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July 19, 2024
The magazine of the Association of Governing Boards of Colleges and Universities (AGB) recently published an article written by Jane Scaccetti, WNLI co-chair and member of the Board of Temple University. Titled “Who Is Missing From Your Board? Why board composition, transparency, and accountability to stakeholders should matter to higher education boards,” the article explains the value and purpose of diversity on boards of institutions of higher education and why transparency about board composition is fundamental to stakeholder accountability. Read the full article.
Vicki Kramer and Carolyn Adams wrote in response to an Opinion Guest Essay authored by Amol S. Navathe published on December 4. NYT subscribers can read the article here
Large nonprofits should disclose the race and gender of their board members, coalition urges. Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers can read the article.
Vicki Kramer, WNLI Chair, wrote “We Need Data to Ensure Equity on Boards of Eds and Meds” for the Women Change Worlds Blog of the Wellesley Centers for Women.
More women and people of color on university and hospital boards, report says, but few chair them. Inquirer subscribers can access the full article.
Liberal Education (the flagship quarterly of the American Association of Colleges and Universities) published an article by WNLI’s Vicki Kramer and Carolyn Adams entitled: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Boardroom.
A Key to Diversity in Nonprofit Boardrooms: Mobilize Donors to Force Change. Posted with permission of the Chronicle of Philanthropy.
More Women Physicians Needed on University/Health Systems Boards.
Philadelphia ‘Eds and Meds’ Boards Slowly Bringing On More Women. Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers can read this article online.
WNLI highlighted trailblazing women for Women’s History Month on Twitter.
Female representation on hospital boards: 4 research findings.
Increasing Diversity on the Boards of Colleges and Universities.
In Our Health and Educational Systems, The Time for Board Diversity Is Now.
Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative study takes a look at gender diversity on eds-and-meds boards.
Report shows lack of women on board of trustees.
Report details the gender gap on boards of Philly’s nonprofit meds and eds.
Women ‘severely underrepresented’ on Philly hospital boards, study finds.
Female board members outnumbered by men at Philly’s colleges and hospitals, new study finds. Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers can read this article online.
Local boards must push for gender diversity. Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers can read this article online.