A new ‘ERA’ of women and leadership: The gendered impact of quality assurance in Australian higher education (AUR 57 02)

By Ian Dobson (NTEU National Office). Quality assurance policies and practices are critical to the performance of Australian universities both in terms of national funding and international prestige and are redefining the future of the academic enterprise. Quality assurance is not merely the systematic measurement of quality. It is a political and heuristic process, which has significant gendered consequences for academic women in higher education. More...