One of the primary goals of the LEAP Conference in Gender Equity is to provide a forum where university participants can gather information and advice that will facilitate moving gender equity to the next level at their institution. The conference is structured so participants can draw upon the challenges and successes that others have faced when they created or institutionalized gender equity initiatives to inform their own nascent or future efforts related to similar programs and activities.
To enable participants to capitalize upon others experiences and insights, we have planned time for individualized discussion with deans who have engaged in a variety of efforts. We hope that the roundtable sessions will provide you with an opportunity to explore options for further expanding your efforts related to gender equity. The working team session should offer a time for the team from your institution to reflect upon what you have learned, generate next steps for your institution, and prioritize future resource allocation.
To assist schools to draw upon their previous success as they look toward issues of gender equity they would like to focus on in the next few years, the LEAP conference has recruited a number of deans who have had extensive experience in various areas of gender equity to share their experience.