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Lessons From Curricular Activism On How To Change Your Campus, Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Lessons From Curricular Activism On How To Change Your Campus, Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
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My discussion here is based on in-depth case studies of six colleges and universities around the United States that vary in terms of size, selectivity, prestige, public or private status, and location. In the period between 1970 and 2005, each campus experienced a campaign for at least one of the three progressive curricular programs I studied: women’s studies, Asian American studies, and queer/LGBT studies, for a total of thirteen curricular change campaigns. Of these, eleven resulted in the establishment of some sort of curricular program, whether a minor, a certificate program, or a major. However, these six campuses varied considerably …