Analysis on the Characteristics of the Current Female Presidents of Key Universities in China

Abstract

In order to understand the employment situation of female presidents in China’s key universities, this paper collected the employment data of 139 universities through various resources such as internet, and sorted out 8 samples of female presidents. Then by coding and analyzing the personal information of their resumes, it is pointed out that this group has many common characteristics in demography, academic background, social part-time job, post duties, etc. The results indicate that the female principals of key universities in China are mainly Communist Party members in their fifties, specialists with doctoral degrees in the science field, and who gain promotion within universities and have various academic part-time jobs.