Diversity & Inclusion

Programs to encourage greater diversity and inclusion, particularly in the leadership of educational institutions, are a central focus of NCRW’s work. We view affirmative action as an important component of efforts to level the playing field in all aspects of education – from access, to quality education, to teaching, tenure and administration. We have led important initiatives such as the Diversity in Higher Education Summit in 2006 and Ford Foundation-funded projects for diversifying the leadership of our member centers. Diversity and inclusion will continue to be overarching values that are central to our work and programs.

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Applied Women's Studies Program

Linda M. Perkins is Associate Professor of the Claremont Graduate University. She holds an interdisciplinary university appointment in the departments of Applied Women's Studies, Educational Studies and History. Perkins is a historian of women's and African American higher education. Her primary areas of research are on the history of African American women's higher education, the education of African Americans in elite institutions and the history of talent identification programs for African Americans students. She has served as Vice President of Division F (History and Historiography) of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and has also served as a member of the Executive Council of AERA. She is currently on the editorial boards of the History of Education Quarterly and the Review of African American Education.

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Claremont, CA 91104
United States
34° 10' 0.8112" N, 118° 8' 10.3344" W
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Perceived Barriers: Gender Equity in College Coaching and Administration

Submitted by afiorino on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 12:53pm

The third study conducted by the NCAA to measure career aspirations and perceptions of careers in intercollegiate athletics among females. It also seeks to provide NCAA policymakers, conference offices and member institutions with detailed information on the perceptions and concerns of female student-athletes, coaches, administrators and officials regarding careers for females in intercollegiate athletics.
 

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http://www.ncaapublications.com/Uploads/PDF/Barriers22461795-87bd-44ff-b94a-0dd11b9ee83c.pdf

Girls Inc. Alumna Describes Impact of Girls Inc.

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 4:30pm

Damary Bonilla, an alumna of Girls Inc. of New York City, answers the question: what does a world full of Girls Inc. girls and women look like?

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Girls Incorporated

Tell Me PSA - School

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 4:21pm

The award winning Girls Inc. "Tell Me" PSAs feature girls telling adults what positive messages they need to hear.  

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Girls Incorporated

ING Foundation and Girls Inc. Launch Innovative Investment Challenge for Girls Ages 12-18

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 4:00pm
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Girls Incorporated

New York, NY — February 12, 2009

NCRW Fact Sheet: Keeping the Doors of Opportunity Open--Women, Minorities and Affirmative Action

Submitted by Kyla Bender-Baird on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 1:49pm

Women and girls have made enormous strides since passage of the Educational Amendments and Title IX. Recent cutbacks in funding or lack of funding coupled with anti-affirmative action ballot initiatives have placed these advancements in jeopardy. More efforts need to be focused on preventing erosion of these hard-won achievements.

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Girl Scouts Transforming Leadership

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 12:03pm

 The video details the Girl Scout Experience, in essence reconceptualizing leadership as we know it.

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Girl Scouts of the USA

Muslims Join U.S. Girl Scouts

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 12:00pm

 

"It appears as though the U.S. might live up to its 'melting pot' moniker, as many Muslim girls have joined the American Girl Scouts. Priya David reports from Minnesota." 
 
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DUAL-CAREER ACADEMIC COUPLES: WHAT UNIVERSITIES NEED TO KNOW

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 02/04/2010 - 1:31pm

Based on the partnering status of full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty in thirteen top U.S. research universities, Dual-Career Academic Couples explores the impact of dual-career partnering on hiring, retention, professional attitudes, and work culture in the U.S. university sector. It also makes recommendations for improving the way universities work with dual-career candidates and strengthen overall communication with their faculty on hiring and retention issues.

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http://www.stanford.edu/group/gender/ResearchPrograms/DualCareer/researchstudies.html
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Clayman Institute for Gender Research

Thirty-Three Years of Women in S&E Faculty Positions

Submitted by afiorino on Wed, 02/03/2010 - 5:42pm

The relatively low proportion of women in academic science and engineering (S&E) has been the topic of numerous recent books, reports, and workshops. Data for 2006 show that women continue to constitute a much lower percentage of S&E full professors than their share of S&E doctorates awarded in that year. Even in psychology, a field heavily dominated by women, women were less than half of all full professors, even though they earned well more than half of doctorates in 2006.

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http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf08308/
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