Gender Inequity still a concern with women leaders missing in universities

By Terri Macdonald. Two separate articles on the issue of gender equity highlight that there is still much that needs to be done if we are to make any headway on this issue in our universities.
Associate Dean of Research at LaTrobe University, Tanya Fitzgerald, has published an article entitled "Female leaders are missing in academia" (The Conversation, 18th June 2014) where she points out that the vast imbalance between the numbers of women and mean in senor levels in Australian universities does not appear to be a cause for concern by university leaders. She notes that while many universities host research centres and promote the intellectual contributions of academics undertaking gender research, university leaders appear blind to the issue of gender equity within the academic cohort.
This is despite, as Fitgerald notes, the unprecedented growth in the numbers of women in higher education over the last 40 years, outpacing growth in male enrolments by two to one.
The issue of gender equity is also noted in an editorial in the Conversation  "Male graduates earn more than female graduates: study" (The Conversation, 18th June 2014) which reports that the most recent study by the Graduate Careers Australia has found an aggregate gender wage gap of 9.4% in favour of male graduates, which decreased to 4.4% when allowances were made for controls such as the courses studied by males and females. More...