Before the Blueprint: Women Who Built Higher Education
There is no version of modern higher education that doesn't trace at least some of its DNA back to the women in this post. The fight for access. The insistence on rigor. The understanding that cost matters, that student support matters, that missions must be more than a marketing slogan; these ideas weren't handed down from on high. They were argued for, built from scratch, and in many cases, dragged into existence by people who had no particular reason to believe the institution would ever welcome them.
Women’s History Month: The Unsung Heroines of Higher Education
But history has shown that when women enter spaces they were once excluded from, they change them for the better. So, during Women’s History Month (and every month, honestly), let’s not just remember these unsung heroines—let’s continue their fight.
Celebrating Unsung Heroes: Women's History Month Spotlight
Before we say, “well-behaved women seldom make history,” on social media as a cheeky nod to the few women rule-breakers that history deigns to recognize, perhaps we should ask ourselves: why does history require “misbehavior” before it will recognize women’s achievements?