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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 288 429 HE 020 903 AUTHOR Randell, Shirley, Ed. TITLE The Way Forward: Women in Higher Education Management in Australia. Report of a National Conference (Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, July 18-20, 1984). INSTITUTION Australian Coll. of Education, Carlton, Victoria. REPORT NO ISBN-0-909587-33-7 PUB DATE Jun 85 NOTE 156p. PUB TYPE Collected Works - Conference Proceedings (021) -- Viewpoints (120) -- Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC07 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Administrators; *Affirmative Action; Career Ladders; *College Administration; Employment Opportunities; *Equal Opportunities (Jobs); *Females; Foreign Countries; Government School Relationship; Higher Education; Promotion (Occupational); Sex Discrimination IDENTIFIERS *Australia; *Women Administrators ABSTRACT Issues concerning the participation of women in college administration in Australia are presented in this conference report. Of concern were structural and attitudinal barriers to greater participation of women in educational management and the role of government in fostering equal opportunity. Included are an overview of the conference, conference papers, and recommendations from the conference. Paper titles and authors are: "Directions for Change" (Denise Bradley); "A Vice-Chancellor's Perspective" (Robert Segall); "A Union Perspective" (Jo Gaha); "Changing Opportunities for Women in Universities: A Question of Responsibility and Will" (Gretchen Poiner); "The Politics of Merit and the Exercise of Power: Issues in the Promotion of Academic Women to Positions of Influence" (Clare Burton); "Attitudinal Barriers to the Participation of Women in Educational Management" (Bronwyn Davies); "Changing from the Middle" (Joanne Chickering); "Equal Employment Opportunity: A Perspective on the NSW Institute of Technology" (Suzanne Jobson); "The Australian National University" (Marian Sawed; "The Road to Equal Employment Opportunity for Women in Higher Education in New South Wales" (Joan Bielski); "Progress in New South Wales: Affirmative Action in Universities and Colleges of Advanced Education Under Part IXA of the Anti-Discrimination Act of New South Wales" (Hester Eisenstein); "Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission's Plans for Equal Opportunity in the 1985-87 Triennium" (Gregor Ramsay); and "The Government Role in the Achievement of Equal Opportunities: An Advanced Education Council Perspective" (Maureen Bickley). (SW) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the oxiginal document. ******************************************************************** N cx, co THE AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF EDUCATION cJ LsJ THE WAY FORWARD: WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA REPORT OF A NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 18-20 JULY 1984, ARMIDALE, NEW SOUTH WALES. Edited by Shirley Randell "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY Office of Educational Research and Improvement EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER /ERIC) ioy LOIhis document has been reproducedas receiied from the person or organisation originating it w19.4e,4. O Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction Quality TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES Points of view Or opinions stated in this act. INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." meat do not necessarily represent offic at OE RI position or policy The Australian College of Education, Carlton, Victoria June 1985 BEST COPYAVAiLAEALE. 2 THE AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE_ OFEDUCATION THE WAY FORWARD: WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIA REPORT C' A NATIONAL CONFERENCE, 18-20 JULY 1984, ARMIDALE, NEW SOUTH WALES. Edited by Shirley Randell The Australian College of Education, Carlton, Victoria June 1985 Published by: The Australian College of Education, James Darling House, 916 Swanston Street, Carlton, Vic., 3053 0 The Australian College of Education Copies may be made of material from this publication without prior reference to the Australian College of Education provided only that: (i) they are used for educational purposes and (ii) the source is acknowledged. National Library of Australia Card Number and ISBN 0 909587 33 7 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The editor is indebted to the followingpersons and organisations: To Dr Robert McCaig, Director, and staff of the Institute of Higher Education, University of New England, Armidale, for jointly sponsoring the enterprise. To Dr Lenore Coltheart, Principal, and staff, tutors and students of Mary White College for the provision of accommodation and other practical assistance. To the Council of the Australian College of Education, through its Projects Committee, for funding