Fall 2008 - Diversity, Equity, and Academic Policy - University of ...

UCSB & Diversity: CACSW
CACSW: The Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the
Status of Women
Photo by Liza Chudnovsky
(From left to right) Front Row: María Herrera-Sobek, Alka Arora, Melissa Bergan, Milinda Cuellar.
Back Row: Patricia Tobar, Patricia Cohen, Carol Dickenson, Jan Smith, Carla Whitacre, Hsiu-Zu
Ho, Anna Morales-Castañeda.
The Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the
Status of Women (CACSW) met this November 3, 2008
to discuss issues related to women at UCSB. Professor
Hsiu-Zu Ho, the Chair of the Committee, convened the
meeting.
The CACSW advises the Chancellor regarding
women on campus and makes recommendations
designed to make the campus environment at UCSB
a friendly and hospitable one. Some of the tasks the
CACSW performs include:
• Analyzes data provided about the status of women
by appropriate offices such as Budget and Planning,
Graduate Division and financial Aid Office (students);
Human Resources and Office of Equal Opportunity
staff); and Academic Personnel (faculty).
• Consults with Senior Officers to understand their
perceptions of the problems of attracting and retaining
women scholars and employees.
• Makes recommendations to the Chancellor on actions
that could be taken to improve the status of women
on campus.
Membership consists of twelve members with
the membership distributed among faculty (5), staff (5)
and students (2).The first meeting reviewed what had
been done in the past with respect to recommendations
to the Chancellor and proposed a future meeting date in
the spring to discuss pending recommendations from
previous years and the progress made on campus with
respect to women on campus.
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