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What women students learn outside of class.

Women in Higher Education

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Sexual harassment is rampant on campus. Binge drinking is on the increase. Women undergraduates pay a price, sometimes abandoning their hopes and dropping out of school. Our best efforts to clamp down on this behavior haven't worked. Might there be a better way?

Women students' out-of-class experiences are a longtime passion of Dr. Jeanie Allen, visiting assistant professor in interdisciplinary studies at Drury University in Springfield MO. She spoke on "Educating for Self-Authorship: Potential to Improve Out of Class Climate for Women" at the ACPA/NASPA joint meeting in Orlando in April.

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