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Beyond March: Supporting Women on the Path to the College Presidency

ACE — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 19:46:13 +0000

In the wake of Women’s History Month, it’s a good time to pause and reflect on the significance of our efforts to honor and uplift women. Amidst the flurry of acknowledgments and celebrations we see every March, there’s a deeper conversation to be had about how we support women on their professional journeys in higher education. We know the numbers. The ...

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An Unrecognized Bias Contributing to the Gender Gap in the College Presidency

ACE — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:04:22 +0000

This blog post is part of the American College President Study body of work generously supported by the TIAA Institute. Since the founding of American higher education, college and university presidents have generally been White men—even initially at women’s colleges. While women have been outpacing men in degree attainment for decades, the leadership of colleges and universities has remained predominantly male. ...

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The 5 Percent: Action Steps for Institutions Investing in Women of Color

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 21 Oct 2019 17:23:13 +0000

By Ashley L. Gray, Jennifer R. Crandall, and Morgan Taylor For other posts on succession planning, see A Call to Action Regarding Succession Planning and Sustainability and Takeaways for Career and Succession Planning From the 2018-19 Class of ACE Fellows. The face of the college presidency has changed in recent years, moving slowly away from the monolithic profile of the past (White men ...

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Women’s Colleges Hold the Key to Our Future

Laurie Arnston — Thu, 29 Nov 2018 20:08:43 +0000

By Elizabeth Hillman and John Marx John Marx is blogging about his year in the ACE Fellows Program in a series of posts centered on the idea of “place” in American higher education leadership. Marx, professor and chair of the English Department at University of California, Davis, is spending his year working with President Elizabeth Hillman at Mills College in Oakland, California. It’s no ...

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College and University Presidents Paving the Way to a Successful Women’s Network

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:01:18 +0000

Nicole Stokes DuPass considers the importance of presidential sponsors to the ACE Women’s Network state chapters. Engaging presidential sponsors is vital to the long-term strategy and success of the ACE Women’s Network, which is composed of state networks that work on a local level to help advance and support women in higher education. The particulars of how, when, and how often ...

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ACE at 100: Advocating for Women in Higher Education

ACE — Mon, 04 Jun 2018 14:39:23 +0000

As ACE celebrates its centennial in 2018, this is one in a series of posts that look at how ACE initiatives have left an impression on the higher education landscape and impacted peoples’ lives. Throughout its history, ACE has worked to support the inclusion of women in all aspects of higher education. From advocating women’s right to work in the 1920s ...

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Advisor, Teacher, Role Model: The Importance of Mentors in Cultivating the Next Generation of Women Leaders

Laurie Arnston — Tue, 08 May 2018 12:54:59 +0000

Although women higher education leaders continue to be underrepresented at institutions across the country, many women have established rewarding and successful careers in the field—thanks in part to having had role models and mentors whose paths they could follow. Below, Ann Marie Klotz and Teri Bump, Kara Gravley-Stack, and Thomas L. Keon discuss the vital importance of mentors in advancing through ...

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Revitalizing an ACE Women’s Network

ACE — Wed, 25 Apr 2018 16:06:13 +0000

By Lisa Guion Jones There has been progress in increasing the number of women leaders in higher education over the years, but the progress has been slow. According to ACE’s American College President Study 2017, only 30 percent of the nation’s college and university presidents are women, up by just a few percentage points over the past decade. ACE’s collaborative, multi-association ...

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Intercultural and International: Student Leadership Exchanges at VCUQatar

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:00:33 +0000

By Valerie Jeremijenko Student leadership programing in any college environment demands a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses personal development, experiential learning, theoretical modeling, and relevance to the students’ various disciplines. When developing women’s leadership programing in the Middle East, we need to add to that considerations of the historical and cultural barriers to women’s participation in the workforce, cross-cultural and intercultural communication ...

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Gender Identity and Global Assignments: Lessons From My Time in Korea

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 07:00:32 +0000

By Gbemi Disu In project management, the term “triple constraints” refers to the three most common restrictions that a project encounters: cost, scope, and schedule. In a previous life as a member of the Six Sigma Black belt team for a global bank, this information was often top of my mind and helped to drive my business decisions. Turns out, it ...

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Building Momentum: Lessons Learned and Success Strategies of the Utah State Women’s Network

Laurie Arnston — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 18:46:29 +0000

By Jessica Egbert The ACE Women’s Network started in 1977 as a national “network of networks,” including networks from each state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia, with the goal of advancing and supporting women in higher education. This post is the first in a series highlighting the innovative efforts and successes of state networks across the country. Use the ...

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Looking Ahead to Diversifying the College Presidency

Laurie Arnston — Mon, 14 Aug 2017 11:00:13 +0000

By Jennifer R. Crandall, Lorelle L. Espinosa & Morgan Taylor Despite the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that set a clearer path for women and racial/ethnic minorities pursuing top leadership positions in this country’s public and private sectors, their underrepresentation remains a reality—dare we say a tradition—in the United States. Higher education’s C-suite is no exception. Findings from ...

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