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New Status on Women Report

The University Commission on Women, a presidentially- appointed commission, is pleased to release the second edition of the Status of Women at the University of Houston: Students, Staff, and Faculty report. Authored by three commission members, the report documents the status of female staff, faculty, and staff on campus. The report reveals that women have made some progress since the issuance of the first report in 2007, but also documents some areas where women still lag behind their male counterparts. For instance, there are continued disparities in the number of full professor positions and staff, faculty and coaches’ salaries. The report concludes with a series of recommendations for the campus community to consider adopting to increase equity for women on campus. Download your PDF copy.


The University Commission on Women is responsible for informing and advising the President and other senior administrative leaders, as well as the general university community, on issues and concerns that have an impact on women at the University of Houston. The Commission reports to the President of the University of Houston. Two priority objectives adopted by the Commission are (1) to retain strong faculty and (2) to create a family-friendly environment.
 

Our mission includes: identifying the concerns of women at the University; promoting gender equality throughout all areas of the University community; recommending to the appropriate administrative offices ways to address the concerns of women at the University; communicating and collaborating with other committees and organizations to provide support, advocacy, and information regarding women's issues; and raising awareness regarding behaviors, actions, issues, policies, and procedures that affect the status of women.

Our 2011 goals include:

  • Working with Deans and Chairs to improve tenure track faculty support and development per the TT survey results
  • Collect and share data on existing (and successful) UH faculty mentoring programs
  • Explore best practices for female associate professors to seek full professor rank
  • Continued participation in forums and meetings around child care on campus and how to support student parents
  • Coordinate with HR to create a staff development program for career progression
  • Continued dissemination and monitoring of the UH Domestic Benefit Report
  • Review lactation room policies to ensure supervisors are correctly understanding and implementing the policy (working with HR)
  • Review the faculty and staff maternity and paternity leave pool policy; explore how other Tier 1 institutions are addressing this issue (working with HR)
  • Update the 2007 UH Status of Women Report