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AAC&U affiliate Campus Women Lead (CWL) promotes “a multicultural women-led agenda for the sustained transformation of higher education” through workshops, publications, and a community listserv. These projects are informed by CWL’s belief in “the capacity of each woman to exercise leadership in and from whatever position she holds; the necessity of multicultural alliances across multiple identities, communities, and sectors of our institutions; and the transformational power of women acting individually, collectively, and strategically” (from the Web site). For more information about CWL projects and initiatives, visit www.aacu.org/campuswomenlead.

The American Council on Education (ACE) is working to diversify higher education’s executive leadership through the Spectrum Initiative: Advancing Diversity in the College Presidency. As outlined on the ACE Web site, the initiative’s goals are: “to broaden and strengthen the leadership pipeline for women and racial/ethnic minority administrators and prepare them for senior leadership positions in higher education; to ensure that the presidential search and selection process is widely inclusive; and to promote on-campus leadership development, mentoring, and succession planning.” For more information and related publications, visit www.acenet.edu.  

The National Council of Research on Women (NCRW) is currently sponsoring Diversifying the Leadership of Women’s Research Centers, a two-year initiative to increase the participation of historically underrepresented women of color as leaders within NCRW member centers. In support of this goal, NCRW has awarded Ford Foundation-funded grants to six centers with the goal of advancing their work to promote diverse and inclusive leadership. For more information about the initiative and to access NCRW’s higher education resources, visit www.ncrw.org.

The American College Personnel Administration’s (ACPA’s) Standing Committee for Women (SCW) works to improve the climate for women professionals in student affairs. Ongoing programs include annual EmpowHer fellowships, designed to help early career women become involved in the committee’s work and in ACPA at large, as well as develop their professional skills and advance their career goals. The Web site includes resources such as an archive of the SCW’s newsletter, the Muse. For more information, visit www.myacpa.org/sc/scw/.

Saint Mary’s College advances women’s intercultural knowledge and competence through its Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL). With programs focused on leadership education, global education, and research and scholarship, the center “promotes human transformation and systemic change…by providing challenging, justice-based educational opportunities” (from the Web site). Of particular note is the center’s Catalyst Trip, which connects Saint Mary’s faculty, staff, and students with community leaders in a weeklong journey exploring questions of power and privilege. To learn more about CWIL, visit www.centerforwomeninleadership.org. 

The American Psychological Association began publishing its quarterly Journal of Diversity in Higher Education in March 2008. Edited by Michael R. Stevenson, this multidisciplinary journal “offers research findings, theory, and promising practices to help guide the efforts of institutions of higher education in the pursuit of inclusive excellence” (from the Web site). To subscribe or learn about submission guidelines, visit www.apa.org/journals/dhe/.