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Astin, Helen S.; Hirsch, Werner Z. – 1978
Essays include: some considerations on the higher education of women (Rosemary Park); three women, creators of change (Esther Raushenbush); women's education, the case for the single-sex college (Susan Romer Kaplan); liberal arts education and women's development (C. Robert Pace); women's studies, its origin, organization, and prospects (Sheila…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, College Administration, Females, Higher Education
Kaufman, Polly Welts, Ed. – 1991
This collection of essays describes women's ongoing search for equity at Brown University, Rhode Island, since their first entrance there in 1891. After a preface by Joan W. Scott and an introduction by Polly Welts Kaufman, the volume contains the following 10 essays: "The Woman's Club Movement Creates and Defines the Women's College" by…
Descriptors: Alumni, Careers, Coeducation, Cultural Context
Women in Academe: Steps to Greater Equality. AAHE-ERIC/Higher Education Research Report No. 1, 1979.
PDF pending restorationGappa, Judith M.; Uehling, Barbara S. – 1979
A review of current research and literature about women in higher education is presented in this monograph in the context of equality of opportunity. The following areas are addressed: the status of women students, institutional practices that affect the participation of women students, the socialization process, women's studies and women's…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Affirmative Action, Bibliographies, Civil Rights
Gordon, Lynn D. – 1990
This book is an analysis of the educational experiences of the generation of women students who attended U.S. colleges and universities during the Progressive Era (1890-1920). Five case studies examine the evolution of campus life at various schools in the United States. Three single-sex institutions, Vassar College (New York), Sophie Newcomb…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Environment, Educational History, Equal Education
Chamberlain, Mariam K., Ed. – 1988
The role of women in higher education during the past two decades is assessed, and dramatic changes are noted. Information for this collaborative work comes from a 4-year study by the Task Force on Women in Higher Education. Five sections have the following titles and subject matter: (1) "Introduction" (historical background and overview…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Affirmative Action, Career Ladders
Stringer, Patricia A., Ed.; Thompson, Irene, Ed. – 1982
Views of the deep-rooted assumptions and myths surrounding the role of women in academic institutions of the South are presented in scholarly articles, experience-based essays, and poems. Among the themes that are explored are the history of women's involvement in higher education, women's studies, women's status, racial stereotypes, alienation,…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Black Stereotypes, Black Students, Black Teachers
