Education Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-12-2019
Journal
Journal of Women and Leadership in Higher Education
Volume
12
Issue
3
First Page
319
Last Page
336
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1080/26379112.2019.1681007
Abstract
This article uses the lens of fourth wave feminism to examine media accounts of institutional and student responses in two cases of sexual violence at institutions of higher education. Competing discourses reveal a disconnect between what institutions say they do and students’ actual experiences of the institutional handling of sexual violence cases. When policies, actions, and values are not fully aligned, institutions of higher education are unable to respond to societal and institutional injustices. Hence, recommendations for better alignment between institutional values and actions are proposed.
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