STATUS OF WOMEN IN HIGHER EDUCATION

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(Slashed with HIED 66663 ) Provides a comprehensive overview of the historical, contemporary and scholarly perspectives on women students, faculty, administrators and staff. Students explore why and how women and men experience higher education differently, by drawing on scholarly contributions, feminist theoretical and research perspectives and historical, cultural and psychological contexts. The course considers how the context, recognition of power, other dimensions of identities and desire to change society and the academy have fueled and shaped feminist study of the history and condition of women in higher education. Students explore these issues through various media, and they also have the opportunity to investigate a real-life problem of their choice.