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EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON CAMPUS
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| Alexa A. Harris, ’2007, is a Comparative Women’s Studies major with a concentration in “Documenting Women and Digital Media” from Franklin, Virginia. Throughout her college career she has interned with numerous media outlets in the areas of print and broadcast journalism, television production, radio, event planning, marketing and public relations. |
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CLICK TRAIL:
Gender Matters in College Choice:
Helping Women Find the Best Educational Fit
- Jillian Kinzie, Associate Director, NSSE Institute and BEAMS
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Selecting the right college is a big decision, one of the more important a student will make. Students need to ask many questions when making a college choice. The following prompts have been identified as being particularly germane to women's college choice process.
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- In what ways do faculty challenge and support students to leave their “comfort zone” in order to excel?
- How much time do students spend on homework each week?
- To what degree do assignments (papers, exams, problem sets, rehearsals, research projects, etc.) challenge upper-division students to analyze, and synthesize information at high levels?
- In what ways are students given the opportunity to express themselves creatively in assignments?
- How much writing is expected? How much reading is assigned per class? How frequently are students asked to analyze quantitative problems?
- What types of tutors or tutoring opportunities exist on campus?
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- How often are things learned in class discussed outside of the classroom?
- In what ways do students work together on solving problems in and out of class?
- How frequently do students make class presentations?
- How many courses require community-service?
- What types of internships are available and are they required to graduate?
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| Student-Faculty Interaction |
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- How many students do research with faculty?
- What does the institution do to promote student-faculty contact?
- What kind and how often do students get feedback on coursework?
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| Diversity-Related Activities |
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- In what ways are students exposed to multiple cultures or diverse perspectives?
- To what extent are students asked to integrate diverse perspectives into assignments?
- Where are students from and how many are from other countries?
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- What types of support services (academic and non-academic) are available, particularly for new students?
- To what extent are leadership opportunities available to all students?
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If a student indicates that these undergraduate experiences are important to her, she might want to consider attending a women's college. Women attending women's colleges report higher levels of engagement than women attending co-educational institutions on the types of educational experiences identified in the above questions*.
Women students with these values who are interested in attending a co-ed college might use these questions to assess the degree to which these conditions exist in programs or majors at schools in their consideration set.
*Data is from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE), Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research. Please contact jikinzie@indiana.edu for additional information. |
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Support, Leadership and Learning
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| A May 2002 graduate from St. Kate's, Cassie will begin law school in the fall. She has no hesitation about recommending St. Kate's: “It’s a very supportive school. And it encourages leadership. The campus is beautiful, and the faculty take a real interest in what they do. It’s a fun place as well, but also a place where [students] take learning very seriously.” |
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