Barbara J. Bank is a professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is the author of Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College and editor of Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia.

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. Book Bargains and Previews 2011

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Theoretical Perspectives and Educational ResearchOverviewChapter 1. Academic CapitalismChapter 2. Black Feminism, Womanism, and Standpoint TheoriesChapter 3. College Student DevelopmentChapter 4. Feminist Critiques of Educational Research and PracticesChapter 5. Feminist Reproduction TheoryChapter 6. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Identity Development TheoriesChapter 7. LIberal and Radical FeminismsChapter 8. Multicultural and Global FeminismsChapter 9. Postmodern and Poststructural TheoriesChapter 10. Queer TheoryPart II: Instritutional Structures and ContextsChapter 11. Coeducational Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 12. Community CollegeChapter 13. Distance EducationChapter 14. Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 15. Men's College and UniversitiesChapter 16. Military Colleges and AcademiesChapter 17. Tribal Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 18. Women's Colleges and UniversitiesPart III: Gender Constructions and Controversies in the Academic CurriculumChapter 19. Academic Programs: Undergraduate, Graduate, and ProfessionalChapter 20. Biological and Physical SciencesChapter 21. Black Studies and Black Women's StudiesChapter 22. EngineeringChapter 23. Feminist PedagogyChapter 24. From Home Economics to Family and Consumer SciencesChapter 25. HistoryChapter 26. Literary StudiesChapter 27. MathematicsChapter 28. Men's StudiesChapter 29. Multicultural EducationChapter 30. Teach EducationChapter 31. Technology and Computer ScienceChapter 32. Women's and Gender StudiesPart IV: Gender Constructions in the ExtracurriculumChapter 33. Campus Resources and Support for LGBTQQIA Students, Faculty and StaffChapter 34. FraternitiesChapter 35. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)Chapter 36. Service Learning and ActivismChapter 37. SoroitiesChapter 38. Women's CentersV. Gendered Faculty and AdministrationChapter 39. Academic Career PatternsChapter 40. Administrative Leadership SylesChapter 41. Advising and Mentoring Graduate StudentsChapter 42. Faculty WorkloadsChapter 43. Mentoring Women FacultyVI: Gender and Higher Education PoliciesChapter 44. Affirmative ActionChapter 45. Evaluation Policies for AcademicsChapter 46. Sexual Harassment Policies and PracticesChapter 47. Students' RightsChapter 48. Title IX and College AthleticsChapter 49. University Women's Commissions and Policy DiscoursesChapter 50. Work-Family Conflicts and PoliciesContributorsIndex

Barbara J. Bank is a professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is the author of Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College and editor of Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia.

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. Book Bargains and Previews 2011

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Theoretical Perspectives and Educational ResearchOverviewChapter 1. Academic CapitalismChapter 2. Black Feminism, Womanism, and Standpoint TheoriesChapter 3. College Student DevelopmentChapter 4. Feminist Critiques of Educational Research and PracticesChapter 5. Feminist Reproduction TheoryChapter 6. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Identity Development TheoriesChapter 7. LIberal and Radical FeminismsChapter 8. Multicultural and Global FeminismsChapter 9. Postmodern and Poststructural TheoriesChapter 10. Queer TheoryPart II: Instritutional Structures and ContextsChapter 11. Coeducational Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 12. Community CollegeChapter 13. Distance EducationChapter 14. Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 15. Men's College and UniversitiesChapter 16. Military Colleges and AcademiesChapter 17. Tribal Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 18. Women's Colleges and UniversitiesPart III: Gender Constructions and Controversies in the Academic CurriculumChapter 19. Academic Programs: Undergraduate, Graduate, and ProfessionalChapter 20. Biological and Physical SciencesChapter 21. Black Studies and Black Women's StudiesChapter 22. EngineeringChapter 23. Feminist PedagogyChapter 24. From Home Economics to Family and Consumer SciencesChapter 25. HistoryChapter 26. Literary StudiesChapter 27. MathematicsChapter 28. Men's StudiesChapter 29. Multicultural EducationChapter 30. Teach EducationChapter 31. Technology and Computer ScienceChapter 32. Women's and Gender StudiesPart IV: Gender Constructions in the ExtracurriculumChapter 33. Campus Resources and Support for LGBTQQIA Students, Faculty and StaffChapter 34. FraternitiesChapter 35. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)Chapter 36. Service Learning and ActivismChapter 37. SoroitiesChapter 38. Women's CentersV. Gendered Faculty and AdministrationChapter 39. Academic Career PatternsChapter 40. Administrative Leadership SylesChapter 41. Advising and Mentoring Graduate StudentsChapter 42. Faculty WorkloadsChapter 43. Mentoring Women FacultyVI: Gender and Higher Education PoliciesChapter 44. Affirmative ActionChapter 45. Evaluation Policies for AcademicsChapter 46. Sexual Harassment Policies and PracticesChapter 47. Students' RightsChapter 48. Title IX and College AthleticsChapter 49. University Women's Commissions and Policy DiscoursesChapter 50. Work-Family Conflicts and PoliciesContributorsIndex

