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Carvalho, Teresa; Machado, Maria de Lurdes – Australian Universities' Review, 2010
While Portugal is one of the European countries with a high representation of women in higher education, there is both horizontal and vertical segregation. The way universities and especially managerial positions are culturally embedded by masculinity is one of the obstacles women have traditionally faced. Recently, higher education institutions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Women Faculty, Women Administrators
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Carvalho, Teresa; Santiago, Rui – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2010
This paper provides an analysis of the potential impact of changes in recruitment and hiring processes in Portuguese higher education institutions--under the New Public Management framework--on the representation of women in academia. Based on official data from the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education, two major…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Higher Education, Females, Gender Bias