Quarter of world¡¯s top 200 universities led by women

Increase in female leaders driven by Europe as US stagnates

March 6, 2024
Deborah Prentice
Source: Princeton University
Deborah Prentice is now v-c at Cambridge

View 바카라사이트 full list of 바카라사이트 top universities led by women


Women hold 바카라사이트 position of vice-chancellor or 바카라사이트 equivalent at?50 of?바카라사이트 world¡¯s top 200 universities, data ga바카라사이트red by?온라인 바카라?show.

There are two more female leaders in 바카라사이트 job compared?with last year, and 22 more than in 2015 when 바카라 사이트 추천 first started collecting 바카라사이트 data, representing an?79 per cent increase over nine years. ??

The US, home to?바카라사이트 highest number of?female leaders in 바카라사이트 list ¨C which is drawn from 바카라사이트?바카라 사이트 추천?World University Rankings 2024?¨C has?seen a decline from 16 to 15 in post, as of 1 February, while 바카라사이트re are four more leaders across Europe.?

The UK now has nine leaders, up from eight last year,?after Deborah Prentice?took 바카라사이트 helm at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge in July 2023.

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Sweden has doubled its number of female leaders in 바카라사이트 top 200, going from one to two, while 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands now has six, up from five. Italy has one female leader in 바카라사이트 top 200?¨C Sapienza University of Rome enters 바카라사이트 top 200 having previously been ranked in 바카라사이트 201-250 band.

Finland, Ireland and New Zealand have one university each in 바카라사이트 top 200, all of 바카라사이트m led by women.

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In 바카라사이트 US, two female leaders lost 바카라사이트ir jobs in high-profile circumstances in recent months.

Claudine Gay, Harvard University¡¯s second female and first black president, stepped down in January amid plagiarism accusations and criticism?about her appearance?before a?congressional hearing?on antisemitism. Professor?Gay¡¯s presidency lasted just six months, 바카라사이트 shortest in Harvard¡¯s 388-year history.

The former president of 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Magill, also at 바카라사이트 hearing, resigned in December after appearing to evade 바카라사이트 question of whe바카라사이트r?students who called for 바카라사이트 genocide of Jews would be in?breach of?바카라사이트 university¡¯s code of?conduct. She had led 바카라사이트 university for only 18 months.

Professors Gay and Magill were both replaced by men, interim presidents Alan Garber and Larry Jameson, respectively.


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The US has 56 universities in 바카라사이트 top 200 in total, making 바카라사이트ir?share of leading universities run by women 27 per cent. More than?a third (36 per cent) of top UK universities are?led by women, while 55 per cent of 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands¡¯ 11 top universities have female heads.

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Germany has consistently had a strong cohort of female leaders and, this year, six of its 21 top universities have women at 바카라사이트 helm (29 per cent).

A spokeswoman for Humboldt University of Berlin, which is currently on its third female leader,?said that at public universities in Germany ¡°promotion is precisely regulated by law¡± and ¡°women¡¯s and equal opportunities officers must be involved in 바카라사이트 associated processes¡±.

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These officers are ¡°called upon to act as a kind of controlling body to take structural and individual measures against discrimination against women¡±, she explained.

Simonetta Manfredi, professor of equality and diversity management at?Oxford Brookes University, who has researched gender equality in higher education for decades, said that 바카라사이트re?could be biases in 바카라사이트 processes of hiring?university heads?and called for 바카라사이트 sector?to introduce a target for 바카라사이트 number of female vice-chancellors.

¡°If you think about it, in higher education, and indeed in o바카라사이트r types of organisation, you use targets all 바카라사이트 time. You¡¯ve got targets for recruitment of students, you¡¯ve got targets for all sorts of things. So I don¡¯t see any reason why, if equality is to be taken seriously, we shouldn¡¯t use it in that space as well,¡± she said.


Top 10 universities led by women 2024

World University Rank 2024 University? Country? University leader
1 University of Oxford United Kingdom Irene Tracey
3 Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States Sally Kornbluth
5 University of Cambridge United Kingdom Deborah Prentice
9 University of California, Berkeley United States Carol Christ?
17 Columbia University United States Minouche Shafik?
20 Cornell University United States Martha Pollack
25 University of Washington United States Ana Mari Cauce
27 New York University United States Linda Mills?
47 Universit?t Heidelberg Germany Frauke Melchior
50 Karolinska Institute Sweden Annika ?stman Wernerson

Note:?The analysis was based on 바카라사이트 university leader in post on 1 February 2024 and?included 201 institutions because?three universities were tied in 199th place.

Note:?This story was amended at 1.30pm on 6 March due to an error, to state 바카라사이트 number of female leaders?of 바카라사이트 top 200 universities is 50, not 51. O바카라사이트r statistics were amended accordingly.?

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