The Association for Women Faculty

The Millennium Projects Overview

(Text from the report linked at left.)

"The most significant initiative to support women in higher education at the University of Arizona as the year 2000 begins is the UA Millennium Project: Enhancing Campus Climate for Academic Excellence.

The Millennium Project was initiated in part as a response to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology study on the status of women faculty in science, and has received the complete endorsement of University of Arizona President Peter Likins. The work of the Millennium Project is prompted by the observation that women are underrepresented in faculty positions at different levels at The University of Arizona, and that even in cases where women are not statistically under-represented, their voices are not always being heard. Not only are there gaps between salary levels of female and male faculty members, but salary disparities can be viewed as an outcome of the cumulative effects of discrepancies between male and female faculty in availability of research funds and lab space; teaching assignments and advising workload; collegial support; appointments to key committees; and roles in departmental, college, and university decisions.

The aim of the Millennium Project is to enhance the development of an institutional culture at The University of Arizona that fosters productivity, creativity, and academic excellence. The Project supports The University of Arizona's goal of achieving an enabling academic climate that will allow all faculty, staff, and students to be productive and unhindered by any impediments due to considerations of gender or race/ethnicity. "

See the full project report here: The Millennium Projects Reports

The Millennum Task Force Committee

As co-sponsors of the Millennium Report, AWF is taking an active role in ensuring that the needs and desires of the members are being met.  This taskforce will act as a conduit between the AWF membership and the various Millennium Oversight groups that have been formed to see that the recommendations of the Millennium Project Report are implemented.

Chair:
Maureen Kelly 
Family and Consumer Sciences
FCS Bldg.
621-7127
mekelly@ag.arizona.edu