Welcome to the conference site for Women in Academia: Institutional Change to Enhance Success
The goal of this conference is to create strategies for institutional change that will eliminate the primary barriers currently inhibiting women faculty from achieving their full potential. The focus is on the specific challenges facing women faculty at Research I Universities. Among the barriers that have been identified in numerous books and scholarly articles are:
- The traditional expectations for achieving tenure and advancing through the ranks.
- The dearth of role models and mentors for women.
- The existence of gender bias within the University.
- The overall campus “climate” for non-majority staff and faculty.
- The need to balance an academic career with personal responsibilities.
The outcomes from this conference will be implementable actions that would reduce or eliminate these and other primary barriers that may be identified during the conference. The recommended actions will form the content of the proposals to be incorporated into a report that will be distributed nationally to all Research I Institutions, key Foundations, and relevant Federal Agencies.
- Watch streaming video or download clips from the conference!
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