This article describes the research capacity building efforts of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto over the past 12 years. It identifies the role of strategic planning, the process of change, and the key practices, in terms of personnel, resources, research center development, and strategic community…

Contents include: a brief biography of Mary Donlon Alger; highlights of affirmative action in Cornell University, Brown University, Dartmouth College, Columbia University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Princeton University; a panel discussion of affirmative action today; the role and contributions of women trustees and administrators;…