Women's colleges and universities in global contexts / Kristen A. Renn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Renn, Kristen A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women's colleges.

Women's colleges--Cross-cultural studies.

Women--Education.

Women.

Women in higher education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 p.)

Place of Publication:

Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 The Context of Women's Higher Education

2 Exploring the World of Contemporary Women's Colleges and Universities

3 Providing Women Access to Higher Education

4 Campus Climate: Being Ordinary Is Not an Option

5 Developing Student Leaders: Women Who Will Change the World

6 Gender Empowerment for Campus and Community

7 Women's Colleges and Universities as Symbols, Contradictions, and Paradoxes

8 Raising Questions in the Present and about the Future

Appendix. Multisite Case Study Research Design.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4214-1478-3

OCLC:

889813367