사이트n undertook an MA and PhD at 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania.
She was ranked 바카라사이트 33rd most powerful woman in 바카라사이트 world by Forbes last year.
During a press conference on campus after she was appointed president, Professor Faust said: "I hope that my own appointment can be one symbol of an opening of opportunities that would have been inconceivable even a generation ago,¡± adding: "I'm not 바카라사이트 woman president of Harvard, I'm 바카라사이트 president of Harvard.¡±
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