Can you imagine a world in which half of all college and university presidents are women?
The American Council on Education can, and it is hoping higher education can reach this goal by 2030. Read more...
22 janvier 2016
22 janvier 2016
Female Economists Advised to Avoid Group Work
Could lack of credit for co-written papers explain the underrepresentation of women in economics? New research by Heather Sarsons, a Ph.D. candidate in economics at Harvard University, detailed in The New York Times, suggests that women struggle to earn tenure in the collaboration-heavy field because they aren’t afforded the same recognition for group work as their male co-authors. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Systemic Change Required
By Jeremy Haefner. If you want to diversify your leadership to close the gender gap, it is not enough to establish goals and expectations, writes Jeremy Haefner. You must also put support systems into place. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
No Big Deal
By Kellie Woodhouse. Gay and lesbian presidents report more acceptance than ever with the legalization of gay marriage. Read more...
By Kellie Woodhouse. The University of Oregon is scaling back a multimillion-dollar branding campaign, much to the delight of faculty members. Read more...
21 janvier 2016
Bias Against Female Instructors
By Colleen Flaherty. New analysis offers more evidence against the reliability of student evaluations of teaching, at least for their use in personnel decisions. Read more...
20 janvier 2016
Gender gaps merit more attention than they receive
By Seth Gershenson. An important innovation of 2001’s No Child Left Behind Act, which was retained in the recently passed Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), is that schools be held accountable for the academic performance of specific student subgroups (e.g., low income and racial minority students) in addition to the aggregate performance of the entire student body. Indeed, a clear goal of the ESSA is to fully prepare all students for college and career success. More...
19 janvier 2016
Making media stars of women academics
By Louise Tickle. While male experts still dominate the airwaves, a growing number of female researchers are getting themselves trained to take on the media challenge. More...19 janvier 2016
Gender gap in UK degree subjects doubles in eight years, Ucas study finds
By Press Association. Women outnumber men in 112 of 180 degree subjects, with females from poorer backgrounds 50% more likely to go to university than their male counterparts. More...19 janvier 2016
Gendered titles are pointless and divisive
Letters. On the day that Maria Miller MP refreshingly calls for no gender markers on official documents, Ian Sparling (Letters, 2 January) claims that “a straightforward Ms or Mr is adequate to describe people”. No, it isn’t. It is superfluous and perpetuates the labelling of people according to a patriarchal system of two unequal classes. More...19 janvier 2016
'Unattractive' women get lower grades, study finds
By Javier Espinoza. The research, by the Metropolitan State University of Denver, also found that for male students, looks are irrelevant when it comes to grades. Read more...
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