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Why is male identity development a women's issue?

Women in Higher Education

| December 01, 2008 | Wagner, Rachel | 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

Helping male students to succeed smacks a bit of "giving aid and comfort to the enemy." Improving their lot will, in turn, reduce the opportunities for women. Or will it?

How can professional women help male students without directly contributing to their own disenfranchisement? Rachel Wagner, assistant director of residence education at the University of Dayton in Ohio, has some interesting answers.

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Speaking about her provocative work at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) conference held in Boston in March, she pointed out that the conference scheduled 11 sessions related to men but only ...

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