Examines the ways in which historical, cultural, and personal identities impact on pedagogy and scholarship. This title features essays that cover such topics as the outsider's gaze as it applies to the study of non-white literature; an able-bodied woman's reflections on teaching literature by disabled women; and, more.
Convinced that America's institutions of higher learning now face a crisis - that they are not meeting the educational needs of their students, that faculty members can do better - William H. Willimon and Thomas H. Naylor here propose bold changes in the nation's undergraduate educational system. By looking at academic life from the students' ......
Higher Education and Student Socialization in the Antebellum South
Provides us with an intimate picture of the social experience of antebellum women's colleges and seminaries in the South, analyzing the impact of these colleges upon the cultural construction of femininity among white Southern women, and their legacy for higher education. This book also examines the impact of slavery on faculty and students.
Offers a multi-faceted and comprehensive analysis of the relationship between the university and the political and social system of which it is a part. This book covers topics such as the financing of higher education; the relationship between American universities and government at the state and federal levels; and academic freedom.
Each of these essays is offered from the perspective of a specialty within the diverse and interdisciplinary field of medieval studies. They consider the development, present status and future prospects both of the specialty and of the broader context of medieval studies in the American university.
Teaching Contemporary Theory to Undergraduates shows readers how theory can, in the words of William E. Cain, enable teachers and students "to illuminate anew the structure of texts, to write literary and cultural history with greater richness and depth, and to understand social and institutional relations more intricately." In twenty-one ......
Teaching Contemporary Theory to Undergraduates shows readers how theory can, in the words of William E. Cain, enable teachers and students "to illuminate anew the structure of texts, to write literary and cultural history with greater richness and depth, and to understand social and institutional relations more intricately." In twenty-one ......
Higher Education and Student Socialization in the Antebellum South
Suitable for those interested in women's studies, Southern history, and female friendship, this book provides us with an intimate picture of the social experience of antebellum women's colleges and seminaries in the South, analyzing the impact of these colleges upon the cultural construction of femininity among white Southern women.
