Supporting the Retention of Women in Higher Education

The following web sites provide information about programs, services, and projects that support women in higher education.

ACE Programs/Projects

• ACE (OWHE) Women Presidents' Roundtables  provide college presidents with the opportunity to share perspectives on a particular topic or concern, to network, and to consult with ACE on presidential staying power.
   
• The Business–Higher Education Forum is a membership organization of academic and corporate chief executives that addresses areas of critical concern between the sectors (diversity, for example).
   
• ACE Network Leadership Awards are given annually to honor individuals, programs, and initiatives that support the work of OWHE.
   
• New! Creating Options: Models for Flexible Faculty Career Pathways, an ACE/OWHE project, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Non-ACE Programs

• The American Association of University Women (AAUW) Legal Advocacy Fund is the largest legal fund focused solely on sexual discrimination in higher education. It provides funding and support for women seeking judicial redress for sexual discrimination.
• The Harvard Seminar for New Presidents provides new, first-time presidents with a practical and conceptual orientation to the presidency. It familiarizes new presidents with the opportunities and hazards they will likely face and prepares them to respond to the multiple responsibilities and constituencies of their new office.
• The Institute for Educational Management (IEM) of the Harvard Graduate School of Education is designed to help senior-level administrators examine critical leadership issues at colleges and universities.
• The Management Development Program (MDP) of Harvard University is designed for deans, directors, and other administrators who are good at leading their units but want to improve. Participants gain useful ideas about the critical management issues they face, including budgeting, human resource development, planning, and effective leadership.
• National Initiative for Women in Higher Education (NIWHE) is a unique grassroots alliance promoting a multicultural women-led agenda for the sustained transformation of higher education. The CampusWomenLead web site seeks to capture the range of institutional changes that promote gender equity through leadership, teaching/learning/research, work/life, campus/community connections, and women's networks.
• The Institute for Management and Leadership in Education (MLE) is a two-week program offered by the Harvard Graduate School of Education for skilled, experienced administrators, including deans, directors, provosts, and vice presidents, who will help their institutions adapt to achanging future.

Publications (Print and Online)

• NetworkNews is a quarterly newsletter created by the ACE State Network Executive Board to connect current and emerging women leaders across the country. The newsletter features articles on leadership, planning, advancement opportunities, OWHE activities, and events sponsored by ACE/OWHE state networks throughout the United States.
• On Campus with Women (OCWW), sponsored by the Association of American Colleges and Universities's Program on the Status and Education of Women, provides readers with information that focuses on women's leadership, the campus climate, curriculum and pedagogy, and new research and data on women.
• Women 2000: Gender Equality, Development, and Peace for the 21st Century (Beijing Plus 5) is a web site that provides information about the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women.
• Women in Higher Education is a national, monthly practitioners' news journal.

Please direct questions about this page to:
owhe@ace.nche.edu
This page last updated on 11/19/2007