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Gender and Higher Education by Barbara J. Bank (2011, Hardcover)

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PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press

ISBN-100801897823

ISBN-139780801897825

eBay Product ID (ePID)99506692

Product Key Features

Number of Pages456 Pages

Publication NameGender and Higher Education

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2011

SubjectEducational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation, Sociology / General, Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Higher, Teaching Methods & Materials / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science, Education

AuthorBarbara J. Bank

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight28.9 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2010-017550

ReviewsThis text covers a broad range of topics concerning the embedded history of gender discrimination in higher education while offering solutions that expand curriculum and methodologies to encompass the diverse components of gender. For the professor of religious studies, Gender and Higher Education should provide guidance towards constructing a classroom that embraces diversity and tolerance -- prerequisites to learning., Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice... You will want to have this book in your library., Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice...You will want to have this book in your library., ""This text covers a broad range of topics concerning the embedded history of gender discrimination in higher education while offering solutions that expand curriculum and methodologies to encompass the diverse components of gender. For the professor of religious studies, Gender and Higher Education should provide guidance towards constructing a classroom that embraces diversity and tolerance ' prerequisites to learning."", Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice... You will want to have this book in your library.

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Freshman

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal378.1/9822

Table Of ContentPreface Introduction Part I: Theoretical Perspectives and Educational Research Overview Chapter 1. Academic Capitalism Chapter 2. Black Feminism, Womanism, and Standpoint Theories Chapter 3. College Student Development Chapter 4. Feminist Critiques of Educational Research and Practices Chapter 5. Feminist Reproduction Theory Chapter 6. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Identity Development Theories Chapter 7. LIberal and Radical Feminisms Chapter 8. Multicultural and Global Feminisms Chapter 9. Postmodern and Poststructural Theories Chapter 10. Queer Theory Part II: Instritutional Structures and Contexts Chapter 11. Coeducational Colleges and Universities Chapter 12. Community College Chapter 13. Distance Education Chapter 14. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Chapter 15. Men's College and Universities Chapter 16. Military Colleges and Academies Chapter 17. Tribal Colleges and Universities Chapter 18. Women's Colleges and Universities Part III: Gender Constructions and Controversies in the Academic Curriculum Chapter 19. Academic Programs: Undergraduate, Graduate, and Professional Chapter 20. Biological and Physical Sciences Chapter 21. Black Studies and Black Women's Studies Chapter 22. Engineering Chapter 23. Feminist Pedagogy Chapter 24. From Home Economics to Family and Consumer Sciences Chapter 25. History Chapter 26. Literary Studies Chapter 27. Mathematics Chapter 28. Men's Studies Chapter 29. Multicultural Education Chapter 30. Teach Education Chapter 31. Technology and Computer Science Chapter 32. Women's and Gender Studies Part IV: Gender Constructions in the Extracurriculum Chapter 33. Campus Resources and Support for LGBTQQIA Students, Faculty and Staff Chapter 34. Fraternities Chapter 35. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Chapter 36. Service Learning and Activism Chapter 37. Soroities Chapter 38. Women's Centers V. Gendered Faculty and Administration Chapter 39. Academic Career Patterns Chapter 40. Administrative Leadership Syles Chapter 41. Advising and Mentoring Graduate Students Chapter 42. Faculty Workloads Chapter 43. Mentoring Women Faculty VI: Gender and Higher Education Policies Chapter 44. Affirmative Action Chapter 45. Evaluation Policies for Academics Chapter 46. Sexual Harassment Policies and Practices Chapter 47. Students' Rights Chapter 48. Title IX and College Athletics Chapter 49. University Women's Commissions and Policy Discourses Chapter 50. Work-Family Conflicts and Policies Contributors Index

SynopsisThis comprehensive, encyclopedic review explores gender and its impact on American higher education across historical and cultural contexts. Challenging recent claims that gender inequities in U.S. higher education no longer exist, the contributors -- leading experts in the field -- reveal the many ways in which gender is embedded in the ......, This comprehensive, encyclopedic review explores gender and its impact on American higher education across historical and cultural contexts. Challenging recent claims that gender inequities in U.S. higher education no longer exist, the contributors--leading experts in the field--reveal the many ways in which gender is embedded in the educational practices, curriculum, institutional structures, and governance of colleges and universities. This work features the latest theories, scholarship, research, and debates related to gender and higher education, including institutional diversity; academic majors and programs; extracurricular organizations such as sororities, fraternities, and women's centers; affirmative action and other higher educational policies; and a range of theories--from liberal feminism to postmodern queer theory--that have been used to analyze and explain the ways in which gender in academe is constructed. Theoretically grounded and based on the newest research, Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice., This comprehensive, encyclopedic review explores gender and its impact on American higher education across historical and cultural contexts. Challenging recent claims that gender inequities in U.S. higher education no longer exist, the contributors -- leading experts in the field -- reveal the many ways in which gender is embedded in the educational practices, curriculum, institutional structures, and governance of colleges and universities. This work features the latest theories, scholarship, research, and debates related to gender and higher education, including institutional diversity; academic majors and programs; extracurricular organizations such as sororities, fraternities, and women's centers; affirmative action and other higher educational policies; and a range of theories -- from liberal feminism to postmodern queer theory -- that have been used to analyze and explain the ways in which gender in academe is constructed.Theoretically grounded and based on the newest research, Gender and Higher Education provides an excellent overview for students of higher education, gender studies, and sociology, as well as for anyone interested in the current state of scholarship and practice.

LC Classification NumberLC213.2.G44 2011