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Experiential learning connects women's studies to centers.
How well does your women's studies program connect with the campus women's center? Although many colleges have both, often there is no systematic connection between them.
At the University of Scranton, the connection is strong. There Dr. Elizabeth Randol, director of the women's center, and Dr. Sharon Meagher, associate professor of philosophy who directs the women's studies program, have deliberately built bridges to connect theory to activism.
Randol discussed their strategy at the National Association for Women and Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE) conference in July at Santa Clara University CA. Their goal was to incorporate experiential learning into required women's studies courses, introducing students to the activities and goals of the women's center.
Students spend only 20% of their time in class and 80% of their time out of class, Randol noted. What do they learn in that 80%? Experiential learning and internships can help students link what they learn in the classroom to real life, helping them discover their own identities and experiment with who they're striving to become.
Background
The University of Scranton created its women's studies program in 1992 and its women's center two years later, through the work of women's studies faculty and students. Randol became the first full-time director of the Jane Kopus Women's Center last year, having taught two required women's studies classes.
Another women's studies requirement is an internship. But sending unprepared students to work with short-staffed, under-funded community-based groups serves neither the organization nor the student.
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