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Vol. 18 No 2 (2020): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Numéro spécial sur Les universitaires de niveau intermédiaire et le leadership dans les universités africaines

5 - Barriers to Middle-level Academic Leadership for Female Academics in Nigerian Higher Education

https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v18i2.1879
Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

Corresponding Author(s) : Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

sharonomotoso@gmail.com

Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique, Vol. 18 No 2 (2020): Revue de l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique: Numéro spécial sur Les universitaires de niveau intermédiaire et le leadership dans les universités africaines

Résumé

La présence croissante des femmes aux postes de direction de niveau intermédiaire dans l’enseignement supérieur ouvre un boulevard d’opportunités. Les femmes universitaires de niveau intermédiaire n’en sont pas moins confrontées à des obstacles qui compromettent leur accès aux postes de direction. En partant du principe que les questions intra-féministes relatives au « tuyau percé » (parcours parsemé d’embûches) dans l’enseignement supérieur n’ont pas reçu suffisamment d’attention, cette étude interroge les dynamiques internes au sein des femmes universitaires de niveau intermédiaire, afin d’identifier les menaces à la notion prévalente de solidarité féminine universelle qui devrait stimuler les efforts des femmes pour contrer les forces qui militent contre leur mouvement ascendant dans l’enseignement supérieur (ES). Ce travail ethnographique se penchera sur la littérature, les tendances et les récits qui façonnent le leadership féminin dans l’enseignement supérieur en Afrique de l’Ouest, en particulier chez les femmes universitaires de niveau intermédiaire dans les universités publiques et privées du Nigeria. Répondant à la question de la création d’une place pour les femmes dans le leadership de l’enseignement supérieur (aux dépens de qui et dans quel but) l’étude soutient qu’au-delà des barrières androcentriques reconnues pour la participation et la représentation du leadership féminin dans les hautes instances de l’enseignement supérieur, il existe des facteurs contributifs moins visibles chez les femmes, qui mènent au piège des rôles et au piège spatial. L’étude propose un interactionnisme symbiotique pour que les femmes universitaires atteignent et restent dans les échelons supérieurs de la gestion de l’enseignement supérieur.

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gestionnaires d’université de niveau intermédiaire femmes universitaires leadership dans l’enseignement supérieur interactionnisme symbiotique
Omotoso, S. A. (2022). 5 - Barriers to Middle-level Academic Leadership for Female Academics in Nigerian Higher Education. Revue De l’enseignement supérieur En Afrique, 18(2), 77–98. https://doi.org/10.57054/jhea.v18i2.1879
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Sharon Adetutu Omotoso

Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Email: sa.omotoso@ui.edu.ng; sharonomotoso@gmail.com

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