college administrators

"As the ... 1960s ended, a number of very traditional, very conservative, highly prestigious colleges and universities in the United States and the United Kingdom decided to go coed, seemingly all at once, in a remarkably brief span of time. Coeducation met with fierce resistance. As one alumnus put it in a letter to his alma mater, 'Keep the damned women out.' Focusing on the complexities of institutional decision making, this book ... [argues that] ... coeducation was achieved not by organized efforts of women activists, but through strategic decisions made by powerful men"--Provided by publisher.

A memoir by a former university admissions officer that reveals how colleges and universities decide which applicants will be accepted at their institutions.

A biography of Mamphela Ramphele, a woman who, as a medical doctor, teacher, anthropologist, and advisor to the Mandela government, challenged the racial and gender-based inequities in South Africa.