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Women’s Initiatives by Category
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Universities ranked by The Lombardi Program on Measuring University
Performance based on levels of research funding)
Academic Programs, Departments,
Women’s Studies
Gender Studies
Women and Gender in Global
Perspectives Program (
Center for the Study of Women
Institute for Research on Women and
Gender
Michigan Initiative for
Women’s Health
Center for Women’s Studies and
Gender Research (
Women’s
Center for Women’s and Gender
Studies (
Southwest Institute for Research on
Women (
Committee on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual
Studies (
Sex, Race and
Globalization Project (
Administrative Offices
Diversity Office
Campus Climate
Assessment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons (
Office for University Women (formerly
Commission on Women; unit of the Office for Multicultural and Academic
Affairs--
Undergraduate Women’s Program
Civil
Service/Bargaining Unit--Women’s Initiative
University
Women’s Consortium
University
Women of Color
Women
in Science and Engineering
Women’s
Leadership Institute
National
Initiative for Women in Higher Education
Consortiums
Curricular Crossings: Women’s Studies and Area Studies
(Five College Women’s
Women’s Advocacy Network (CIC:
Committee on Institutional Cooperation Big 10 + Chicago)
Councils and Commissions
Council on the Status of Women (
President’s Advisory Council on
Women’s Issues
Commission for Women (Penn St.)
Office of the Provost
for Educational Equity (Fostering Diversity)
Associated University Women (
Discipline-Specific Programs
Women in Engineering (
Women and Science Program (WS-UNC)
Women in Science and Engineering
Leadership Institute (Madison)
Women in Science and Engineering (
Women in Control Society (Control
Systems--Georgia Tech)
Women@College of Computing (Georgia
Tech)
Women in Business (Georgia Tech)
Hiring / Leadership / Mentoring
Women’s Leadership Forum (
Administrative Fellows Program (
Women Faculty Mentoring Program 1989
(
Faculty Strategic Hiring Initiative
(
Domestic Partnership Policy (
Dual Career Network (
Dual-Career Assistance Program
(Purdue)
Libraries / Librarians / Archives
Women and Gender Resources Library
(UIUC)
Women’s Studies Library (OSU)
Reading Women’s Lives Electronic
Bookshelf Project
(Feminist Pedagogy
Resources and Tools--WS-OSU)
Women’s Studies Librarian (Madison)
Iowa Women’s Archives (1992)
Outreach
UM-GIRL (Using Mathematics: Girls Investigate Real Life
University-Schools
consortium (UMICH)
SmartGirl (UMICH and NSF)
Women’s Studies Outreach (Madison)
Scholarship / Grant Programs
Critical Difference for Women
Student Support
Office of Women’s Programs (UIUC)
Student Support Services
Student and Campus Life
Multicultural Center
Includes Women Student
Services (OSU)
Women’s Centers (advocacy and policy)
The Women’s Place at
Committing the quality
of life for the community of women within and beyond.
Clearinghouse/advocacy
Center for the Education of
Women
Women of Color in the
Academy Project (UMICH)
Michigan Women’s
Leadership Project
Faculty Work-Life Study
Family Care Resource
Program
Junior Women Faculty
Network
Center for Women and Men
increase access and
retention of students by promoting gender equity, opportunity and advocacy and
by addressing issues affecting campus climate (UCLA)
Carolina Women’s Center (1996)
promote equitable and
empowering environment through education, support, advocacy and
diversity
--serving faculty, staff, students, and alumnae (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Leadership
Project
Mentorship
Women’s Center (2001--Texas A&M)
Women’s
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