Program on the Status of Education and Women (PSEW)

Contact

1818 R Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
Ph. (202) 387-3760
Fx. (202) 265-9532
http://www.aacu.org/psew/ [1]
musil@aacu.org [2]
campbell@aacu.org [3]

For nearly four decades, PSEW has provided support to women faculty, administrators, and students in higher education through its programs and publications. PSEW's current priorities include improving curricula and campus climates, promoting women's leadership, and disseminating new research on women and gender. Many PSEW networks, publications, and resources are available to anyone interested in the status of women in higher education, regardless of AAC&U membership status.

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Employment Opportunities

Principal Staff

Caryn McTighe Musil, Project Director
Ph. (202) 387-3760 x426
E-mail: musil@aacu.org

Kathryn Peltier Campbell, Editor
Ph. (202) 387-3760 x403
E-mail: campbell@aacu.org

Areas of Expertise:

Advancing Women's Leadership [7], Educational Leadership of Women & People of Color [8], Leadership in Education [9], Higher Education [10], Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies [11], Education & Education Reform [12], Women's & Girls' Leadership [13]

Member Experts:

Projects & Campaigns

Campus Women Lead [14]

Campus Women Lead (CWL) is an alliance promoting a multicultural women-led agenda for the sustained transformation of higher education for the twenty-first century. An affiliate of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, CWL advances women’s inclusive leadership for excellence through workshops [15], publications, and a community listserv. CWL includes leaders across all campus levels and divisions, within research centers, and from non-governmental organizations.

Reports & Resources

On Campus With Women [16]

On Campus with Women (OCWW), sponsored by AAC&U's Program on the Status and Education of Women, provides readers with the most up-to-date information on women in higher education. It focuses on women's leadership, the campus climate, curriculum and pedagogy, and new research and data on women.

A Measure of Equity: Women's Progress in Higher Education [17]

A Measure of Equity presents a comprehensive overview of data on women’s status in higher education. It documents areas of progress and identifies needed action to move even further down the path toward equity for women in higher education. The research examines women’s access to college, areas of study in undergraduate and post-graduate work, and women’s status as faculty, administrators, and college presidents.

Women of Color in the Academy Series [18]

These papers explore what it means to be a woman and a minority in academe, describing the unique problems and biases these women face. Each paper also recommends resources to help institutions be more supportive.

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Opportunities, Grants & Fellowships

Women's Leadership Project for Inclusive Excellence Workshops [15]

Led by talented facilitators who are attentive to the needs of host institutions, these workshops encourage participants to analyze and recognize the interconnectedness of self, others, and institutional structures as an essential component of building and sustaining multicultural alliances. The workshops also guide participants as they identify the cultural resources that are integral to effective leadership and develop innovative strategies for building inclusive institutions.