The following Campus Action Projects had outstanding materials as part of their event or awareness campaign.
Salary Negotiation Tips for Women by the University of Alaska-Fairbanks, 2008
The University of Alaska-Fairbanks CAP team worked to raise awareness about the gender pay gap, teach students practical skills in negotiation strategies, and commemorate Equal Pay Day on their campus. They ran a public service campaign featuring vignettes developed and performed by the "Now You Know" student group that highlighted issues related to the gender pay gap and demonstrated how to negotiate for salary, benefits, and other job conditions. The performances were supported by a wider media campaign designed to educate the campus and raise awareness of the pay gap.
A brochure with salary negotiation tips for women was one of the components of the wider media campaign. The brochure provides extremely useful information in a concise format and was widely distributed to students on campus. The brochure contains statistics about the pay gap, negotiation strategies, and suggested phrases to use while negotiating. An example of one of the suggested phrase is: "Your offer is a bit lower than I had expected. Nationally, the starting salary in our field is about ___. [Do the research so you know what the figure is.] Could you meet this?"
Your Passport to Leadership: You Can get there from Here! by Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, 2007
The CAP team from Edinboro University administered a Public Perceptions of the Pay Gap survey on their campus to help reveal how aware the campus community was that a pay gap still exists, as well as to determine campus perceptions about why it continues to exist. They used their findings to inform subsequent educational programming to help female students make better informed decisions when selecting academic majors and career paths.
An example of the educational programming was a professional networking opportunity for undergraduate women on Equal Pay Day called "Your Passport to Leadership: You can get there from here!" After opening remarks, students were invited to enjoy lunch and network with sixteen professionals to learn about their career path and what one should do to enter specific career fields. The professionals were introduced ahead of time and a short resume for each of them was included in the pamphlet distributed to students to help students decide who would be most useful for them to talk with regarding their own career goals and interests.
Women's Payday: Got Equity? by the University of West Florida, 2007
Members of the University of West Florida CAP team administered a modified version of the AAUW Public Perceptions of the Pay Gap survey to students, faculty, and staff on campus and to area Chamber of Commerce members and Workforce Development Boards. Then they initiated a multi-pronged media campaign to publicize their findings in an effort to help raise awareness of the issue of the pay gap in their area.
Their brochure Women's Payday: Got Equity? A working guide for students to inform, explain, and suggest ways to maintain a competitive advantage and to avoid discrimination in today's work environment was one component of their media campaign. In an effort to help people learn about the pay gap and how to combat it, the brochure contains facts about pay equity, the University of West Florida's survey results, tips for negotiating, web resources on the pay gap, and West Florida regional county data.
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