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Office of Women in Higher Education

OWHE Leadership
	Director: Donna Burns Phillips

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What's New
•	Leadership Forum Attendees on the Move
•	National Leadership Forums
•	Leadership Award Winners
•	35 Weeks of Extraordinary Women

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OWHE Events
•	Oct. 14–16:Regional Leadership Forum • Miami Gardens, FL
•	Dec. 9–11:National Leadership Forum, Washington, DC
•	More upcoming events

Women's Leadership Legacy Fund

Since 1973, the Office of Women in Higher Education (OWHE) of the American Council on Education has provided national leadership in the advancement of women into executive positions and campus presidencies.

Our mission is to:

• IDENTIFY women leaders.
• DEVELOP their leadership abilities.
• ENCOURAGE the use of those abilities.
• ADVANCE women's careers.
• LINK them to other women and mentors.
• SUPPORT women in mid- and executive-level positions throughout their careers.

Program Initiatives

• Leadership Forums
• ACE State Network Executive Board
• ACE State Networks 
• ACE State Networks with 501(c)(3) Status 
• Commission on Women in Higher Education
• Summits for Women Presidents
• Women of Color Summit (2008)
• Women of Color Summit (2006)

OWHE News and Updates

• University of Southern Mississippi’s Committee on Services and Resources for Women Announces Winners of Annual Competitions - MS State Network Participant Celeste Wheat Wins
• The American Association for Women in Community Colleges and OWHE are proud to announce the recipients of their first annual doctoral program scholarships
• More news  

Please direct questions about this page to:
Debra Louallen-Cole, (202) 939-9323
owhe@ace.nche.edu | Contact OWHE/Staff Directory
This page last updated: 06/22/2009