Diversity and Democracy, Spring, 2015

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Spring2015Vol.18No.2

Gender Equity in Higher Education

This issue of Diversity & Democracy extends AAC&U’s longstanding commitment to addressing gender-based inequities in higher education. Article topics include gender equity among STEM students and faculty, women’s leadership in areas such as higher education administration, the role of women’s colleges and universities worldwide, and the importance of creating campuses that are safe and inclusive for students of all gender identities.

Table of Contents

From the Editor: Gender Equity in Higher Education

By Kathryn Peltier Campbell, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Gender Equity in Higher Education

Gender Equity in Higher Education: Calling for Equitable, Integrative, and Intergenerational Leadership

By Susan Albertine, Association of American Colleges and Universities

Women in Computing: The Imperative of Critical Pedagogical Reform

By Kelly Mack, Association of American Colleges and Universities; Melissa Soto, Association of American Colleges and Universities; Lilliam Casillas-Martinez, University of Puerto Rico–Humacao; and Elizabeth F. McCormack, Bryn Mawr College

Run Like a Girl … for Office: How Higher Education Can Advance Gender Equity in Politics

By Nancy Thomas and Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg—both of Tufts University’s Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service

Contemporary Challenges

Rethinking Gender Equity in Higher Education

By Adriana N. di Bartolo, Pomona College and The Claremont Colleges

The Power of Networks for STEM Women of Color Faculty

By Alma R. Clayton-Pedersen, Association of American Colleges and Universities and Emeritus Consulting Group, LLC

Gender and the Ladder to the Deanship

By Michelle Behr, Birmingham-Southern College; and Jennifer Schneider, Colorado State University

Shifting Culture to End Campus Sexual Assault

By Allison Tombros Korman, Culture of Respect

Campus Practice

Colleges and Universities of Their Own: Women’s Higher Education Institutions Worldwide

By Kristen A. Renn, Michigan State University

Community-Based Learning to Advance Social Change

By Beth S. Catlett, DePaul University

Perspective

Breaking Ranks

By Caryn McTighe Musil, Association of American Colleges and Universities

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