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The History of Student Governance in Higher Education
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May, Walter P. – College Student Affairs Journal, 2010
Student governance has existed as an integral part of higher education since the time of the first college in Colonial America. Through a detailed history of each phase of student self-governance--from the earliest literary societies to the present-day student government associations--the struggles of students in higher education to acquire and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Student Government, Governance, Educational History
Participating but Not Leading: Women's Under-Representation in Student Government Leadership Positions
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Miller, Carol D.; Kraus, Mindy – College Student Journal, 2004
We explored whether women were equally represented in leadership roles in college student governance at 21 Midwestern comprehensive universities. We surveyed the college student governments and asked them to report how many women participated in governance, and how many had been president, vice president and more. Our analyses showed that, while…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Governance, College Students, Females