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- Title
Post-secondary Education and Rural Women Enrolled in Liberal Arts Undergraduate Degrees.
- Authors
Bourgeois, Monique; Kirby, Dale
- Abstract
The significance of post-secondary education is investigated for rural Newfoundland women enrolled in undergraduate liberal arts degree programs. Data collection for this research involved comprehensive, detailed semi-structured biographical interviews with rural women studying liberal arts disciplines during the 2006-2007 academic year at Memorial University of Newfoundland. The data analyses drew on theories of experiential and embodied knowledge, social constructionist theories of gender and place, and research on women, rurality, and post-secondary education. The findings indicate that, overall, a liberal arts degree is a part of a search for a new home for the women interviewed. Images and experiences of life as women in rural Newfoundland act as forces that push and pull the women to and from their homes, with varying impact. Although the women were very pleased with their choice of a liberal arts major, for most this choice did not dominate the significance of enrolling in university.
- Subjects
POSTSECONDARY education; HUMANISTIC education; RURAL women; SOCIAL constructionism; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges; EDUCATION
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2012, Vol 42, Issue 3, p143
- ISSN
0316-1218
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.47678/cjhe.v42i3.1824