The recognition of women's growing quantitative participation in higher education world-wide has to date been rarely accompanied by analysis of the quality of this participation. In Europe, the national and transnational policies of the past few decades have promoted female inclusion in higher education, through positive action aimed at bridging the gender gap, but have not taken into account the different human experience, aspirations, values and expertise of women, interpreting these as a minus value and thereby neutralizing the sexual difference in a universalistic male-dominated paradigm. This article draws on research exploring the transformative sense of female presence in the university life.
Ricerca femminile nelle università del presente
PIUSSI, Anna Maria
2011-01-01
Abstract
The recognition of women's growing quantitative participation in higher education world-wide has to date been rarely accompanied by analysis of the quality of this participation. In Europe, the national and transnational policies of the past few decades have promoted female inclusion in higher education, through positive action aimed at bridging the gender gap, but have not taken into account the different human experience, aspirations, values and expertise of women, interpreting these as a minus value and thereby neutralizing the sexual difference in a universalistic male-dominated paradigm. This article draws on research exploring the transformative sense of female presence in the university life.
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