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Sunday, December 25, 2005
Joint statement by the
presidents of the top nine US universities on gender equity in higher education
The following statement by the
leaders of the top 9 research institutions in the
In 2001, we came together as a
group to state publicly that "institutions of higher education have an
obligation, both for themselves and for the nation, to develop and utilize fully
all the creative talent available." That statement, which we reaffirm today,
recognizes that barriers still exist to the full participation of women, not
only in science and engineering, but also in academic fields throughout higher
education.
In the summer of 2005,
representatives from our nine universities convened to share best practices and
specific initiatives addressing faculty with family responsibilities. While
considerable progress has been made since 2001, we acknowledge that there are
still significant steps to be taken toward making academic careers compatible
with family care-giving responsibilities.
Our goal as research
universities is to create conditions in which all faculty are capable of the
highest level of academic achievement. Continuing to develop
academic personnel
The future excellence of our
institutions depends on our ability to provide equitable and productive career
paths for all faculty.
David Baltimore, California
Institute of Technology
Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard
University
Susan Hockfield, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
Shirley M. Tilghman, Princeton
University
John Hennessy, Stanford
University
Robert Birgeneau, University of
California, Berkeley
Mary Sue Coleman, University of
Michigan
Amy Gutmann, University of
Pennsylvania
Richard C. Levin, Yale University
http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/12/06_geneq.shtml
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