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Koertge, Noretta was born on October 7, 1935 in Olney, Illinois, Bachelor of Science with honors in Chemistry, U. Illinois, 1955, Master of Science, 1956.
(Feminists have often called Women's Studies the "academic...)
Feminists have often called Women's Studies the "academic arm of the women's movement." But Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge charge that the attempt to make Women's Studies serve a political agenda has led to deeply problematic results: dubious scholarship, pedagogical practices that resemble indoctrination more than education, and the alienation of countless potential supporters. In this new and expanded edition of their controversial 1994 book, the authors update their analysis of what's gone wrong with Women's Studies programs. Original chapters feature interviews with professors, students, and staffers who invested much time and effort in Women's Studies, and new chapters look primarily at documents recently generated from within Women's Studies itself. Through critiques of actual program mission statements, course descriptions, newsletters, and e-mail lists devoted to feminist pedagogy and Women's Studies, and, not least, the writings of well-known feminist scholars, Patai and Koertge provide a detailed and devastating examination of the routine practices found in feminist teaching and research.
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(In this "illiberal education" of feminism, two feminist a...)
In this "illiberal education" of feminism, two feminist academics speak out, showing how political correctness has turned academic feminism into a parody of itself. They assert that official feminism has become irrelevant to or misunderstood by people inside and outside of academic circles, playing into the hands of right-wing critics and creating a gender cult dedicated solely to furthering its own interests. The authors call for feminism to abandon its intolerant and self-destructive modes and explore how to regain the positive vision that attracted so many women in the first place.
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novelist philosophy of science educator
Koertge, Noretta was born on October 7, 1935 in Olney, Illinois, Bachelor of Science with honors in Chemistry, U. Illinois, 1955, Master of Science, 1956.
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry with honors, University Illinois, 1955. Master of Science, University Illinois, 1956. Postgraduate, National Science Foundation Summer Institute University Iowa, 1961.
Postgraduate, University Michigan, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy Science, London University, 1969.
Instructor chemistry Elmhurst College, Illinois, 1960—1963. Head chemistry section American College Girls, Istanbul, Turkey, 1963—1964. Assistant professor philosophy science Ontario Institute Studies Education, Toronto, Canada, 1969—1970.
Assistant professor department history and philosophy science Indiana University, Bloomington, 1970—1973, associate professor, 1973—1981, professor, since 1981. Visiting lecturer Sir John Cass College, London, 1967, Borough Polytechnic, London, 1968, Harvard University, Cambridge, 1973.
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Symposium leader Osterreichisches College, Alpbach, Austria, 1975, 1981.