Women's Colleges and Universities in a Global Context

by Kristen A. Renn

A pathbreaking study of the critical role women's institutions play in global higher education.

Educating girls and women is a powerful route to improving societies worldwide. When women receive more education, literacy rates in children rise, maternal and infant death rates drop, and women enjoy an increased earning capacity. Yet in parts of the developing world, women's education is considered a low priority at best and a dangerous...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421414775
• ISBN13: 9781421414775
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"