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Ruby Sinreich
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join the club
Ruby, join the club. My name was missing too.
few women
There are only 5 women on this committee. More than 50% of the campus is female. When will things change?
Only when...
enough women DEMAND it! Unfortunately, not nearly enough are doing it right now.
Been demanding for years
Well, I suggested this at a Chancellor selection forum in 2007. And when I complained about this stuff after Thorp's selection was announced in 2008 everyone acted like I was Debbie Downer.
The key here is....
ENOUGH women
Men
Nothing will change as long as this is seen as women's problem, or people of color's problem, etc. It's going to take enough MEN to recognize that we ALL benefit from women's leadership and to actively work to both recruit and make room for women to lead.Power still concedes nothing without a struggle. If injustice is only a concern for the wronged, it will take a revolution to force involuntary change. Do I have to occupy South Building? Again?
Agree
While I agree with Ruby, I also think the women who are in power have to become more avid feminists and begin to advocate for more women. For example, there are 13 members of the Board of Trustees (the ones who appoint individuals to the chancellor search committee). Nine are appointed by the legislature and 4 are appointed by the governor (who, for now, is a woman). So there really should be more than 3 women trustees, even if the governor had used all 4 of her slots for women appointees.
Wow
Wow, I can't believe there are only 5 women on the search committee (although statistically it's about the same as our representation in the General Assembly). I'd say that stat makes the chances we have a new Head White Guy in Charge next summer pretty high...not that it'll shock anyone.