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AAC&U Annual Meeting
January 26-29, 2011

Program on the Status and Education of Women (PSEW)

40th Anniversary Celebration: 1971-2011

The year 2011 marks the 40th Anniversary of AAC&U’s Program on the Status and Education of Women, the oldest office of women in a higher education association.  In its history, PSEW has had only two directors: Bernice Sandler (1971-1991) and Caryn McTighe Musil (who became director in 1992). On Campus with Women, now edited by Kathryn Peltier Campbell, has been published continuously since 1971.

To honor four decades of leadership in advocating greater equality for women in higher education, the year-long PSEW celebration is called Beyond Limits.

More information about PSEW and Beyond Limits is available now.

We are pleased that the Annual Meeting will include events to honor PSEW, and we invite you to join the activities:

Wednesday, January 26, 8:15-9:45 pm

AAC&U’s Welcoming Reception
Please join us at the reception as we celebrate PSEW’s anniversary with cake, sparkling cider, and a glass of wine.

Thursday, January 27, 7:00-8:30 am

Networking Breakfast for Women Faculty and Administrators
Catharine Stimpson, New York University

Catharine R. Stimpson is University Professor and former Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University. She previously served as Director of the Fellows Program at the MacArthur Foundation and, before that, was Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Catharine Stimpson was the founding editor of Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Her public service has included the chairs of the New York State Council for the Humanities, the National Council for Research on Women, and the Ms. Magazine Board of Scholars.

Friday, January 28, 2:45-4:00 pm

Getting to a World Without Limits for Women and Girls: 2011-2051
As we celebrate 40 years of AAC&U’s Program on the Status and Education of Women, we look toward the next 40 years as a time when renewed commitments will overcome remaining barriers so women and girls across colors, classes, and cultures can flourish in higher education and beyond. AAC&U welcomes expert panelists to discuss the challenges to equity in the twenty-first century and the measures needed to dissolve remaining limits in global education, economic participation, and leadership.
Mary Ann Mason, Center on Health, Economics, and Family Security, University of California­–Berkeley; Yolanda Moses, Office of the Vice Provosts, University of California–Riverside; and Christine Min Wotipka, School of Education, Stanford University
This session is sponsored by PSEW

Saturday, 8:30-10:45 am

Women’s Inclusive Leadership: A Global Currency, Four Decades and Beyond
Over the past four decades, women’s leadership has been critical to creating institutions of higher education that are more inclusive of people across difference and more attentive to the concerns of a diverse and globally interconnected world. Over time, women in higher education have transformed what is possible when it comes to women’s leadership, and with it, what is possible in higher education. As we look toward the next forty years, the question is: What’s next? This interactive session will draw on AAC&U affiliate Campus Women Lead’s work to reflect on past realities and future possibilities for women’s inclusive leadership in higher education. Using vignettes and analysis, it will consider how women’s leadership has evolved to transform the academy and its impact in the world at large.
Lupe Gallegos-Diaz, Multicultural Student Development, University of California–Berkeley; Carol Hollenshead, Center for the Education of Women, University of Michigan; Patricia Lowrie, Women’s Resource Center, Michigan State University; Donna Maeda, Department of Critical Theory and Social Justice, Occidental College; and Yolanda Moses, Office of the Vice Provosts, University of California–Riverside
This session is sponsored by Campus Women Lead