Solid Ground: Comment on "Shifting Sands: Reflections from the Field of Higher Education.".

Swisher, Karen Gayton

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ERIC Number: EJ651492

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Publication Date: 2001

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Solid Ground: Comment on "Shifting Sands: Reflections from the Field of Higher Education."

Swisher, Karen Gayton

Anthropology & Education Quarterly, v32 n4 p502-506 Dec 2001

Critiques an article on using reflection to examine discrimination in higher education and the academe, presenting one American Indian woman administrator's experience with higher education and beyond. Emphasizes the benefits of: having a mentor, defining an agenda to guide one's research, clearly defining one's expectations for tenure, and working hard to produce new knowledge. (SM)

Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Gender Issues, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Mentors, Tenure, Women Administrators

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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