Advocating the Need for Flexibility in Tenure-Track and Tenured Faculty Careers: The Case of Rosie Garcia
By Gloria Thomas, Associate Director of the Office of Women in Higher Education, American Council on Education
For several years, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has committed itself to influencing public understanding of the interaction of family and workplace and how the workplace can be restructured to provide more choice for employees. Since 2003, the American Council on Education (ACE) has worked in a successful partnership with the Sloan Foundation, raising awareness for the need to create and implement flexible faculty career paths for tenured and tenure-track faculty through a national dialogue with higher education leaders.

The Duke University Women's Initiative
By Donna Lisker, Ph.D., Director, Duke University Women's Center
In 2002-2003, Duke University undertook a large-scale research project called the Women's Initiative to evaluate equity and opportunity for women in all constituencies at Duke. It unearthed both surprising new data and longstanding, well-understood issues. While the research was confined to that one year, the findings and outcomes continue to reverberate throughout the institution and have affected policy and practice in multiple areas. This article summarizes the history, research design, findings, and longer range outcomes of the project.