The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has established its mission to “advance academic freedom and shared governance, to define fundamental professional values and standards for higher education, and to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.”  As part of this mission, AAUP formed the Committee on Women in the Academic Profession, which created a clearinghouse of resources that might be of use both for female faculty members and for anyone interested in advancing gender equity at their institution.  These resources can be accessed by visiting www.aaup.org/Issues/WomeninHE.

Harvard University, in February 2005, created the Task Force on Women Faculty and the Task Force on Women in Science and Engineering to "develop concrete proposals to reduce barriers to the advancement of women faculty at Harvard" both across the institution and specifically in STEM fields before the end of the academic year.”  To learn more about their findings and to access their full reports, visit www.womenstaskforces.harvard.edu.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) has as its mission the promotion of “equity for all women and girls, lifelong education, and positive societal change.”  Two corporations comprise AAUW, the Association itself, which sponsors public policy efforts, a Leadership and Training Institute, and diversity initiatives, and the AAUW Educational Foundation, which is “the world’s largest source of funding exclusively for graduate women.” The AAUW Legal Advocacy, the nation’s largest legal fund focused solely on sex discrimination in education, is part of the Educational Foundation.   To learn more about AAUW and its myriad programs and resources, visit www.aauw.org. 

Women in Higher Education aims to engage women at different levels in higher education in discussion and reflection on the complex interplay between gender, leadership, and success on campuses.  It is a monthly news journal, designed for practitioners, and names as its goal “to enlighten, encourage, empower and enrage women on campus.”  To learn more about this news journal, including information on how to subscribe, visit www.wihe.com

The International Federation of University Women (IFUW) is committed to promoting lifelong education, improving the status of women and girls, and enabling women to effect positive change for a peaceful world.  Comprised of 79 national affiliates, IFUW is an international non-profit that engages in advocacy, networking, research, conferences, and many other projects undertaken on both a global and local scale. To learn more about IFUW and explore its many resources, visit www.ifuw.org.

The National Women’s Studies Association, NWSA, is committed to developing scholarship, practices, and pedagogies “that incorporate disciplinary, interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, multicultural, and/or global methods and perspectives to advance the study and knowledge of all women and to create critical dialogue on the production of knowledge about and related to all women and on the application of such knowledge to social and political practices and processes.”  Resources include but are not limited to teaching tools, syllabi collections, and information on funding sources.  To learn more about NWSA, visit www.nwsa.org.