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What our Students Say About Women and Gender Studies

Do you need more reasons to pick up a minor or degree in Women and Gender Studies? In 1999, the UIS Office of Survey Research surveyed students who had taken Women and Gender Studies courses at UIS. When students compared our courses to others, they agreed that ours were better in terms of our classroom teaching techniques, course content, and success after graduation. Check out our rankings:

How We Teach

Our students say that our faculty are better in the following ways:

• Encouraging classroom participation (71%)
• Showing respect for student experience and expertise (64%)
• Valuing listening (60%)
• Showing sensitivity to individual student needs (55%)
• Encouraging students to integrate intellectual and personal learning (54%)
• Avoiding treating students differently on the basis of sex, race, class, age, sexual preference, or other factors (54%)

Course Content

Our courses incorporate the experiences of women and other oppressed groups much more than other UIS courses. The table below shows the percentage of students who assessed courses with either a 4 or 5 on a 1-5 scale in terms of minority representation in course content.

Minority Group – Score	Women’s Study Courses	Other UIS Courses
Women – 4	11%	12%
Women – 5	89%	8%
People of Color – 4	26%	15%
People of Color – 5	62%	9%
People of different social classes – 4	24%	16%
People of different social classes – 5	60%	15%
Lesbians and gay people – 4	22%	11%
Lesbians and gay people – 5	62%	00.00%

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