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Transforming The Curriculum, The Mission Statement, The Strategic Goals: A Success Story, Nancy Topping Bazin Jan 1991

Transforming The Curriculum, The Mission Statement, The Strategic Goals: A Success Story, Nancy Topping Bazin

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

Old Dominion University, a state university in Norfolk, Virginia, enrolling approximately 16,000 students, has successfully established the goal of achieving diversity in what is taught, who does the teaching, and who is being taught. Since 1986, faculty have had to include the perspectives, contributions, and concerns of women, minorities, and/or non-Western cultures1 in courses that fulfill general education requirements. The university's mission statement and its strategic goals emphasize curriculum transformation and the attraction of more women and male minorities into the faculty and student body. In its 1989 report, the Virginia Commission on the University of the 21st Century …


Women's Studies Today: An Assessment, Nancy Topping Bazin Jan 1985

Women's Studies Today: An Assessment, Nancy Topping Bazin

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

Essay assesses the status of Women's Studies higher education programs.


Emerging From Women's Studies: A New World View And A New Goal For Educators, Nancy Topping Bazin Jan 1982

Emerging From Women's Studies: A New World View And A New Goal For Educators, Nancy Topping Bazin

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

A new world view, emerging from the women's movement and women's studies, emphasizes the interdependence of all people and the interdependence of people and nature. This feminist world view could provide the philosophical framework necessary for transforming the curriculum to help bring about greater social, economic, and political equality and greater respect for life.


Expanding The Concept Of Affirmative Action To Include The Curriculum, Nancy Topping Bazin Jan 1980

Expanding The Concept Of Affirmative Action To Include The Curriculum, Nancy Topping Bazin

Women's & Gender Studies Faculty Publications

Article discusses Old Dominion University's decision to expand of the concept of affirmative action to include the curriculum.