The Office of Faculty Development and Equity is committed to creating a supportive and diverse environment for over 1,500 scholars who comprise Drexel's faculty. Read more...
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RAISE Project
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The RAISE project is designed to increase the status of professional women through enhanced Recognition of the Achievements of Women In Science, Medicine, and Engineering. Current programs of The RAISE Project include a national awards clearinghouse with a web-based list of national awards, a web-based list of women candidates, and preparation of nominations of outstanding women for selected national awards. For details and a full listing of awards go to http://www.raiseproject.org.
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Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
Drexel University is a member of the NJ/Eastern PA/DE HERC, a regional network of colleges and universities that have joined together to create a web-based search engine that lists available faculty and staff openings in this geographic region. The database is available free of charge and we encourage its use especially for dual career searches for the partners of Drexel faculty members. For more information on the HERC, please visit www.njepadeherc.org. -
Drexel University Office of Faculty Development and Equity, collaboratively with Drexel Human Resources, also offers personal assistance with dual career issues for partners of Drexel faculty members. For assistance, please contact Janet Fleetwood at 215-895-1827.
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Faculty Development & Equity News and Events .
Updated Resource - Faculty Recruitment Handbook
Click here for an updated version of the "Handbook for Faculty Recruitment," created by the Office of Faculty Development & Equity.
New Resource - Guidebook for International Faculty
Click here for a PDF version of the new Guidebook for International Faculty created by the Office of Faculty Development & Equity and the Office of International Programs.
Updated Resource - Brochure on Work-LIfe Balance
Click here for an updated version of the brochure "Work-LIfe Balance Matters at Drexel University," created by the Office of Faculty Development & Equity.
New Resource - Current Issues in Faculty Development and Equity
Click here for this new resource, to be updated on a quarterly basis.
Association for Women in Science (AWIS) STEMiNARS:
AWIS has developed a number of virtual-based professional programs to meet the professional needs of women in science, engineering, technology, mathematical, and medical fields. Click here for further information.
Resources for Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty
Click here for a PDF version of the Resource Guide for Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty.
Click here for the section of the DCAE website with useful information for Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty.
Click here for information on Adjunct and Part-Time Faculty Workshops as well as other DCAE faculty events taking place during Academic Year 2011-2012.
Recommendations on Partner Accommodation and Dual Career Appointments:
The American Association of University Professors’ Committee on Women in the Academic Profession formed a subcommittee to explore dual-career issues. They released a formal statement that includes recommendations that you can find here:
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/comm/rep/dual.htm
Please note that many of these resources, including membership in our regional Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, are now available at Drexel. For additional assistance in career resources for partners of Drexel faculty members, please contact the Office of Faculty Development and Equity.
Drexel's Commitment to Diversity
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act - Resources for Nursing Mothers
As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 that was signed into effect in March 2010, the Fair Labor Standards Act was amended to provide breaks for nursing mothers. Section 4207 requires employers to provide a “reasonable break time” for an employee to express breast milk for her nursing child for up to one year after the child’s birth each time the employee needs to express milk. The employer is not required to compensate the employee for this break time. The amendment also requires employers to provide a place for the employee to express breast milk. The place, which cannot be a bathroom, must be “shielded from view and free from intrusion from co-workers and the public.” To reserve a room, please contact Belinda Baxter at bb32@drexel.edu or 215-895-2852. For information about the law please contact Nadia McCrimmon at nm64@drexel.edu or 215-895-2560.
Female Nobelists Make Gender Plea (Philadelphia Inquirer, December 7, 2009)
STOCKHOLM - The two women who shared this year's Nobel Prize in medicine with a male winner yesterday urged scientific institutions to change their career structures, including encouraging part-time research, to help more women reach top positions even as they care for families. Americans Elizabeth H. Blackburn and Carol W. Greider said as many women as men start out in science but are often unable to advance after having children because of a lack of flexibility. "The career structure is very much a career structure that has worked for men," Blackburn said. Greider said she especially wants to see measures to get more women onto committees and decision-making positions. The two laureates spoke to reporters ahead of this week's Nobel Prize ceremony. They will share this year's 10 million kronor ($1.4 million) medicine prize with countryman Jack W. Szostak. - AP
