At Other Universities

MIT9

Harvard University is one of the nine universities originally concieved by MIT (now known as the "MIT9". This group includes the California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. The presidents from each of these Universities came together in 2001 to state publicly that "institutions of higher education have an obligation, both for themselves and for the nation, to develop and utilize fully all the creative talent available." You may read the Joint Statement by the Nine Presidents on Gender Equity in Higher Education here.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

MIT has several "Reports of the Committees on the Status of Women" from the different schools within, as well as its most recent (2006) report by Nancy Hopkins on Diversification of University Faculty.

• Observations on hiring women faculty in the Schools of Science and Engineering at MIT, by Nancy Hopkins from the MIT Faculty Newsletter, Volume 18, number 4 (March/April 2006)
• Overview of Reports from the Schools of Architecture and Planning; Engineering; Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; and the Sloan School of Management
• A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT
• MIT Mentoring Booklet

Princeton University

Princeton has a 2005 report on the Status of Women Faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences which parallels their earlier 2003 report to the President on Women Faculty in the Natural Sciences and Engineering.

• Status of Women Faculty in the Humanities and Social Sciences (2005)
• Status of Women Faculty in the Natural Sciences and Engineering (2003)

The Leadership Alliance

The Leadership Alliance is an academic consortium of 33 institutions of higher learning, including leading research and teaching college and universities. The mission of the Leadership Alliance is to develop underrepresented students into outstanding leaders and role models in academia, business and the public sector.

• Leadership Alliance Homepage

National Academies Report

• Beyond Bias and Barriers: Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering (2006)
• Ford Foundation Diversity Fellows

National Science Foundation ADVANCE Program Portal

The goal of the ADVANCE Program is to increase the participation of women in the scientific and engineering workforce through the increased representation and advancement of women in academic scientific and engineering careers. To meet this goal, the ADVANCE Program provides opportunities for both individuals and organizations: Fellows Awards, Institutional Transformation Awards and Leadership Awards. With each of the three types of ADVANCE awards, NSF seeks to support new approaches to improving the climate for women in U.S. academic institutions and to facilitate women's advancement to the highest ranks of academic leadership.

The ADVANCE webportal has a trove of information from its school partners regarding campus equity issues on faculty recruitment and retention, as well as improving campus institutional planning and culture for all constituents.

This year, the Committee on Maximizing the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering and the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy published Beyond Bias and Barriers, Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering. You can read or purchase a copy of the report here.

Reports from Other Colleges and Universities

• California Institute of Technology
  Hosts a diversity website which includes several reports and initiatives regarding diversity, such as their 2004 Task Force Report on Gender and the Academic Climate.
• Columbia University

  Commission on the Status of Women, Advancement of Women through the Academic Ranks at the Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Where are the Leaks in the Pipeline?

• Cornell University
  Provost Martin briefed the faculty senate on gender equity and the faculty salary program in 2001, reporting no significant differences in pay by gender in any colleges.

• Duke University
  Former Duke University President Nannerl O. Keohane launched the Women's Initiative in May 2002 to more fully understand the experiences and needs of women at Duke and to develop strategies to address the challenges women face.

• Hunter College at the City University of New York
  The Gender Equity Project, housed at Hunter College and funded in part by the National Science Foundation ADVANCE initiative, contains many pieces that can inform campus search committee hiring practices and policy. The website also contains a complete annotated bibliography on gender equity, written by co-director, Dr. Virgina Valian, Professor of Psychology and a leading researcher in the field.
• Johns Hopkins University
  The Vision 2020 Report of the University Committee on the Status of Women describes the University's efforts to remove gender-based career obstacles for women faculty, staff and students by addressing three themes: leadership, work/life balance and cultural dimensions. Download the executive summary and the full report here.
• Stanford University
  Stanford's website hosts "University Women", a project of the Provost's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women Faculty. This website has a number of reports from its own process as well as those at peer institutions regarding the percentages and initiatives to improve faculty women numbers.
• University of California at Berkeley
• Report on Family Friendly Practices
• Do Babies Matter: The effect of family formation on the life long careers of academic men and women
• University of Michigan
• Gender in Science and Engineering, Report of the Subcommittee on Faculty Evaluation and Development (2004)
• Gender Salary Study (2001)
• Faculty Work-Life Study Report (1999)
• Provost's Office houses other University of Michigan reports and updates
• Report of the Faculty Mentoring Study (2004)
• University of Pennsylvania

  The Gender Equity Report

• University of Wisconsin
• Diversity in Faculty Plan for 2008
• Initiative on the Status of Women