Small wins: an initiative to promote gender equity in higher education

Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 689-701

  Johnson, Katherine A ^a   Warr, Deborah J ^b   Hegarty, Kelsey ^c   Guillemin, Marilys ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

committee; gender equity; higher education; policy; representation; senior decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949530160     PISSN: 1360080X     EISSN: 14699508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360080X.2015.1102820     Document Type: Article

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