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Accomplishments for 2007-08 (link to wfc handout3.)
WFC Special Events
Fall Reception October 1, 2008 (link to Amy’s postcard)
Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholar Award and Lecture (link
to WmC page on this. Let’s talk about adding a space for current
and past lecturers)
Spring Reception - TBA
Resources and Services – same as info on WmC page for women
faculty
Ask the Cabinet – questions go to Karen Zenter Bacig
Link to blog
Publications re: Women Faculty in Higher Education (Note—these
are all on their current webpage)
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Science Direct at the University of Minnesota published
Double-blind review favours increased representation of
female authors in their Trends of Ecology & Evolution
Volume 23, Issue 1, January 2008, Pages 4-6
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Inside Higher Ed News published New Numbers on
Underrepresented Faculty Members on November 1, 2007. A new
survey of the top 100 departments in 15 science and
engineering disciplines (including the social sciences)
finds that “few science and engineering departments have
more than a single [underrepresented minority] faculty
member.”
Inside Higher Ed News published Why Women Leave
Academic Medicine on September 21, 2007. This article
focus' on how some things may have changed for the better
since the 1960s and 70s for women in academia but many
things remain negative and why we need to focus our
attention on retaining women faculty.
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AAUP Report Blames Colleges for Gender Inequity Among
Professors by Robin Wilson, Issued November 3, 2006.
The
American Association of University Professors released a
report that establishes four indicators of "gender equity"
within the professoriate, and offers a listing of how 1,445
colleges and universities measure up.The report, called
"AAUP Faculty Gender Equity Indicators 2006," marks the
first time that a detailed breakdown of the nation's
professoriate by gender has been released for such a large
group of higher-education institutions, says Martha S.
West, a professor of law at the University of California at
Davis who helped write the report. The hope, she says, is
that colleges will look at where they stand relative to
their peers, and take steps to improve if they fall short.
Link to entire article (will take you to The Chronicle of
Higher Education). AAUP report
Publications re: Women in Higher Education (link to WmC page)
Welcome!
The Women’s Faculty Cabinet, with support from the Office of the
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost and the
Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs, provides
leadership to improve and enrich the academic and professional
environments for women faculty at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities.
The Women’s Faculty Cabinet consists of 13 tenured/tenure track
women faculty selected to represent the diversity and range of
disciplines of women faculty at the University. The Director of
the Women’s Center serves as an ex-officio member of the
Cabinet.
Each year the Provost’s Office will send out a call for
nominations. Members may be nominated by deans, directors, and
department heads as well as by faculty members of the University
of Minnesota—Twin Cities (including through self-nomination).
Updates
(e.g. Fall Reception, Ada, Spring Receptions, need info
for grant, etc.)
Call for Nominations for Ada Comstock Distinguished Women
Scholar due December 12 (link to application here)
Additional Notes:
…Office of the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Provost (this only needs to be where it already is up at top --sort of like the OED link for the WmC)
…add photos to page
…add some nice graphics
…add quotes
Add a new category on the women’s center web page in the left
column.
Publications
Peg asks Karen: Create moodle, google docs or list serv with WFC
member documents