Women's & Girls' Leadership

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THE GIRLS REPORT: What We Know & Need to Know About Growing Up Female
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:29am
Balancing the Equation: Where are Women and Girls in Science, Engineering, and Technology?
Monday, July 13, 2009 - 11:26am

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An Unforgettable Celebration with Stellar Women Leaders
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By Natasha Cline-Thomas*
Stellar Honorees -- NCRW Celebrates 30th Anniversary March 6th
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At a stellar gathering of leaders from business, philanthropy, government, and non-profits, the National Council for Research on Women will kick off...
Pembroke Center at Brown University Celebrates 30 Years of Activity
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Looking to Women in America for Solutions
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*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...
Gender Fatigue in MBA Programs
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*By Julie Zeilinger Despite widespread satisfaction over the fact that women now constitute close to 50% of students in medical and law schools...

Member Experts

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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...
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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...
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Lorna Edmundson
Lorna Duphiney Edmundson, Ed.D., President Emerita of Wilson College, is recognized as an effective leader, fundraiser, and facilitator of...
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Dario Cortes
Dario A. Cortes, Ph.D., is President of Berkeley College, an accredited college offering Associate and Baccalaureate degree programs in eight...
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Deborah A. Freund
Professor Deborah A. Freund is the 15th President of Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and is an internationally known health economist and...
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Lynda Sagrestano
Lynda M. Sagrestano, Ph.D. is the Director of the Center for Research on Women at the University of Memphis.  She earned a Ph.D. in social psychology...
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Tiffany Dufu
Ever since she accepted the Girl of the Year Award in eighth grade, Tiffany Dufu knew that she wanted to make a profound impact. Raised in the...

News

  • Obama: GOP goals would hurt women
    November 10, 2011

    In a speech tailored to the largely female audience of the National Women's Law Center, President Barack Obama declared Wednesday that congressional Republicans are more interested in dividing the country than in strengthening the economy and...
  • 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...
  • In other words: Communicating feminism
    November 3, 2011

    The Egyptian feminist organization, the Women and Memory Forum (WMF), published the first volume in their series of feminist translations, “Reader on Gender and Political Science,” in 2010. And they are anticipating the publication of the...
  • Report: Minorities in Higher Education Twenty-Fourth Status Report 2011 Supplement
    October 6, 2011

    Raising the education level of the overall U.S. population requires closing the educational gaps among racial/ethnic groups and by gender. Although the members of the younger generation of some racial/ethnic groups are more likely to attain college...
  • 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...