Reconstructing the Academy: Women's Education and Women's Studies

by Elizabeth Minnich, Jean O'Barr, Rachel Rosenfeld (Editor)

Examining the multiple relationships of women to education, this volume documents the history of women's attempts to gain access to education, as well as what and how they have learned. Individual essays explore the development and impact of women's studies, the significance of women's colleges, and the future of curriculum transformation, among other topics.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Elizabeth Minnich has served higher education in different roles at a variety of liberal arts institutions as well as through her writing, speaking, special projects, board memberships, and consulting.

Dr. Minnich’s book, Transforming Knowledge (Temple, 1990), received the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ Frederick W. Ness Award for “best book in liberal learning” of its year. Her essays appear in 16 anthologies and 3 textbooks, and she was "scribe" for the Association of American Colleges & Universities’ report, "Liberal Learning And The Arts of Connection for The New Academy," issued by The National Panel on "American Commitments: Diversity, Democracy, and Liberal Learning.” She serves on 6 academic journals’ editorial boards. She is Series Editor for “The New Academy” (a series of anthologies focused on contemporary critical, creative scholarship and teaching) from Temple University Press.

(from https://www.aacu.org/contributor/eliz...)