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Resources on the Campus Climate for Women, Sexual Harassment, and Other Workplace Issues

You will find copies of these books/publications as well as other publications in the Affirmative Action Office, where you are encouraged to review or borrow materials.

Bernice R. Sandler, Lisa A. Silverberg and Roberta M. Hall The Chilly Classroom Climate A Guide to Improve the Education of Women. Published by the National Association for Women in Education, 1996.
Angela B. Ginorio Warming the Climate for Women in Academic Science. Association of American Colleges and Universities, 1995.
Virginia L. Wolf, editor Improving the Climate of the College Classroom; A Monograph of Individual Projects. Published by Office of Equal Opportunity Programs and Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin System, 1993.
 Deborah d'Entrement, director  VIDEO: Inequity in the Classroom. A multi-media package containing a training and reference manual for professors and adult educators. Office On The Status Of Women, Concordia University. Length: 00:26:41. Available for use through the Affirmative Action Office.
 The Chilly Collective, editors Breaking Anonymity: The Chilly Climate for Women Faculty. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995.
Robert M. O'Neill Free Speech in the College Community. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1997.
Robert M. O'Neill The Chronicle of Higher Education, "First Amendment Rights When Discourse Offends or Demeans," September 19, 1997, pp. B6 - B7.
 Gary Pavela Synthesis: Law and Policy in Higher Education, Summer, 1994, pp. 423-425; Winter, 1997.
 Mary Bray Pipher Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls. New York: Balantine Books, 1995.
Jerry Useem Inc., "Harvard Business School's 'Woman Problem." June, 1998, pp. 33-44, 38-39.
James Q. Wilson The Moral Sense. New York: Free Press, 1993.
 Rice University  Rice University Policy #830-92 Sexual Harassment Policy.

HANDBOOKS AND MATERIALS FOR THE MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR

Thompson Publishing Group, 1999
Major contributor: Dr. Bernice Sandler
Educator’s Guide to Controlling Sexual Harassment. A resource manual, with monthly newsletters and manual update inserts.
National Association of College and University Attorneys, 1997 Sexual Harassment on Campus: A Legal Compendium, Third Edition. (Articles, outlines, policy guidelines, etc.)
The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Technical Assistance Program, April 1997 Sex Discrimination Issues.. (EEOC Fact Sheet on Sexual Harassment, Policy guidelines, Employer liability, etc.)
Commerce Clearing House, Inc. 1992

Sexual Harassment Manual for Managers and Supervisors. How to prevent and resolve sexual harassment complaints in the workplace.




BROCHURES & POLICY STATEMENTS

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Rice University Collegiality Memo. Collegial Statement of the Rice Unversity Faculty on Amorous Relationships between faculty and students.

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Rice University Policy #830-96 Sexual Harassment Policy.

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Rice University Policy #815-96 Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Policy.

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Rice University Sexual Harassment brochure, What is it? What can you do? Can it happen to you? Can it happen here? Guide for Faculty, Staff, and Students.



VIDEO LIBRARY

American Media Inc., 21 minutes.

. This video was designed to be shown to all employees. It defines sexual harassment, gives examples of each type and presents ideas on the prevention of sexual harassment and how to stop it if it does occur.
Western Illinois University, 40 minutes. Sexual Harassment on Campus: Faculty Perspectives. This video is a valuable training tool. The video consits of three scenarios, portrayed by the students, that depict situations specific to the academic setting.
Office on the Status of Women, Concordia University, 26 minutes, 41 seconds. Inequity in the Classroom. This video examines the often subtle and inadvertent sexual and racial biases that women students frequently encounter in colleges, universities and adult education settings.



ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Michelle A. Paludi , Richard B. Barickman. State University of New York Press, 1991.

ACADEMIC AND WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT, A resource manual. This book represents the first comprehensive resource manual for understanding and preventing sexual harassment in the academic community and in the workplace.

R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.. American Management Association, 1991.

Beyond Race and Gender, Unleashing the Power of Your Total Workforce by Manageing Diversity.

University of Minnesota, Commission on Women, 1993. Guide to Improving the Campus Climate for Women.
Sandra L. Hanson. Temple University Press, 1996.

Lost Talent: Women in the Sciences. Sandra Hanson demonstates the progressive loss of women of science--and science to women--through discriminatory actions and policies of key institutions.

Nat’l Association for Women in Education About Women on Campus. Quarterly peridical.
Cox. Matthews, & Associates Black Issues in Higher Education. Bi-weekly periodical.
Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education Publishing Co. The Hispanic Outlook In Higher Education. Monthly periodical.
Association of American Colleges On Campus With Women. Quarterly periodical.
College Administration Publication, Inc. Synthesis: Law & Policy in Higher Education
The Wenniger Company Woman In Higher Education. Monthly periodical.
Exploding Myths, Inc. Mainstream. Magazine of the Able-disabled.



ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Committee on Institutional Cooperation CIC DIRECTORY OF MINORITY PHD CANDIDATES & RECIPIENTS. Annual directory.
Committee on Institutional Cooperation DIRECTORY OF WOMEN IN SCIENCE & ENGR. PHD CANDIDATES. Annual directory.
MWDD MINORITY & WOMEN DOCTORAL DIRECTORY. Annual directory.
New York State Education Department DIRECTORY OF MINORITY DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS AND CANDIDATES IN NEW YORK STATE. Annual directory.



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