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UMSL TOPS NATIONAL AVERAGE ON GENDER EQUALITY (March 11, 2009)

"Keeping Pace, But Not Catching Up," an article in the March 5 issue of Diverse Issues in Higher Education, reports that the University of Missouri–St. Louis has set itself apart when it comes to gender equality. The university has one of the highest percentages of women faculty on the tenure track among U.S. doctoral institutions. According to the story, nearly 59 percent of UMSL's full-time, tenure-track faculty members are women. The article cited a 2006 study from the American Association of University Professors. The study revealed that, nationally, women held 31 percent of tenured faculty posts and 45 percent of the tenure-track positions. Glen Cope (pictured), provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs at UMSL, ascribed gender equality at the university to UMSL Chancellor Tom George and his 2004 Action Plan, which called for an overall increase in tenured and tenure-track faculty. The provost also attributed the hiring process and the "assertive" involvement of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Cope said, "Credit for our success in recruiting women goes to Deborah Burris, director of OEOD, and the chairs and deans who worked with her to make this happen." Click here to download the story from Diverse Issues in Higher Education. (Adobe Reader is required.)