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Taking women seriously : lessons and legacies for educating the majority / by M. Elizabeth Tidball ... [et al.]

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: American Council on Education/Oryx Press series on higher educationPublication details: Phoenix, Arizona: Oryx Press, 1999Description: xxvi, 228 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1573560928 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 378/.0082/0973 21
LOC classification:
  • LC 1756 .T26 1999
Contents:
Foreword / Jill Ker Conway -- Introduction Writing History Differently -- Pt. 1. Women's Colleges within the Context of American Higher Education -- Pt. 2. Three Major Ways of Knowing Provide Lessons from Women's Colleges -- Pt. 3. Legacies from Women's Colleges Serve As Institutional Models -- Pt. 4. Women's Colleges and the Meaning of Taking Women Seriously -- Supplement to Ch. 1. Connecting with Global Issues -- Supplement to Ch. 2. Tracking Frames of Reference -- Supplement to Ch. 3. From Baccalaureate Origins to Institutional Productivity -- Supplement to Ch. 4. Social Science Approaches to Studying College Impact -- Supplement to Ch. 5. A Look Inside "A Look Inside"
Summary: Taking Women Seriously closely examines successful women's colleges to identify their distinctive characteristics and determine how these characteristics contribute to the success of their graduates. This work stresses that what works at women's colleges can be applied to coeducational institutions of higher education. The authors contend that all colleges should incorporate these important features in their campus environments and programs to provide better educational opportunity for women students.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Jill Ker Conway -- Introduction Writing History Differently -- Pt. 1. Women's Colleges within the Context of American Higher Education -- Pt. 2. Three Major Ways of Knowing Provide Lessons from Women's Colleges -- Pt. 3. Legacies from Women's Colleges Serve As Institutional Models -- Pt. 4. Women's Colleges and the Meaning of Taking Women Seriously -- Supplement to Ch. 1. Connecting with Global Issues -- Supplement to Ch. 2. Tracking Frames of Reference -- Supplement to Ch. 3. From Baccalaureate Origins to Institutional Productivity -- Supplement to Ch. 4. Social Science Approaches to Studying College Impact -- Supplement to Ch. 5. A Look Inside "A Look Inside"

Taking Women Seriously closely examines successful women's colleges to identify their distinctive characteristics and determine how these characteristics contribute to the success of their graduates. This work stresses that what works at women's colleges can be applied to coeducational institutions of higher education. The authors contend that all colleges should incorporate these important features in their campus environments and programs to provide better educational opportunity for women students.

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