"Unescorted Guests" provides a richly detailed portrait of a fundamental change at one US institution: Yale University's 1969 transition from an all-men's to a coed college. This study disputes several dominant narratives about the 1970s youth and women's movements, and deepens our understanding of three core issues in higher education…

In this two volume set, educators explore the intersection of gender and education. Their entries deal with educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but also with variations in the gendering of education across historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors discuss gender as a social construction.…