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Committee on the Status of Women |
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Committee Charge 2003-2004 through 2005-2006 From the ACM Advisory Board of Deans, July 2003 |
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The ACM Committee on the Status of Women consists of members from six ACM campuses in addition to one member of the Executive Committee of the Advisory Board of Deans. The Deans' representative will serve a two-year term. Campus members will serve overlapping three-year terms. The Committee will elect a chair and chair-elect; each will serve one year in this position. [See special charge (1) and (2) below.] The Committee has been constituted by the Advisory Board of Deans in order to provide advice and counsel on advancing the status of women on our member campuses, including such issues as advancing women in higher education administration, addressing gender-based differences in academic job satisfaction, and assuring the full participation of women in existing ACM initiatives, such as Global Partners, technology programs, and other faculty development projects. The Committee will also serve as a consortial liaison to other higher education initiatives involving the status of women in the professoriate (e.g., the AAC&U's National Agenda for Women in Higher Education). The Committee does not have a governance function, but will recommend and carry out appropriate consortial projects with clearly stated rationales and objectives through which the interests of women faculty and staff members can be advanced; or through which campuses are assisted in developing programs and practices to support women in our student bodies, faculty and staff. From time to time, the Committee may also share information among member campuses regarding the status of women. The Committee may also recommend priorities for consortial initiatives to the Advisory Board of Deans and Board of Directors. The Board of Directors and Advisory Board of Deans will determine which projects to pursue and, from time to time, may ask the Committee to coordinate particular initiatives. The Committee will meet two times each year. [See special charge (3) below.] The Committee shall submit to the Advisory Board of Deans and the ACM Office written minutes and an annual report of its activities. The Committee shall also submit to the ACM office announcements and a calendar of meetings for posting on the ACM web site. At the end of three years, the Advisory Board of Deans will assess the impact of the charge and structure of the Committee. |
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Special Charge for 2003-2004 1. The Committee has been initially constituted with one faculty or staff member from each of six campuses who will serve for a two-year term. The Committee is asked during its first year to determine a system through which terms of service are staggered so as to provide continuity to the Committee, as well as distributing appointments throughout the ACM Colleges. 2. The Deans' representative will serve for several years. For example, a two-year term could be synchronized with the newly enlarged Executive Committee's revised functions:
The Committee is asked during its first year to suggest how the role of the Deans' representative would be most effective, to clarify his/her status (Committee member or liaison), and to propose an appropriate term of service which will provide continuity to communications between the Committee and the Advisory Board of Deans. 3. The Committee is asked to propose how best to schedule closed and/or open meetings so as to facilitate its work while allowing the participation of campuses not represented in the Committee membership during a particular year. The Committee will hold two meetings during 2003-2004 and make its recommendations to the Advisory Board of Deans by June 2004. |
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