Education & Education Reform

The majority of deans, tenured professors and college presidents are men. According to the American Council on Education, women comprise about 45% of senior academic administrators, including 7% women of color. Of CAOs, 38% are women, but only 3% are women of color. Academic leaders must establish clear objectives for advancing diversity among senior faculty and administrators. They also need to ensure that they create on-campus environments that are both inviting and supportive of diverse staff and students.

Resources

Strengthening the diversity of top academic leaders

Findings and insights from Egon Zehnder International’s Global Academic...
New York Law School Law Review Law Review Diversity Report

In 2011, the New York Law School Law Review launched its Law Review Diversity...
Perceived Barriers: Gender Equity in College Coaching and Administration

The third study conducted by the NCAA to measure career aspirations and perceptions of careers...
DUAL-CAREER ACADEMIC COUPLES: WHAT UNIVERSITIES NEED TO KNOW

Based on the partnering status of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty in thirteen top U.S...
Thirty-Three Years of Women in S&E Faculty Positions

The relatively low proportion of women in academic science and engineering (S&E) has been...

NCRW Resources

Leadership in Higher Education: A Path to Greater Racial and Gender Diversity final report

In 2003, with support from the Ford Foundation, the National Council for Research on Women...

Reports & Publications

Blog Posts

Looking to Women in America for Solutions

Kate Meyer

*By Kate MeyerLast week Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to President Obama and Chair of the White House Council on Women and Girls, and Preeta Bansal...

Building a Pipeline to Women’s Leadership

Kyla Bender-Baird

Female students have long surpassed their male peers in the rates at which they seek higher education. Yet across sectors, women’s...

Women Leaders Across Sectors on Social Justice and Change

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March 3, 2009 posted by Deborah Siegel I’m sitting in a very crowded auditorium at 3 World Financial Center, home of American Express,...

Member Experts

Judy Robinson Rogers

Judy Robinson Rogers, Ph.D., became the eleventh president of Cottey College in 2004. Previously, she served as vice president for leadership and...

Sally Stevens

Sally Stevens is the Executive Director of the University of Arizona - Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) and a Distinguished Outreach...

Clyda Rent

Clyda S. Rent, Ph.D. is recognized as a successful leader, speaker, strategic planner, executive coach, and marketer. She played primary roles in the...

Lorna Edmundson

Lorna Duphiney Edmundson, Ed.D., President Emerita of Wilson College, is recognized as an effective leader, fundraiser, and facilitator of...

Linda Perkins

Linda M. Perkins is Associate Professor of the Claremont Graduate University. She holds an interdisciplinary university appointment in the...

Marie Wilson

An advocate of women’s issues for more than 30 years, Marie C. Wilson is founder and President of The White House Project, co-creator of Take...

Donna Stewartson

Donna Stewartson, is the Associate Director of the Program for Women in Politics and Public Policy. She received her MBA from Simmons Graduate School...

Julianne Malveaux

Dr. Julianne Malveaux is the 15th President of Bennett College for Women. Recognized for her progressive and insightful observations, she is also an...

Carol Hardy-Fanta

Carol Hardy-Fanta is Director of the Center for Women in Politics and Public Policy at UMass Boston's John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy...

Lisa McClain

Dr. Lisa McClain is an Associate Professor of History and the Director of Gender Studies at Boise State University. She researches the issue of...

Member Organizations

African American Women's Institute

Howard University

Washington, DC
Busan Ulsan Gyeongnam Institute for Supporting Women in Science and Technology (BIS-WIST)

Dongseo University

Busan, South Korea,
Center for the Education of Women

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
Higher Education Resource Services (HERS)

University of Denver

Denver, CO
Institute for Research on Women and Gender

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI
Office of Women in Higher Education

American Council on Education

Washington, DC

News

Exclusive: Hillary Clinton Launches Public Service Initiative

February 6, 2012

Working with the nation’s top women’s liberal arts colleges, Secretary of State Clinton hopes to harness the potential of women around the world to strengthen leadership in both government and civil society.
Faculty diversity means gains for female law students, according to study

November 3, 2011

Law schools with a high percentage of full-time women and minority faculty members on average had a larger percentage of female students on their flagship law reviews during the last academic year, according to New York Law School Law Review's 2010-11...
For Women on Campuses, Access Doesn't Equal Success

October 3, 2011

MaryAnn Baenninger, president of the College of St. Benedict, suggests: The influence of gender is lurking on our campuses—in classrooms, in residence halls, on the bleachers at athletic events. It follows students as they study abroad, and...
A Pioneering Diversity Officer Sees Barriers That Persist on Campuses

September 30, 2011

William B. Harvey was the first person ever appointed to the position of vice president for diversity and equity at the University of Virginia, a job he held from 2005 to 2009. A recognized expert on diversity issues in higher education...
Study: Race Matters When Recruiting, Retaining Undergraduate Women Engineers

July 20, 2011

A study by researchers at University of Washington of female engineering students' perceived challenges finds significant differences between black, Hispanic, Native American, Asian-American and white women. The findings could help...

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