Gender and Higher Education

Gender and Higher Education
ISBN-10
0801897823
ISBN-13
9780801897825
Category
Education
Pages
451
Language
English
Published
2011-03
Publisher
JHU Press
Author
Barbara J. Bank

Description

Encyclopedic review about gender and its impact on American higher education across historical and cultural contexts. The contributors describe the ways in which gender is embedded in the educational practices, curriculum, institutional structures and governance of colleges and universities. Topics included are: institutional diversity; academic majors and programs; extracurricular organizations such as sororities, fraternities and women's centers; affirmative action and other higher educational policies; and theories that have been used to analyze and explain the ways in which gender in academe is constructed.

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