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Make plans now for the 2009 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, November 11-14
 Early bird member registration rate (by October 5): $450
Regular rate (after October 5): $500
Non-member rate: $600
Wednesday pre-conference workshop, Conflict Management for Deans: $195
Saturday post-conference workshop, Stepping Up II: Beyond the Deanship: $105
Saturday post-conference workshop, Decanal Participation in Facilities Projects: $105
Marriott Baltimore Waterfront: $195 single/double plus tax
Registration opens August 1, 2009 at www.ccas.net
Proposal submitted to the National Science Foundation
The underrepresentation of women among the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) faculty, and in particular, its senior academic ranks, is well known. An emerging body of research has illustrated the multiple factors that contribute to this phenomenon, which include an unwelcoming and isolating climate, inflexible institutional policies and procedures that disproportionantely disadvantage women, and conscious and unconscious biases that can negatively impact the hiring and advancement of women. Recognizing that academic deans play a pivotal role in the recruitment, retention, and advancement of STEM women faculty, CCAS is pursuing its first-ever effort to solicit support from a federal funding agency.
For the past year, under the leadership of President Denise A. Battles, CCAS has been in discussions with personnel from the University of Washington's Leadership Excellence for Academic Diversity (LEAD) program, resulting in a collaborative grant proposal to the National Science Foundation's ADVANCE program. The goal of the ADVANCE program is "to develop systemic approaches to increase the representation and advancement of women in STEM careers." With support from NSF-ADVANCE, LEAD has offered national leadership workshops for chairs, deans, and emerging faculty leaders since 2007. The workshops provide general information of interest to mid-level adminsitrators throughout which gender equity content is infused. With its own ADVANCE award winding down (the final workshop will be held this summer), the project proposed by CCAS will facilitate the adaptation of high-impact practices from LEAD into CCAS's professional-development programs, such as the New Deans' and Department Chairs' Seminars.
Objectives of the CCAS ADVANCE Initiative are to: 1) infuse gender equity content and activities into CCAS's professional-development programs is a sustainable way; 2) maximize opportunities for positive impacts of the initiative on individuals underrepresented in STEM disciplines; 3) develop, utilize, and make widely available a set of robust case studies that incorporates gender equity elements; and 4) implement a demographic and career trajectory analysis of the CCAS membership to characterize employment patterns among deans with STEM oversight and identify any gender disparities. These objectives will support the overarching aim of the project, which is to cultivate academic leaders who are more knowledgeable about STEM gender-equity issues, more able and motivated to address those issues, and thus be better positioned to effect positive and transofmrational change in their own colleges and departments.
A funding decision is expected by early fall 2009. If funded, the participation of CCAS deans in various project activities, including an internal advisory committee, will be solicited. Individuals interested in more information may contact CCAS President Denise Battles at denise.battles@unco.edu. More information about the LEAD workshops, including the June 2009 workshop, is available at www.engr.washington.edu/lead/.
CCAS Member Benefits
The Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, a network of deans, fosters leadership and administration in colleges and schools of arts and sciences. In pursuit of our mission, CCAS connects deans with each other, provides professional development, serves as a forum for discussing issues in higher education, and advocates for liberal learning.
All arts and/or science decanal staff of a participating college within an institution are eligible for the following benefits:
1) password and access to the 'Members Only' area of the CCAS web site
2) bimonthly newsletters
3) discounted registration fees at seminars and the Annual Meeting
4) participation in both the data collection and receipt of the New Hires Survey report
5) a 'deans only' listserv for discussion of issues and networking with other Deans, and a listserv for associate and assistant deans
6) annual membership directory
7) access to the CCAS membership mailing list for searches, college newsletters, etc.
Note: Passwords are assigned to member Deans, Associate, and Assistant Deans. If you do not remember your password, go to the Members Only page, enter your email address under Login, and click "Forgot My Password." The website will email you the password shortly. If the web site doesn't send you your password it is because your email address either isn't in the database or is different from the one in the database. For assistance, email (ccas@wm.edu).
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