Over the course of 2020, WIAReport has published a large number of posts highlighting research on women in higher education. In case readers missed some of these posts, here are links to some of the items published over the past year that related to research on women in higher education.
The Gender Gap in Finance Faculty Positions at the Leading Business Schools in the United States
International Study Finds That Women Are Underrepresented as First Authors in Medical Research
Is the Choice of College Major a Significant Factor in the Gender Wage Gap Later in Life?
Male College Students Ask for and Receive Favorable Grade Changes More Often Than Their Women Peers
Gender Differences in Lifetime Publishing Productivity Are Largely the Result of Career Length
How the Aging of American Faculty Will Affect Gender Diversity in Academia
Survey Finds That More Than 40 Percent of Women Medical Students Report Mistreatment
Mentors and Role Models Can Make the Difference for Women in Academic Economics
New Study Finds a Large Gender Pay Gap at the Highest Levels of Academic Medicine
Research Shows a Way That Might Increase Retention of Women in College-Level Economics
How the Level of Education Impacts the Nation’s Divorce Rate
Eliminating Names From Research Proposals Boosts Women’s Acceptance Rates
New Report Examines the Status of Women Administrators in Higher Education
Report Examines the Status of Women Faculty in American Higher Education
Gender Differences in Manuscript Submission Rates for a Leading Journal in Political Science
Examining Degree Attainments at the Nation’s Women’s Colleges
A Check-Up on Gender Disparities in the Field of Orthopedic Surgery
How Will the Economic Crisis Due to the Pandemic Impact Women’s Student Loan Debt?
High Alcohol Use Among College Students May Be More Damaging to Women Than Men
Study Finds Differences in Gender Roles in Group Labs in the Field of Physics
Women Making Little or No Progress in College Sports Administration and Coaching
The Experiences of Women of Color at Law Schools in the United States
Survey Reveals That Many Women Economists Feel They Are Not Welcome in the Profession
Research Finds a More Effective Mentoring Formula for Women Faculty in STEM Fields
A Huge Gender Imbalance in Leadership Positions in Academic Hospital Medicine Programs
Women Scientists Rarely Highlighted in Biology Textbooks, But Progress Is Being Made
Study Led by Scholar at the University of Georgia Finds Gender Gap in Patent Approvals
Women Surgeons in Academic Medicine Hold Their Own in Grant Competitions
U.S. Department of Education Reports New Data on Campus Sexual Assaults
What Happens to Women College Graduates After They Get Their Degree?
Women’s Class Participation Increases With a Woman Instructor and More Women Classmates
Women in Academic Surgery Are Winning a Fair Share of National Institute of Health Grants
No Progress in Increasing Gender Diversity in Academic Publishing in the Field of Chemistry
Gender Gap in Authorship of Medical Research Widened During Early Stages of the Global Pandemic
Women Being Shut Out of College and University Varsity Programs in Esports
Women Are Making Vast Progress in Academic Psychology But Gender Gaps Remain
Women Are More Prominent in “Open Science” Than the Traditional “Reproducibility” Movement
Women Are More Likely to Apply to College and More Likely to Be Accepted for Admission Than Men
A Snapshot of Women Enrollments in Graduate Schools in the United States
Master’s Degrees Awarded in Many Disciplines Are Heavily Segregated by Gender
The Gender Gap in Scholarly Productivity During the Pandemic May Have Long-Term Consequences
Study Finds Gender Bias in Evaluations of Graduate Teaching Assistants
Study Claims That Early-Career Women Scientists May Do Better If They Have a Male Mentor
The Nationwide Gender Gap in College Graduation Rates
Survey Finds Women Are Making Progress in Enrollments at High-Ranking Business Schools
The Impact of Education and Gender on Tobacco Use by American Adults
How Well Do the Nation’s Women’s Colleges Succeed in Graduating Their Students?
AAUP Report Examines the Status of Women in the Academy
National Science Foundation Reports a Slight Drop in Doctoral Degree Attainments by Women