Higher education relies on the philanthropy of many individuals to sustain and to expand its intellectual endeavors at home and abroad. Motivations for philanthropy to higher education coalesce around a myriad of factors and these motivations encompass the scope of this work. What is described in the following chapters should help both the academic researcher and casual reader understand the dynamics of philanthropic commitment and how history, biography, institutional elements and religion all play decidedly unique roles. How to interpret these roles to replicate individual generosity will...

This new book tells the story of the rise and fall of Fu Ren University (1925-1952) and provides an analysis of a key Catholic higher education institution in China.

This study analyses how Jill Ker Conway, first woman president of Smith College, Massachusetts, US, implemented programmatic initiatives and changes to Smith's institutional culture that fitted with her vision for higher education.

Concerns the strategies of action that have been used by feminist scholars to attain the institutionalization of women's/gender studies in universities.

This study examines the transformation of the structural characteristics and ideological assumptions of university study in these three countries between the mid-1950s and the early 1990s.

This book explores the influence of collaborative relationships among dual career couples on innovation and productivity. It proposes a new definition of egalitarianism.

Working Equal exposes the myth of heroic individualism that is central to contemporary western thought. With more than 35% of full-time faculty with a spouse or partner in the same profession, dual career couples are a growing presence in higher education in the U.S.. This compelling and innovative volume examines and testifies to the contribution of intimate and familial relationships to artistic, literary, and scientific accomplishment. An original study of a growing phenomena in higher education, Working Equal presents a new and invaluable portrait of contemporary faculty life.

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Acting Otherwise concerns the strategies of action that have been used by feminist scholars to attain the institutionalization of women's/gender studies in universities.