Barbara J. Bank is a professor emerita of sociology and women's studies at the University of Missouri, Columbia. She is the author of Contradictions in Women's Education: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Community at a Single-Sex College and editor of Gender and Education: An Encyclopedia.

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. Book Bargains and Previews 2011

• PrefaceIntroductionPart I: Theoretical Perspectives and Educational ResearchOverviewChapter 1. Academic CapitalismChapter 2. Black Feminism, Womanism, and Standpoint TheoriesChapter 3. College Student DevelopmentChapter 4. Feminist Critiques of Educational Research and PracticesChapter 5. Feminist Reproduction TheoryChapter 6. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Identity Development TheoriesChapter 7. LIberal and Radical FeminismsChapter 8. Multicultural and Global FeminismsChapter 9. Postmodern and Poststructural TheoriesChapter 10. Queer TheoryPart II: Instritutional Structures and ContextsChapter 11. Coeducational Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 12. Community CollegeChapter 13. Distance EducationChapter 14. Historically Black Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 15. Men's College and UniversitiesChapter 16. Military Colleges and AcademiesChapter 17. Tribal Colleges and UniversitiesChapter 18. Women's Colleges and UniversitiesPart III: Gender Constructions and Controversies in the Academic CurriculumChapter 19. Academic Programs: Undergraduate, Graduate, and ProfessionalChapter 20. Biological and Physical SciencesChapter 21. Black Studies and Black Women's StudiesChapter 22. EngineeringChapter 23. Feminist PedagogyChapter 24. From Home Economics to Family and Consumer SciencesChapter 25. HistoryChapter 26. Literary StudiesChapter 27. MathematicsChapter 28. Men's StudiesChapter 29. Multicultural EducationChapter 30. Teach EducationChapter 31. Technology and Computer ScienceChapter 32. Women's and Gender StudiesPart IV: Gender Constructions in the ExtracurriculumChapter 33. Campus Resources and Support for LGBTQQIA Students, Faculty and StaffChapter 34. FraternitiesChapter 35. Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC)Chapter 36. Service Learning and ActivismChapter 37. SoroitiesChapter 38. Women's CentersV. Gendered Faculty and AdministrationChapter 39. Academic Career PatternsChapter 40. Administrative Leadership SylesChapter 41. Advising and Mentoring Graduate StudentsChapter 42. Faculty WorkloadsChapter 43. Mentoring Women FacultyVI: Gender and Higher Education PoliciesChapter 44. Affirmative ActionChapter 45. Evaluation Policies for AcademicsChapter 46. Sexual Harassment Policies and PracticesChapter 47. Students' RightsChapter 48. Title IX and College AthleticsChapter 49. University Women's Commissions and Policy DiscoursesChapter 50. Work-Family Conflicts and PoliciesContributorsIndex