Reconstructing policy in higher education : feminist poststructural perspectives / edited by Elizabeth J. Allan, Susan Van Deventer Iverson, Rebecca Ropers-Huilman.
Foreword Judith Glazer-Raymo, Teacher's College, Columbia University Acknowledgements List of Contributors Chapter 1 Introduction Elizabeth J. Allan, University of Maine, Susan Iverson, Kent State University, and Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, University of Minnesota Chapter 2 Feminist Poststructuralism Meets Policy Analysis: An Overview Elizabeth J. Allan, University of Maine Section 1 Productions of Power through Presence within Absence Chapter 3 Corrective Lenses: Suffrage, Feminist Poststructural Analysis, and the History of Higher Education Jana Nidiffer, Oakland University Chapter 4 Purposes of Higher Education and Visions of theNation in the Writings of the Department of Education Tatiana Suspitsyna, The Ohio State University Chapter 5 The Discursive Framing of Women Leaders in Higher Education Suzanne Gordon, Husson University, Susan Iverson, Kent State University, and Elizabeth Allan, University of Maine Section 2 Subjects and Objects of Policy Chapter 6 Developing Students: Becoming Someone But Not Anyone Susan Talburt, Georgia State University Chapter 7 Title IX Policy and Intercollegiate Athletics: A Feminist Poststructural Critique Jennifer Lee Hoffman, University of Washington, Susan Iverson, Kent State University, Elizabeth J. Allan, University of Maine, and Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, University of Minnesota Chapter 8 Consuming Higher Education: Who Is Paying the Price? Jeni Hart and Jennifer Hubbard, University of Missouri-Columbia Section 3 Discursive Constructions of Change Chapter 9 Motivated to Make a Difference: Student Change Agents' Gendered Framing of Engagement Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, University of Minnesota Chapter 10 Producing Diversity: A Policy Discourse Analysis of Diversity Action Plans Susan Iverson, Kent State University Chapter 11 Knowledge Capital and Excellence: Implications of a Science-Centered University for Gender Equity Nelly P. Stromquist, University of Maryland Chapter 12 Questions and Complexities in Feminist Poststructural Policy Analysis Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, University of Minnesota, Elizabeth Allan, University of Maine, and Susan Iverson, Kent State University.
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Publisher's Summary:
Written for higher education masters and PhD programs, this landmark textbook joins the theory of feminist post-structuralism with research methods for the purpose of policy analysis in higher education. It showcases the different methods that can be applied to a range of topics in higher education policy and policy development. "Reconstructing Policy in Higher Education" highlights the work of accomplished and award-winning scholars, and provides an in-depth examination of theoretical frameworks and concrete examples of how feminist post-structuralism effectively informs research methods and can serve as a vital tool for policy makers and analysts. (source: Nielsen Book Data)