provide
      this.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Moreover,
      a
      separate
      program,
      rather
      than
      merely
     
     
      a
      few
      curses
      dependent
      on
      the
      whim
      of
      the
     
     
      Departments
      offering
      them,
      expresses
      the
     
     
      University’s
      commitment
      to
      women.
      Indeed,
     
     
      evidence
      from
      other
      universities
      suggests
      that
      the
     
     
      failure
      to
      erect
      a
      separate
      administrative
      structure
     
     
      dooms
      Women’s
      Studies
      programs
      to
      years
      of
     
    
   
   
    
     
      hardship
      and
      possible
      failure.
      The
      success
      of
      such
     
    
   
   
    
     
      programs
      is
      dependent
      upon
      personal
      commitment
     
     
      by
      a
      handful
      of
      individuals
      who
      expend
      great
     
    
   
   
    
     
      amount
      of
      time
      and
      energy
      with
      neither
      adequate
     
    
   
   
    
     
      recognition
      their
     
    
   
   
    
     
      universities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      nor
      compensation
      from
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Fears
      have
      been
      expressed
      by
      some
      that
      giving
      a
     
     
      Women’s
      Studies
      Program
      a
      separate
      identity
      might
     
     
      result
      in
      its
      becoming
      segregated
      and
      -easily
     
     
      devalued.
      However
      the
      suggested
      structure
      similar
     
     
      to
      Canadian
      Studies
      with
      a
       multidisciplinary
     
     
      coordinating
      committee
      should
      enable
      the
      program
     
     
      to
      remain
      open
      and
      viable,
      and
      not
      segregated.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Women’s
      Studies
      should
      not
      be
      closed
      to
      men
      in
     
     
      the
      manner
      that
      academic
      studies
      were
      long
      closed
     
     
      to
      women;
      nor
      should
      it
      be
      taken
      over
      by
      men
      in
     
     
      their
      "natural"
      role
      as
      decision
      makers
      and
      leaders.
     
     
      On
      the
      other
      hand,
      those
      men
      who
      accept
      women’s
     
     
      present
      inferior
      position
      as
      "natural".
      will
      need
     
     
      encouragement
      to
      participate
      in
      Women’s
      Studies.
     
     
      here
      again
      commitment
      of
      the
      University
      is
     
     
      essential.
      An
      independent
      multidisciplinary
      program
     
     
      best
      fulfils
      this
      commitment.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      report
      was
      released
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      the
      university
     
     
      community
      and
      to
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      and
      Senate
      levels.
      Written
      and
      Verbal
     
     
      responses
      will
      be
      gratefully
      received
      by
      any
      member
     
     
      of
      the
      committee.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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