and other support. To higher education institutions for their support in enabling representatives to attend the conference. To the authors for their contributions. To the Conference Planning Committee, the chairpersons of conference sessions, the leaders of conference workshops and all participants in the conference or their contribution. SHIRLEY RANDELL 5 4 FOREWORD In 1983 the Council of the Australian Collegeof Education, whose president was at that time Dr Eva Eden,Principal of Janet Clarke Hall, University of Melbourne, sponsoreda national conference on the Participation of Women in Educational Management. The moving force in that conference was Ms Shirley Randell- now President-elect of the College. The general recommendations of the Melbourneconference were sent to all governments, and to the commissions,departments and other organisations to which they appeared to berelevant. Many of these organisations, in acknowledging the accompanyingletter, expressed their support for the sentiments they contained. It is pleasing to report that, close to home, the recommendationsmoved the College Council deliberately to increase the proportionof females from approximately one fifth toone third of its own membership. It is good to report that there has beena considerable demand for the papers which were published following the conference. The Australian College of Education isa professional association which represents education at all levels andin all parts of Australia. Its members include infant school teachers,college lecturers, university professors, departmentaladministrators, teachers from primary and secondary schools, bothgovernment and non- government, and TAFE personnel. Of its 5,500 members some ten per cent are fellows and these constitute, in effect,an academy of education in Australia. The College is not affiliated with any political, union, or other group. It can, therefore, speak for education in an objective manner which is beyond thecapability of most other educational organisations. It is thepolicy of the College to encourage dialogueon educational issues, recent areas of discussion ranging from multiculturalism through copyrightmatters to the education of women and girls and the place ofthe computer in education. I am, therefore, particularly pleased that the Collegewas able in its Jubilee year to act as a catalyst for this Conferenceon Women in Higher Educational Management and that it could share thisrole with such a distinguished organisation as the University ofNew England's Institute for Higher Education, of which Dr BobMcCaig (an active Fellow of the Australian College of Education) is Director. The papers printed in this volume reflect theconcerns of those who attended the Conference. Their recommendations are destined to have considerable influence on the decisions of thoseresponsible for the role of Women in Higher Educational Management inAustralia. The College is delighted to be able to publish this report inthe hope of furthering discussion and understanding in this importantarea. Emeritus Professor W G Walker, A.M. President CONTENTS Acknowledgments iii Foreword v Bill Walker Introduction 1 Shirley Randell Overview 2 Shirley Randell Directions for Change 9 Denise Bradley STRUCTURAL AND ATTITUDINAL BARRIERS TO GREATER PARTICIPATIONOF WOMEN IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT A Vice-Chancellor's Perspective 17 Robert Segall A Union Perspective 22 Jo Gaha Changing Opportunities for Women in Universities: A 26 question of responsibility and will Gretchen Poiner The Politics of Merit and the Exercise of Power: issues 35 in the promotion of academic women to positions of influence Clare Burton Attitud2nal Barriers to the Participation of Women in 44 Educational Management Bronwyn Davies PROCESSES OF CHANGE Changing from the Middle 59 Joanne Chickering Equal Employment Opportunity: a perspective on the NSW 72 Institute of Technology Suzanne Jobson The Australian National University 80 Marian Sawer ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN FOSTERING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY The Road to Equal Employment Opportunity for Women in 93 Higher Education in New South Wales Joan Bielski Progress in New South Wales: Affirmative Action in 105 universities and colleges of advanced education under Part IXA of the Anti-discrimination Act of New South Wales Hester Eisenstein CTEC's Plans for Equal Opportunity in the 1985-87 Triennium 110 Gregor Ramsay The Government Role in the Achievement of Equal 118 Opportunities: an Advanced Education Council perspective Maureen Bickley Appendix 1 Recommendations 125 Appendix 2 List of Participants 138 Appendix 3 University and College of Advanced Education 145 Overview Contributors Appendix 4 Contributors to this Publication 146 - 1 - INTRODUCTION Shirley Randell Dreams often outpace reality in the strugglefor equality for women in various facets of life. The path of progress to4ards justice