Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur

Student Activism and Curricular Change in Higher Education

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Produktbeschreibung

Based on in-depth case-studies of curricular change processes at six colleges and universities across the United States, the book demonstrates that social movements targeting colleges and universities play a major role in curricular change and sets forward a new model for understanding what it takes for social movements targeting organizations to make an impact.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 492g
• ISBN-13: 9781409409342
• ISBN-10: 1409409341
• Artikelnr.: 45343079

Autorenporträt

Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rhode Island College, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Part I Introduction
Chapter 1 The Promise (and the Threat) of Curricular Change
Chapter 2 Interdisciplinary Studies in Context: The Births of Women's Studies, Asian American Studies, and Queer Studies
Part II Six Cases
Chapter 3 A Place to Become Women: Abigail Adams College
Chapter 4 Our Work is Never Done: Promenade University
Chapter 5 Reaching for Tomorrow: Technopark University
Chapter 6 Fighting the Good Fight: Jeffrey University
Chapter 7 Fanning the Flames of Knowledge: Sagebrush University
Chapter 8 Understanding Human Experience: The College of Assisi
Part III Analysis
Chapter 9 Moving Curricular Change: The Process and Product of Change Campaigns
Chapter 10 Curricular Change and Collective Action: A Conclusion