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The University of Iowa has a long tradition of fostering educational opportunities for women, including being the first public university to admit men and women equally.

Several campus programs strengthen the University's ongoing commitment to gender equity.

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Curriculum
These programs offer courses that may be of particular interest to women.

  • Sexuality Studies Program—This interdisciplinary program focuses on the history and construction of human sexuality and gender identity.
  • Women's Studies Department—This interdisciplinary program brings the perspective of gender, along with a consideration of class, race, ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and physical ability to bear on a host of problems and issues of current concern.

Education and advocacy

  • Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity—This office supports and enhances the University's commitment to recruiting and retaining a diverse community of faculty, staff, and students.
  • Council on the Status of Women—This group acts as an advisory body to the University administration and as an advocacy group for all women on campus.
  • Gender Equity in Sports—This web site hosted by two University of Iowa women's athletics supporters is devoted to a discussion of the 1972 legislation that bans sex discrimination in academics and athletics.

Financial aid and scholarships
This Graduate College web site explains how to apply for fellowships, scholarships, and assistantships.

 

       
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