In UK universities there are far fewer women in senior posts than men – particularly at professor level. Putting aside teaching, to reach this status, an academic typically needs to have completed a considerable amount of research. More...
It’s a myth that boys have beaten girls in A-level results
Anyone who knows about the educational underachievement of boys compared to girls will have been surprised by the headlines about the 2017 A-level results. The Telegraph wrote that “boys are beating girls” and spoke of a “dramatic reversal”. More...
‘Degrees of Difference’
By Scott Jaschik. Author discusses new book on how the value of higher education is discussed -- and how issues of gender influence that discussion. More...
Transgender applicants who want a men's college appear to have only one choice
By Scott Jaschik. While it has become common for women's institutions to admit those who identify as women, but may not have been born as women, the same attitude doesn't prevail at most men's colleges. More...
Uncertainty on Trump's Transgender Order
Atelier Projet pour les femmes à La Rochelle
A Work in Progress
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Gay rights group gathers leaders of black colleges and universities to discuss path to making them more inclusive of LGBTQ students. More...
At Samford, Another Party Heard From
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. As Samford University has refused to recognize a student group sympathetic to gay rights, its members have not materialized to discuss the issue publicly -- perhaps unsurprising, given the university's decision. But a queer activist group, led by a gay alumna, has come forward, alleging that the institution and its president are discriminating against the LGBTQ population there. More...
Study: Success of a Coach Not Determined by Gender
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Female coaches achieve just as much as their male counterparts but are often disadvantaged in negotiating salary and bonuses, according to the results of a new study. More...
The End of 'Freshman'
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Yale jumps on to the growing trend of gender-neutral terminology for students. More...