From the Editors

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The lead article in this issue--"Narratives from Women of Color in the Halls of Academe," by Pat Washington--continues a series begun over a year ago, of essay book reviews on gender and higher education. Before this we had "Gender Discrimination in the Academy," by Collette Morrow (v.26, no.4, Summer 2005, pp.1-4); "A College of One's Own: Women and Coeducation" by Sara N.S. Meirowitz, (v.26, no.4, Summer 2005, pp.5-8); and "Foreign-Born Women Academics in the U.S.," by Shu-Ju Ada Cheng (v.27, no.1, Fall 2005, pp. 11-14). The series will conclude in an upcoming issue with a review by Frances Kavenik of books on working-class women and higher education.

Dr. Washington, who …