Faculty are typically required to serve on university committees as part of their workload expectations. One university’s approach to supporting and fostering women in leadership was to create and financially fund a committee tasked with these efforts. The Advancing Women in Leadership (AWiL) committee at Concordia University Irvine (CUI) benefits from a mix of women in a range of roles to include faculty, staff, and administrators who work remotely and on campus. Committee members strategically represent a range of departments and schools from within the university at large. Taking a theory-to-practice approach, three members of AWiL combined individual leadership contexts and perspectives and worked together in support of larger goals and practical outputs.
Distinguishing Your University with Teaching Excellence
Colleges and universities do many things to distinguish themselves with excellence, from chasing rankings to highlighting Fulbright research to touting their alumni. But one rarely used tool is to distinguish
Corbin M. Campbell
November 18, 2024
