Women in Higher Education

A Feminist Perspective

Author: Judith Glazer-Raymo
Secondary Author: Estela Mara Bensimon
ISBN: 9780536609748

This reader is designed to supplement a range of higher education or women's studies courses, or as a primary text for women in higher education, gender and women's studies. Incorporating selections from both journals and books from the 1990s, this reader presents the current issues facing women in academia. Comparative, multicultural, and policy perspectives are all included to acknowledge the complexities of gender studies in contemporary society.   The essays in the reader represent the best feminist scholarship in the field of higher education that fall under five main themes: Theoretical and Research Perspectives; Context: Historical, Social, and Institutional; Feminist Theoretical and Research Perspectives; Women as Academic Leaders, Faculty and Students; Comparative and International Perspectives; Feminist Pedagogy and Curriculum Transformation.   Features include: Comprehensive and contemporary readings designed to appeal to a wide readership in the field of higher educatio

Publisher: Pearson Custom Pub.
Publish Date: 2000

Subjects: Education / Leadership

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Women in Academia)