دانلود کتاب Gendered futures in higher education critical perspectives for change

To what extent can the lenses of gender analysis help students of higher education articulate needed changes in the 21st century academy? This collection of essays attempts to answer that question in terms of lessons from the past, [End Page 114] explorations of lives of students and faculties in the present, and possible goals and approaches for the future. To situate the collection Ropers-Huilman asks, "why gender?" and responds by saying that we must work to "understand the ways in which gendered norms and expectations have a variety of effects on teaching, learning and leading in higher education." To the question "why higher education?" she responds by saying that "higher education has far-reaching consequences for the construction of our society . . . what we do in these teaching and learning environments has the potential to exacerbate, replicate, or challenge gender constructions that exist in society writ large."