Gender Equality | Women's College Coalition

U.S. House Sponsors Establish National Women’s Colleges & Universities Day

Post date: 4/16/2024

Representatives of the Women’s College Coalition (WCC) marked U.S. House Resolution 1091 creating and honoring National Women’s Colleges & Universities Day, to be celebrated on March 5 annually, last month.

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Women and Leadership

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi Holds Discussion with Students from America’s Women’s Colleges

Post date: 3/25/2024

The Women’s College Coalition (WCC) hosted Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, nineteen-term Congresswoman and alumna of Trinity Washington University, for a student-led discussion on “A Woman’s Path to Leadership” with Trinity student leaders on March 19.

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Events

White House & Women’s College Coalition Mark Historic NASA Federal Investment in STEM Pathways for Female Students

Post date: 11/3/2023

Presidents of the Women’s College Coalition (WCC) met with the White House Office of Public Engagement, White House Gender Policy Council, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the National Space Council and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to mark the historic start of the first federal partnership with women’s colleges and universities.

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Announcement

Under Secretary of Defense Joins Women’s College Presidents in Announcing Strategic Partnership to Address Federal Workforce Needs

Post date: 11/3/2023

Presidents representing the Women’s College Coalition (WCC) met with Under Secretary of Defense for Engineering and Research, Heidi Shyu at the Pentagon to announce a strategic partnership to recruit women’s college STEM students for the Department’s SMART Scholarship program. The October 26, 2023 meeting launched the first ever Department of Defense initiative with the WCC, who represents 30 women’s colleges in the U.S.

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Announcement

Seven WCC Institutions Awarded NASA Funding to Address the Gender Gap in STEM Fields

Post date: 6/13/2023

NASA's Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) will award more than $5 million in funding to 7 Women's Colleges and Universities to research and advance solutions to close the gender gap for women in STEM.

This funding opportunity is a direct result of the White House Executive Order 14035 “Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce.”

To read the full press release from NASA, click here.

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Announcement

"Gender crisis is in pay, not college enrollment", by President Carine Feyten - Texas Woman's University

Post date: 6/23/2022

In a recent article published on The Dallas Morning News, Texas Woman's University President, Carine Feyten, deploys recent research to illustrate how popular concerns over the "crisis" of male enrollment miss the point. Read how she reframes the matter to bring attention back to the gender pay gap.

Click here to read the full article.

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Gender Matters

“The business case for women's colleges”, by President Meredith Woo – Sweet Briar College

Post date: 3/26/2020

In a recent article published on The Hill, Sweet Briar College President, Meredith Woo, talks about how women’s colleges prioritize women’s leadership in their curriculums.

According to President Woo, women’s liberal arts colleges work and provide a strong return on investment by preparing “their students in ways that co-ed institutions have been unable to. For example, graduates from women’s colleges report their college was extremely or very effective in helping prepare them for their first job compared to those who went to public institutions (81 percent to 61 percent). Students from women’s colleges are almost twice as likely to complete a graduate degree as a public university alumna. All of these outcomes help women achieve in the business world”, argues Woo.

Click here to read the full article.

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