The Wiley Handbook of Gender Equity in Higher Education
Wiley Handbooks in Education Series

Research into gender equity in higher education, inspiring action

With this enlightening handbook, you can review the thinking of leading researchers on the current intersection of gender and higher education. The Wiley Handbook of Gender Equity in Higher Education provides an in-depth look at education's complicated relationships with, and in some cases inadequate fostering of, gender equity. The collection offers a bold picture of research into the subject. It also projects future paths of exploration, inquiry, and action for gender equity.

• Focuses specifically on gender and higher education across the globe, setting the stage for new explorations
• Examines gender equity in relation to the STEM fields
• Considers current male participation in higher education
• Covers gender segregation by major and the issue of women remaining in lower-paying areas

The Wiley Handbook of Gender Equity in Higher Education spotlights the continuing and integral role of educational institutions in the struggle for gender equity. Policy makers, university administrators, and researchers can look to this handbook for perspective on recent research as they move forward in the pursuit of more equitable educational environments.

List of Figures and Tables x

List of Contributors xii

Introduction 1
Marcus B. Weaver‐Hightower and Nancy S. Niemi

Part I The Higher Education Corporation and Its Gender Implications 5

1 Unpacking the “Female Advantage” in the Career and Economic Impacts of College 7
Tiffani M. Williams and Gregory C. Wolniak

2 Women’s Leadership in Higher Education: Addressing Glass Ceilings and Sticky Floors 29
Jolyn E. Dahlvig and Karen A. Longman

3 Gender, Digital Literacies, and Higher Education: Examinations of Equity 53
Corrine M. Wickens and Tracy Miller

4 Gender, Neoliberalism, and Corporatized Higher Education 69
Penny Jane Burke

5 Governing Boards and Their Relationship to Gender Issues in Higher Education 91
Paul G. Rubin, Erin B. Ciarimboli, and Lindsay B. Coco

6 Gender Inequality and the New Faculty Majority 105
Adrianna Kezar and Arely L. Acuna

Part II Student Learning and Life in Global Contexts 125

7 Gender and Substance Use in Higher Education 127
Scott Radimer and Adam M. McCready

8 A Rating Spectrum for Sexual Assault Education and Prevention at 10 Ivy‐Plus Institutions 145
Ally Garcia, Julie Wienski, Nicole Cote, and Christopher Silva

9 This Is Not Your Parents’ Greek Life: Trends in the Ongoing Evolution of Fraternities and Sororities 171
Alan D. DeSantis

10 Trans Students 197
Genny Beemyn

11 International First‐Generation Students: Current Issues and Trends in the Research 215
Michael J. Siegel

12 Women and the American Community College 231
Racheal L. Stimpson

13 “Non‐Traditional” Learners and Twenty‐First‐Century Higher Education: The Ongoing Project of Inclusion 251
Susan B. Marine

14 Gender Inequities in Collegiate Sport: History, Theory, Policy, and Practice 265
Emily A. Johnson and Ajhanai Chanel Inez Newton

Part III Curriculum, Services, Educators, and the Chalkface 289

15 Global Participation in Undergraduate Computing: A Review and Agenda for Research 291
Kathleen J. Lehman, Kaitlin N. S. Newhouse, and Linda J. Sax

16 Institutions of Higher Education as Gendered Workplaces 315
Nancy S. Niemi

17 Town Halls, Campaigns, and Safe Spaces: How Campus Responses to Violence Further Marginalize Vulnerable Populations 333
Emily A. Johnson, Saralyn McKinnon‐Crowley, Aaron Voyles, and Alma J. Salcedo

18 Gender Centers in Higher Education: Spaces for Cultivating Critical Hope 359
Matthew Jeffries and Ashley S. Boyd

19 Gendered Divisions of Labor in the Twenty‐First‐Century Academy: Research, Teaching, and Service 375
Shelley M. Park and Dakota Park‐Ozee

20 Work–Life Integration for University Faculty: Overcoming Immunities to Change 397
Maike Ingrid Philipsen

21 Single‐Sex and Coeducational Higher Education in International Contexts 411
Kristen A. Renn

22 How High the Ceiling: Gender and Leadership in International Higher Education 429
Sora H. Friedman

23 Study Abroad Programs and Their Intersection with Gender 451
Noreen Siddiqui and Jody Jessup‐Anger

Part IV Theoretical Paradigms, Methodologies, and Their Impact on the Study of Gender and Global Higher Education 469

24 Critical Theories and Methods in Gender and Higher Education 471
Marcus B. Weaver‐Hightower

25 The Epistemological Significance of Transgender Studies in the Academy 493
Wayne Martino, Diana Kuhl, and Kenan Omercajic

26 Researching Gender and Higher Education 515
Laura Parson

27 Transfeminist Methodology: Examining Cissexism in Higher Education and Student Affairs Research 531
T.J. Jourian

Index 551

NANCY S. NIEMI was the inaugural Director of Faculty Teaching Initiatives in the Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning at Yale University, and is currently the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore. Niemi's commitment to educational and social equity is evidenced in her work with universities across the country and in her research and publications throughout her career. Her experience in education includes positions as Professor and Chair of the Education Department at the University of New Haven as well as an elected school board member and as a middle school English teacher. Niemi's continuing professional inquiry centers on the intersections of gender, social equity, and higher education.

MARCUS B. WEAVER-HIGHTOWER is professor of Foundations of Education at Virginia Tech, and previously professor of Educational Foundations and Research at the University of North Dakota. His research focuses on boys and masculinity in schools, food politics, the politics and sociology of education and policy, comics and graphic novels, and qualitative methods. He the author of How to Write Qualitative Research, The Politics of Policy in Boys' Education: Getting Boys "Right" and other articles and collections.