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Podcast: New Books in Education
Episode: Deondra Rose, “Citizens by Degree: Higher Education Policy and the Changing Gender Dynamics of American Citizenship” (Oxford UP, 2018)
Description: Deondra Rose has written Citizens by Degree: Higher Education Policy and the Changing Gender Dynamics of American Citizenship (Oxford University Press, 2018). She is an assistant professor of public policy and political science at Duke University.
Citizens by Degree examines the development and impact of federal higher education policy, specifically the National Defense Education Act, the Higher Education Act, and Title IX. Rose argues that these policies have been an overlooked-factor driving the progress that women have made in the United States. By significantly expanding women’s access to college, they led to women to surpassing men as th...