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Activist strategies to change your campus curriculum.(IN HER OWN WORDS)

Women in Higher Education

| November 01, 2008 | Arthur, Mikaila Mariel Lemonik | COPYRIGHT 2008 Women in Higher Education. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Administrators are often in a tricky position when considering questions of organizational change.

On one hand, administrators may be those best positioned to locate resources, build organizational capacity and get a new initiative off the ground. They may also be seen--and see themselves--as the individuals with primary responsibility for making progress around a particular problem or issue.

Yet on the other hand, administrators face many constraints on their ability to engage in progressive change campaigns. Unlike tenured or unionized faculty members or students, administrators are often forced to consider the effects their activism might have on ...

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