Women's Place in the Academy: Transforming the Liberal Arts Curriculum

For the first time in history, women represent the majority of the college population. More, a growing percentage of women undergraduates (nearly 20 percent in some institutions) are older returning students. By the year 2000, more than 30 percent of all students in America who may apply to college will be members of so-called "minority" ethnic groups. The challenge these students present to higher education to create a meaningful curriculum is clear.