Disparities in Higher Education: Leadership and Gender

Introduction When Drew Gilpin Faust was elected as the 28th president of Harvard University in February 2007, a series of news and commentaries came to a new era of higher education management. She is described as "Friendship, Collaboration, Consensus Builder, and Excellent Administrator" and states that changes have taken place not only in the organizational direction of Harvard University but also in the style of leadership (Bornstein 2007, p. twenty one). . Following the publication of Cheryl Sandberg's best-selling book "Lean In: Women, Work and Leadership Will", higher education researchers Kelly Ward and Pamela Eddy applied the content of the book to higher education women did.

Meanwhile, the author of gender equality and bust! Leaders receiving higher education on the road to campus said, "Born of the patriarchal tradition, higher education continues to leave women in every place of students, officers, teachers, and sports leaders. Women are consistently being punished by gender (Wenniger and Conroy, 2001: 7) But considering the cultural interpretation that women's roles change drastically and that they have excellent leadership, power and Authority. The transformation of gender equality in the 20th century has not stopped, but it continues (Jackson, 1998).

Education is regarded as a fundamental right by the Constitution, but gender gap in education still exists. In primary education, the difference between men and women is not so dominant in secondary education. The United Nations in Zimbabwe insisted that in 2009, 85% of women completed primary education for 80% of men. As of 2010, 48.8% of women receive more than secondary education, but 62% of men receive more than secondary education. Early marriage, ongoing education expenses, and gender violence in secondary schools have increased the rate of women's dropouts in secondary schools. Women are considered to be sources of income from marriage, and families tend to educate their sons to increase their income potential. The lack of female education is associated with developmental risks such as teen pregnancy, HIV and AIDS, poor physical condition, poverty