Description
Book SynopsisIn the end, this volume addresses not only the role of women's colleges in their own countries but what these institutions can teach us that would benefit higher education worldwide.
Trade ReviewRenn boldly engages the complexities of women's lives globally, giving careful attention to the intersections of gender, culture, economics, and education... Women's Colleges and Universities in a Global Context is a rich resource for researchers and students interested in women's issues and the role of higher education in transforming the climate for women's equity across the world... With this book, Renn has further confirmed her well-deserved reputation as a preeminent scholar of higher education both within the US and internationally. Journal of College Student Development
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
1. The Context of Women's Higher Education
2. Exploring the World of Contemporary Women's Colleges and Universities
3. Providing Women Access to Higher Education
4. Campus Climate: Being Ordinary Is Not an Option
5. Developing Student Leaders: Women Who Will Change the World
6. Gender Empowerment for Campus and Community
7. Women's Colleges and Universities as Symbols, Contradictions, and Paradoxes
8. Raising Questions in the Present and about the Future
Appendix: Multisite Case Study Research Design
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