University and College Women's Centers: A Journey toward Equity by Sharon L. Dav

Description: University and College Women's Centers by Sharon L. Davie Directors of womens centers from across the United States discuss the potential of such organizations to improve the quality of womens experiences at colleges and universities. Twenty chapters provide information on structural issues, policies and programs, information and advocacy, and identity a FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Womens centers in universities and colleges in the United States are flourishing as they transform individuals and institutions, providing education that combines the academic and activist, and develop leadership that is rooted in collaboration. This handbook provides insights from womens center directors at institutions across the country on how best to build a womens center that can improve the quality of womens experiences in college. The best centers aid universities and colleges in responding to particularly difficult challenges in higher education related to gender. Practical information is included on specific programs, providing an overview of successful centers. The institutional environments examined are diverse, ranging from research universities to community colleges, from large state-supported land grant institutions to small private liberal arts colleges.Chapters focusing on the structural issues of creating and transforming a center explore how to create crucial components of womens centers, such as leadership development programs, distinguished artists and scholars series, information and referral services for non-traditional students, women-centered counseling services, resource libraries, publications, and internship programs that involve both academic and experiential learning. Other chapters focus on social issues and the intransigent and wide-ranging challenges facing centers, including for example, sexual harassment, racial divisions among students, the climate for women in the sciences, and the need to build a stronger sense of intellectual community outside the classroom. The directors of womens centers around the country respond to these and other problems, and provide an overview of some of the best practices related to responding to a number of very difficult challenges in higher education. Author Biography SHARON L. DAVIE is Director of the Womens Center at the University of Virginia./e Table of Contents PrefaceIntroductionA Journey Toward Equity by Sharon DavieBuilding a CenterWhy Have a Womens Center? Education, Transformation, Leadership by Sharon DavieStarting a Womens Center by Charlotte KunkelBuilding a Womens Center at Spelman College by Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Kimberly Wallace SandersShifting Ground: Womens Centers and the Process of Change by Beth WillingerUncovering Whats There: Fundraising in Womens Centers by Donna PlasketHow Do We Know How Well Were Doing? Evaluating Womens Centers by Diane GoldsmithProgramming: A Window on the WorldBarbie Cant Do Math and Its Okay, Because Shes a Girl: Womens Centers and Gender Equity in Math and Science by Alice MillerViolence Against Women: Womens Centers Respond by Claire Kaplan, et al.Womens Centers Responding to Racism by Elena Marie DiLapi and Gloria M. GayOut of the Closet and Into the Center: Womens Centers Serve Lesbians and Bisexual Women by Beth FiresteinInformation, Counseling, and Advocacy: Strategies for SurvivalEmpowering Ourselves and Each Other: Counseling Services for Women at the College and University Womens Center by Beth FiresteinUneasy Juxtaposition Within Virginia Tech Culture: The Womens Centers Role in Enforcing the New Sexual Harassment Policy by Donna LiskerThe Response to Sexual Harassment Claims in One Womens Resource Center by Mary ChildersThe New Face of the Academy: Womens Centers and the Non-Traditional Woman Student by Beth FiresteinCollaborationsForging Unlikely Alliances--The Womens Center and the Locker Room: A Case Study by Donna LiskerWomens Centers and Womens Studies: The Case for Coexistence and Beyond by Kathryn Brooks, Sabrina Chapman, and Flora McMartinThe Power of the Pen: Publicity, Libraries, PublicationImage at the Center: Visibility and Publicity by Giavanna MunafoLibraries at the Center by Candace RosovskySpeaking in the Circle: Womens Center Publications and the Politics of Experience by Rebecca HymanConclusionDrawing New Maps by Sharon DavieAppendicesSelected BibliographyIndex Promotional Provides a thorough and lively examination of how to build strong womens centers at institutions of higher learning, as well as a cogent analysis of the social issues these centers address. Long Description Womens centers in universities and colleges in the United States are flourishing as they transform individuals and institutions, providing education that combines the academic and activist, and develop leadership that is rooted in collaboration. This handbook provides insights from womens center directors at institutions across the country on how best to build a womens center that can improve the quality of womens experiences in college. The best centers aid universities and colleges in responding to particularly difficult challenges in higher education related to gender. Practical information is included on specific programs, providing an overview of successful centers. The institutional environments examined are diverse, ranging from research universities to community colleges, from large state-supported land grant institutions to small private liberal arts colleges. Chapters focusing on the structural issues of creating and transforming a center explore how to create crucial components of womens centers, such as leadership development programs, distinguished artists and scholars series, information and referral services for non-traditional students, women-centered counseling services, resource libraries, publications, and internship programs that involve both academic and experiential learning. Other chapters focus on social issues and the intransigent and wide-ranging challenges facing centers, including for example, sexual harassment, racial divisions among students, the climate for women in the sciences, and the need to build a stronger sense of intellectual community outside the classroom. The directors of womens centers around the country respond to these and other problems, and provide an overview of some of the best practices related to responding to a number of very difficult challenges in higher education. Promotional "Headline" Provides a thorough and lively examination of how to build strong womens centers at institutions of higher learning, as well as a cogent analysis of the social issues these centers address. Details ISBN0313291292 Year 2001 ISBN-10 0313291292 ISBN-13 9780313291296 Publication Date 2001-12-30 Imprint Greenwood Press Country of Publication United States Edited by Sharon L. Davie DEWEY 378.73 Format Hardcover Short Title UNIV & COL WOMENS CENTERS Language English Media Book Place of Publication Westport Illustrations black & white illustrations Pages 552 Author Sharon L. Davie Subtitle A Journey toward Equity DOI 10.1604/9780313291296 UK Release Date 2001-12-30 NZ Release Date 2001-12-30 US Release Date 2001-12-30 Audience Age 7-17 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Series The Greenwood Educators Reference Collection Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2001-12-29 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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