This course enables students to take a close look, from a sociological perspective, at gender relations in higher education. The focus will be on women students and faculty members in universities and colleges, although it is understood that gender operates in tandem with race, class, age, sexual orientation and other sources of identity and positioning. We will consider questions of access, representation, experience, and career; look at efforts to alter curriculum and pedagogy in accordance with ideas about women's needs or feminist process; and review feminist and other critiques of the purposes and cultures of the university. Specific topics such as student cultures, thesis supervision, sexual harassment, the "chilly climate," and so forth will be taken up through readings and student presentations.