Gender and social class inequalities in higher education: intersectional reflections on a workshop experience.

ABSTRACT: Research about the experiences of underrepresented groups in higher education (HE) demonstrates the persistence of challenges, despite policies and institutional strategies to promote inclusion. Diversity and inclusion policies have been part of the HE agenda for several decades, yet most policies and interventions focus on (a) a given, isolated identity experience (e.g., based solely on gender, social class, or ethnicity) rather than more intersectional approaches to identity; and (b) top-down interventions that do not include participants insights in their design. In this paper, we report a case study of a workshop with students at an elite university that drew on an intersectional approach to social identities (IASI), specifically, looking at gender and social class. We explore three ke

SUBMITTER: Fernandez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807459 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature