Gender Equity

Gender Equity

The ACE Women’s Network facilitates the networking of women interested in pursuing leadership opportunities in higher education. A four-part structure—Women’s National Executive Council (WNEC), state-based networks, presidential sponsors, and institutional representatives—facilitates these connections, allows for the sharing of best practices, particularly at the State Coordinators’ Annual Conference, and enables local leadership training by the state networks. The ACE Women’s Network draws from the resources of ACE’s Inclusive Excellence Group and provides a means for implementing a set of core principles in supporting women leaders in higher education.

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ACE Convenes Discussion on Women in Higher Education Leadership

Although women earn the majority of postsecondary degrees, they occupy just 26 percent of all college presidencies, according to recent data from ACE. To coordinate efforts to bridge that gap, ACE’s Inclusive Excellence Group last month convened Working Together to Move the Needle: Advancing Women in Higher Education Leadership.
ACE Women’s Network

The ACE Women’s Network is a national system of networks within each state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia with the goal of advancing and supporting women in higher education.

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March 2, 2013

ACE Honors Juliet V. Garcia and Karen S. Haynes at Women's Leadership Dinner

ACE has awarded Juliet García, president of The University of Texas at Brownsville, with the ACE Lifetime Achievement Award and Karen Haynes, president of California State University San Marcos, with the 2013 Donna Shavlik Award.
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July 24, 2012

Undergraduate Degrees Conferred, by Field of Study and Gender: 2009-10

The Center for Policy Analysis is responsible for the content in ACE Fact Sheets on Higher Education.
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June 23, 2006

Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2006

The purpose of this publication is to aid campus leaders in analyzing and responding to the gender equity issue. The report takes a detailed look at the educational achievement of men and women in the United States, disaggregating key indicators by race/ethnicity, age, and income to determine where the gender gap exists, where it was widest, and where concerns about men appear to be justified or misplaced.
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August 21, 2003

Gender Equity in Higher Education: Are Male Students at a Disadvantage?

This report updates tables and figures on a number of measures, including enrollment and degrees conferred, to understand gender differences in higher education.
Regional Women's Leadership Forum Sample Agenda

This sample program agenda for the Regional Women's Leadership Forum runs for three days, beginning at 8 a.m. Breakfast and lunch are included each day, as well as a dinner on the first day. Sessions are normally 1-2 hours long and cover a wide variety of topics.
Women's Network Directory

Directory of ACE Womens' Network. Directory has contact information os state coordinators, presidential sponsors, and a Women's Network Executive Board member.
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NetworkNews Winter 2013

NetworkNews is the quarterly newsletter of the ACE Women’s Network.
ACE State Coordinators' Handbook

State Coordinators' Handbook provides guidance to ACE Women's Networks on how networks operate; roles and expectations for being a presidential sponsor, state coordinator, institutional representative and governing body.
ACE Women's Network Executive Council

The ACE Women’s Network Executive Council supports the state networks by serving as liaisons to the state coordinators and providing leadership for developing or strengthening state planning boards; by serving as mentors to the state coordinators; and by advising ACE’s Inclusive Excellence Group on issues pertaining to the overall functioning of the ACE Women’s Network.
Network News Spring 2013

Network News is the quarterly newsletter of the ACE Women's Network.

ACE Related Programs and Initiatives

National Women's Leadership Forum

This 3-day leadership program is for senior-level women administrators (typically deans and above) seeking a college or university presidency, vice presidency, or major deanship.

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Regional Women's Leadership Forum

The Regional Women’s Leadership Forums are designed for mid-level women administrators (typically department chairs, directors, assistant/associate deans and provosts) with high potential for advancement in higher education administration. This interactive 3-day leadership program is typically held at numerous locations across the country.

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Spectrum Executive Leadership Program

This eight-month program is designed to further diversify the senior leadership ranks of U.S. higher education by preparing diverse senior level administrators from underrepresented groups to be strong candidates for presidencies and chancellorships in the near term.

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