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What is Hellenic Authority of Higher Education

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Handbook of Research on Practices for Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
It is an independent administrative authority which began its operations in 2006. Its mission is to ensure high quality in higher education. It is an independent body, overseen by the Minister of Education in regard to the legality of its actions and is responsible for quality assurance in higher education at national level.
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Gender Stereotypes in Decision Making in Higher Education in Greece: The Case of Accreditation of Undergraduate Programmes
Georgios Dourgkounas (Hellenic Open University, Greece)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 16
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9628-9.ch005
Abstract
This study presents an aspect of stereotyping and discrimination in participation in policy-making processes based on gender, which contributes to the reproduction of gender inequalities in higher education in Greece. In the process of accreditation of undergraduate programmes, there are great differences in the participation of male and female evaluators. This fact reproduces existing stereotypes and prejudices in participation in political decision-making and casts a bad light on the debate on gender issues, which is necessary to overcome the gender inequalities that characterise higher education in Greece.
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