‘We’re stubborn enough to create our own world’: how programme directors frame higher education quality in interdependence

Figures & data

Table 1. The interviewed directors’ distribution across positions, including sex ratio

Position	Total*	Male	Female
Full professor	5	4	1
Associate professor	11	9	2
Assistant professor or senior lecturer	4	1	3
Administrative support staff (middle management)	4	1	3
Total	24	15	9

* The programme director role in Dutch social science departments is often fulfilled by associate professors, as reflected in the selection. The sex ratio reflects the distribution of men and women in academic positions in the Netherlands.