Was This Supposed to Be on the Test? Academic Leadership, Gender and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Denmark, Hungary, Romania, and United Kingdom
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Pre-Pandemic Gender Inequality in the Academia
1.2. Post-Pandemic Gender Inequality in the Academia
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Country | Rector | Pro Rector | Deans | Student Representative |
---|---|---|---|---|
Romania | 0.09756 | 0.62205 | 0.47414 | 0.36 |
Denmark | 0.8 | 1 | 0.67742 | 0.5 |
UK | 0.44762 | 0.64103 | 0.50585 | 1.65854 |
Hungary | 0.80645 | 0.38462 | 0.45455 | 1 |
Country | STEMM | Non-STEMM |
---|---|---|
Romania | 0.54 | 0.454545 |
Denmark | 0.538462 | 1.007 |
Hungary | 0.170732 | 0.771429 |
UK | 0.419355 | 0.584699 |
Country | Total N Universities | N (% Universities Offering Guidance Only) | N (% Universities Offering a Special Policy) |
---|---|---|---|
Denmark | 15 | 3 (20%) | 1 (7%) |
United Kingdom | 152 | 27 (18%) | 4 (3%) |
Romania | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Hungary | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Country | Denmark | United Kingdom |
---|---|---|
| 2 | 3 |
| 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 18 |
| 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 3 |
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Constantinescu, S.-A.; Pozsar, M.-H. Was This Supposed to Be on the Test? Academic Leadership, Gender and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Denmark, Hungary, Romania, and United Kingdom. Publications 2022, 10, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications10020016
Constantinescu S-A, Pozsar M-H. Was This Supposed to Be on the Test? Academic Leadership, Gender and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Denmark, Hungary, Romania, and United Kingdom. Publications. 2022; 10(2):16. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications10020016
Chicago/Turabian StyleConstantinescu, Sorana-Alexandra, and Maria-Henriete Pozsar. 2022. "Was This Supposed to Be on the Test? Academic Leadership, Gender and the COVID-19 Pandemic in Denmark, Hungary, Romania, and United Kingdom" Publications 10, no. 2: 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/publications10020016