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Jasbir K S Singh (2008) Whispers of Change: Female Staff Numbers in Commonwealth Universities. This publication is the third in a series of reports (1998, 2003, 2008) which draw on the gender disaggregated data collected by the ACU to demonstrate the degree of change (for better or worse) in the gender balance in the leadership of, and in a broad range of senior academic and administrative positions in, Commonwealth universities. Published with the support of a grant from The Carnegie Corporation of New York, this report is available in print at GBP15 (including packing and postage) from the ACU (d.garland@acu.ac.uk); and/or can be downloaded online in PDF format.
Jasbir K S Singh (2003) Still a Single Sex Profession: Female Staff Numbers in Commonwealth Universities. This document can be downloaded online in PDF format.
Jasbir K S Singh (2002) Women and Management in Higher Education: a good practice handbook, UNESCO. Download this document in PDF. This handbook brings together examples of international, regional, national, institutional and classroom strategies and practices which strengthen the access and participation of women in leadership roles not only in higher education but also in society as a whole. Areas of special interest are: women's access at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels; women's participation in academia; women's participation at higher levels of management and key decision making bodies within universities; inclusion of women's perspectives in the curriculum and pedagogy of higher education institutions; the role women academics have played in changing the community and in the wider community.
Jasbir K S Singh (2002) Report of the Training the Trainers Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya, June 2002.
A series of pieces, written or sourced by Jasbir Singh for the ACU's Bulletin in 1999/2000, contained feature articles, reports, news and views about women in higher education leadership and management. They can be viewed via these links:
Helen Lund (1998) A Single Sex Profession: Female Staff Numbers in Commonwealth Universities, a survey undertaken by the Commonwealth Higher Education Support Scheme (CHEMS).
June Gleeson and J S Singh (eds), Management Development for Women in Higher Education, Volumes 1-3, ACU-Commonwealth Secretariat (i.e. the first six Training Modules and the Ancillary Materials). Available from the ACU (d.garland@acu.ac.uk) and in due course to be made available online.
June Gleeson (1998) EEO Case Studies: Good Practice Guidelines. A Synthesis. Paris: UNESCO, New Papers on Higher Education (20), Studies and Research.
Commonwealth Secretariat (1997) Women and Management in Higher Education. Report of the Commonwealth Secretariat-University Grants Commission Workshop, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 5-11 January 1997.
Claudia Harvey and Gwendoline Williams (1996) Review of ACU/CHESS Training Workshops for Women Managers in Higher Education, 1986-1996. Prepared for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (unpublished).
June Gleeson (1995) CHESS Workshop: Final Report. Report of the 1995 CHESS Workshop held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (unpublished).
Commonwealth Secretariat (1994) Women and Management in Higher Education. Report of Second CHESS Workshop, Cape Town, May 27-31, 1996.
Commonwealth Secretariat (1994) Women Managers in Higher Education. Summary Report of the ACU-CHESS Steering Committee Meeting, London 25-27 May 1993. London: Education Department, Human Resource Development Division, Commonwealth Secretariat.
Jennifer Barnes (1994) Strategic Development Plans to Enhance the Contribution of Women to Universities in Southern Africa. Prepared for the Association of Commonwealth Universities (unpublished).
Elizabeth Dines (ed.) (1993) Women in Higher Education Management. UNESCO-Commonwealth Secretariat: UNESCO, Paris. The book analysed the career paths of women in higher education within the context of national higher education environments.
Commonwealth Secretariat (1991) Enhancing Management Skills: Report of the Asia Pacific Workshop for Senior Women Administrators in Higher Education, Bangi, Malaysia, 9-15 June 1991.
Indira J Parikh (1989) Women Administrators: Administrative/Management Role Profile. Follow up Report No.1, ACU-SNDT-CIDA Management Development Workshop for Women Administrators, 22 October-4 November, 1988. Bombay: SNDT Women's University.
Kamalini H Bhansali and Jenny Mundy (1988) ACU-SNDT International Workshop on Management Development for Women Administrators, 22 October-4 November, 1988. Bombay: SNDT Women's University.