Women's Equity Committee Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: UA-066

Scope and Contents

The Women's Equity Committee Records, 1975-1995, consist primarily of meeting minutes, committee files, and subject files. It includes records of the President's Advisory Council on Women's Issues, which superceded the Women's Equity Committee during the Baker administration.

Dates

created: 1975-1995

Creator

Women's Equity Committee (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Biographical or Historical Information

The Women's Equity Committee (WEC) was created in February 1975 to study salaries of male and female faculty at UND and to recommend salary adjustments. The role of the committee expanded since its beginning to address various issues and concerns regarding the status and professional development of female faculty. WEC sponsored a variety of programs and projects including the Bryn Mawr Summer Institute for Women, the UND Administrative Internship Program, and an annual conference. In the 1980s, the committee began providing professional development grants for female faculty. To underscore the status of the committee, WEC was upgraded to a presidential committee in 1994 and renamed the President's Advisory Council on Women's Issues (PAC-W).

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