How has the emergence of women in higher education impacted the curriculum in terms of women’s studies programs and departments? In turn, how has the presence of women in higher education impacted research? What are some of the contemporary challenges that women in higher education face as students, administrators, and faculty? How does this compare to the challenges that they faced during some of the eras discussed earlier in the course?
Required Resources
TEXTS
Cohen, A. M. & Kisker, C. B. (2010). The shaping of American higher education: Emergence and growth of the secondary system (2nd ed.). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Lucas, C. J. (2006). American higher education: A history (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Palgrave McMillan Book.
ARTICLE
Brennan, J. & Naidoo, R. (2008). Higher education and the achievement (and/or prevention) of equity and social justice. The Future of Higher Education and Higher Education Justice, 56(3), 287-302.
Recommended Resources
BOOK
Pasque, P.P. & Nicholson, S.E. (2011). Empowering women in higher education and student affairs: Theory, research, narrative, and practice from feminist perspectives. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
MULTIMEDIA
American Enterprise Institute. (2010, June 16). Reinventing the American university (Links to an external site.) [Video]. YouTube.
WEBPAGE
Resources
Boxer, Marilyn J. 1998. When Women Ask Questions: Creating Women’s Studies in America. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Boxer, M. (2002). Women’s Studies as Women’s History. Women’s Studies Quarterly, 30(3/4), 42-51. from www.jstor.org/stable/40003241 (Links to an external site.)
Ginsberg, Alice E. 2008. The Evolution of American Women’s Studies: Reflections on Triumphs, Controversies, and Change. Palgrave Macmillan Publishing