This book contains 14 papers on women in higher education grouped in three sections on: experiences of women in higher education, empowerment of women, and women challenging the mainstream curriculum, respectively. The papers are: (1) "Being Different is a Very Difficult Row to Hoe: Survival Strategies of Women Academics" (Barbara Bagilhole); (2) "Caught Between Two Worlds: Mothers as Academics" (Pauline Leonard and Danusia Malina); (3) "Ivory Towers and Ebony Women: The Experiences of Black Women in Higher Education" (Millsom Henry); (4) "Fighting Back or Biting Back? Lesbians in Higher Education " (Chris Corrin); (5) "Women in Higher Education: What Are We Doing to Ourselves?" (Breda Gray); (6) "The Commonality and Difference: Theory and Practice" (Mairead Owen); (7)"Postgraduate Students: Empowering Ourselves" (Deryn Rees-Jones, Rebecca D'Monte, Joanne Winning, Sally Kilmister); (8) "Life Lines: Writing and Writer's Block in the Context of Women's Studies" (Trev Broughton); (9) "The Influence of Feminism on Black Women in the Higher Education Curriculum" (Kalwant Bhopal); (10) "Empowering Disabled Women in Higher Education" (Julie Mathews); (11) "Is a Feminist Pedagogy Possible?" (Penny Welch); (12) "Transforming the Household: Mature Women Students and Access to Higher Education" (Madeleine Leonard); (13) "Health and Caring in a Feminist Context" (Doreen MacWhannell); and (14) "Transforming the Curriculum" (Marilyn Schuster). Contains an index and information on the contributors. Many papers contain references. (JB)