It was noted that there is a discrepancy in the space allocation plans for men and women, in the new student housing construction plans, resulting in a wing being devoted to male students and a floor being devoted to women students. It was suggested that an inspection be made of all of our parking lots identifying potential areas where personal safety may be compromised. Some female students feel that their comments are not viewed as legitimate and valid in the classroom due to male standards as the norm of human experience and interpretation. Some female students noted that their voices were not included in important class curricular projects. Some female students noted that their graduate assistantships did not appear as substantive as the projects assigned to their male counterparts.
Some faculty trivialize female graduate students and their career paths.
Some students felt that the use of classroom examples that highlighted instances of violence and sports were inappropriate, as sole examples, when dealing with a mixed audience. We thank you for your caring, your courage, and your perceptions. You were a vital part of the creation of this 1997 Status of women report.