Educated in Romance
Women, Achievement, and College Culture
Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Education & Teaching, Higher Education, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&
| Author: | Dorothy C. Holland, Margaret A. Eisenhart | ISBN: | 9780226218496 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press | Publication: | July 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Dorothy C. Holland, Margaret A. Eisenhart |
| ISBN: | 9780226218496 |
| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Publication: | July 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Language: | English |
Is romance more important to women in college than grades are? Why do so many women enter college with strong academic backgrounds and firm career goals but leave with dramatically scaled-down ambitions? Dorothy C. Holland and Margaret A. Eisenhart expose a pervasive "culture of romance" on campus: a high-pressure peer system that propels women into a world where their attractiveness to men counts most.
Is romance more important to women in college than grades are? Why do so many women enter college with strong academic backgrounds and firm career goals but leave with dramatically scaled-down ambitions? Dorothy C. Holland and Margaret A. Eisenhart expose a pervasive "culture of romance" on campus: a high-pressure peer system that propels women into a world where their attractiveness to men counts most.
