Women in higher education: Exploring historically and in the present, the links between educational achievement, feminism and struggles for workplace equality

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

8 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

04/30/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction
The comments of Browning: Part of an entire intellectual system
The categories of career path leading to male disapproval
Parts of the world with patriarchal cultures
The Victorian idea of the fragile woman
Maternal feminisms opposition to pseudo-science
Bette Friedan: The rise of a suburban middle class idealism
Crowley's view that Women's Studies creates a problem for the ?foundational coherence of the academy'
Conclusion
References

Abstract

The continued discrimination against women in higher education, and in the career path after graduation, is the topic of this essay. It is based upon a review of literature covering the subject of women's acceptance into higher education programs, the kinds of programs they excel in, and the paradox that exists between high levels of enrollment but the lower levels of 1) women working in academic jobs in universities; 2) exclusion of women from male-oriented fields, such as engineering and computer science. (Jacobs, 1996; Stromquist, 1993; Fox, 2001) This paper will contextualize contemporary issues through an examination of the history of women's entry into universities, beginning in the l9th century. It will also examine underlying assumptions of what subject areas are more suitable for women to pursue, and the challenges of pursuing higher education for black women in the U.S., in contrast to the experience of white women's university attendance and success rates. Thus, the paper will examine the problem with an implicit critique of a universal conception of the female subject as "white" in discussions of access to higher education