Institute for the Study of Women and Sex Roles

1. Purpose and scope of the Institute

As Institute for the Study of Women and Sex Roles shall be established at the

CUNY Graduate School arid University Center to promote the scholarly study of women

and sex roles, and to promote and develop programs for community education on

related topics.

2. Need

In recent years an increasingly large number of scholars have been involved in

research problems related to women, producing a growing body of studies on women

and sex roles. Although the women’s liberation movement has generated the establish~

ment of women’s centers with the goals of social action and the dissemination of

existing information, programs ained at scholarly activity related to womem have
been limited. No institution currently exists in the metropolitan area whose

concern is the encouragement and coordination of all aspects of scholarly research

On women and sex roles. Course work on topics related to women and sex roles is
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given im various departments at colleges in CUNY, including the Graduate School, but
no structure is available to coordinate the study and research of students who

wish to pursue graduate study in this interdisciplinary area.

3. Fenctions
The functions of the Institute will be:

a. To encourage and coordinate the development of doctoral courses related
to women and sex roles in appropriate disciplines including psychology,
sociology, anthropology, political science, and biochemistry, as well as

eourses of an interdisciplinary nature.

b. To encourage and assist doctoral students to develop disciplinary as well
as interdisciplinary courses of study related to women and sex roles.



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c.» To previde assistance to undergraduate and graduate programs at che
senicz and the community colleges in the CUNY family for the developnent
of course work and major and minor courses of study related to weren and

sex roles.

d. To develop, encourage, and/or sponsor research projects in the study of
women. and sex roles.

@. To develop and sponsor programs in community education on topics related
to women and sex roles.

4. Audience
The Institute will serve the scholarly community of CUNY, including feculty
and students in undergraduate and graduates programs. In connection with its

goal of community education, the Institute will also serve the metropoliten

community at large.

5. - Space required

No additional space will be required for the Institute in the first year of its

activities. Future space needs will deperd on the growth of programs developed

by the Institete.

6. Estimated costs and sources of funds

Ho new funding will be needed to establish the Institute. Once under way, the
“Institute will undertake the responsibility to develop sources of funding to support

expanded activities through sponsored research and community education programs.

7. Relation to existing Centers, Schools, and Institutes within the metropolitan

area

The Tnstitute will make contacts with appropriate academic and other programs

existing im the metropolitan area as these may relate to the advancement of the

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