The Rise of Women in Higher Education

The Rise of Women in Higher Education
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 151
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ISBN-10 : 9781475853636
ISBN-13 : 1475853637
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Book Synopsis The Rise of Women in Higher Education by : Gary A. Berg

Download or read book The Rise of Women in Higher Education written by Gary A. Berg and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-28 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the American university in the past half century is about the rise of women in participation as students, faculty members, college athletes, and in subsequently changing the overall university culture for the better. Now almost sixty percent of the overall college student population in America is female, and still growing. By the year 2000, women surpassed men worldwide in attendance at higher education institutions. At the same time, after years of a disproportionate dominant male professoriate, female faculty members are now becoming the majority of university professors. While top university presidents are still largely male, women have achieved real gains in the overall administrative ranks and trustee positions. In all areas of the university disparities still exist in terms of compensation and balance in key areas of the academy, but the overall positive trend is clear. Few to this date have recognized and chronicled this extraordinary change in college education—one of society’s fundamental and influential institutions. For universities the test for the future is to make the changes needed in broad areas within higher education from financial aid to curriculum, student activities, and overall campus culture in order to better foster a newly empowered majority of women students.


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