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Qualitative Inequality: Experiences of Women in Ethiopian Higher Education
"... Abstract: This article examines the lived experiences of women in Ethiopian higher education as a counterpoint to understandings of gender equity informed only by data on admission, progression and completions rates. Drawing on a critical qualitative inquiry approach, we analyse and interpret data ..."
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Abstract: This article examines the lived experiences of women in Ethiopian higher education as a counterpoint to understandings of gender equity informed only by data on admission, progression and completions rates. Drawing on a critical qualitative inquiry approach, we analyse and interpret data drawn from focus group discussions with female students and academic women in two public universities in Ethiopia. Individual accounts and shared experiences of women in higher education revealed that despite affirmative action policies that slightly benefit females at entry point, gender inequality persists in qualitative forms. Prejudice against women and sexual violence are highlighted as key expressions of qualitative gender inequalities in the two universities. It is argued that higher education institutions in Ethiopia are male-dominated, hierarchical and hostile to women. Furthermore, taken-for-granted gender assumptions and beliefs at institutional, social relational and individual levels operate to make women conform to structures of disadvantage and in effect sustain repressive gender relations.
Information Jockey: The Dubious Role of the
, 2003
"... While the university has traditionally been our primary centre for the management of knowledge, a variety of factors are changing the processes associated with this function. This paper discusses the university's transition from industrial to information society by focusing on the four proc ..."
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While the university has traditionally been our primary centre for the management of knowledge, a variety of factors are changing the processes associated with this function. This paper discusses the university's transition from industrial to information society by focusing on the four processes of knowledge advancement, transmission, preservation and diffusion and the way these processes are shaping (and being shaped by) current advancements in information technologies.
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"... ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The thesis would not have been completed without the support and assistance of many people. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have helped and encouraged me in undertaking my master’s degree. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to my thesis advisor ..."
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ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The thesis would not have been completed without the support and assistance of many people. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who have helped and encouraged me in undertaking my master’s degree. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to my thesis advisor, Dr. Woo Gon (Woody) Kim, for his supervision, constructive guidance, inspiration and encouragement throughout my graduate program and ready to help me in any way towards making this study my best. I would also like to thank my committee members, Dr. Bill Ryan and Dr. Jerrold Leong for their time, effort, concern and expertise.
