Gender Equity In Higher Education: Challenges And Solutions, Wednesday, November 2, 2005

Gender Equity in Higher Education: Challenges and Solutions Wednesday, November 2, 2005 6:30 p.m. Blodgett Auditorium

Leslie Annexstein, J.D., Director of the American Association of University Women, Legal Advocacy Fund, John W. Curtis, Ph.D., Director of research at the American Association of University Professors, and Gloria Thomas, Ph.D., associate project director for the "Creating Options Project: Faculty Tenure" at the American Council on Education/Office of Women in Higher Education will explore pressing issues facing higher education with respect to gender equity, sex discrimination and harassment, underrepresentation, and the marginalization. Faculty and students from all disciplines, education administrators, high school teachers, parents, and secondary students are encouraged to attend this engaging conversation.

This lecture is part of the Gender Equity Lecture Series sponsored by the Athletic department, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, and the departments of Sociology and Women's Studies. For more information, please contact Belinda Guthrie, x7584. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability accommodations should contact Campus Activities, x5370.

For more information about the series visit:
http://collegerelations.vassar.edu/2005/1915/
All lectures in the series are free and open to the public.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

This article was posted on Monday, October 31st, 2005.