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Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers

magazineFrom time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of women in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of WIAReport.

We invite subscribers to e-mail us at editor@WIAReport.com with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

Sweet Briar College Is No Finishing School: It Must Not Close
The Washington Post

Gender Gap in Education Cuts Both Ways
The New York Times

When You Educate a Women, You Educate Her Whole Family
Irish Independent

Twenty-Year Project Compiling Oral Histories of Navy’s Earliest Women Completed at Naval War College
Portsmouth Patch

University of Nebraska-Omaha CodeCrunch Program Aims to Show Girls World of Tech Careers
Omaha World-Herald

The Unfortunate Fate of Sweet Briar’s Professors
The Atlantic

Atlanta College Presidents on the Future of Women’s Education
WABE

Gender Equality Movement “HeForShe” Gains Momentum on Campus
USA Today

Smith College Continues to Review Admission Policy for Transgender Women, Collects Feedback From Thousands
MassLive.com

A Scrapbook Reveals the Social Life of a Young Woman in the Class of ’28
Duke Magazine

Legacy of Irving College Includes Influential Girl Scouts Leader
The Sentinel

More Female Students Would Major in STEM in College If Only a Majority of High School Science Teachers Were Women: Oh Wait, We Already Have That!
Independent Women’s Forum

How Elizabeth Dearborn Hughes Started the First Women’s College in Rwanda
MSNBC

Meredith on the Rise Despite Tough Times for Women’s Colleges
WNCN

Closing of All-Women’s Sweet Briar College Has a Lot of Women Fighting Mad
The Virginian-Pilot

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