Over the past three decades, the share of women with a bachelor's degree who were married at the time of their first child's birth jumped from 74.4 percent in 1990 to 84.5 percent in 2024. Among women with less than a bachelor's degree, the share who were married at first birth dropped from 58.6 percent to 40.6 percent, largely due to an increase in cohabitating among this group.
Dr. Carlson has led the University of Delaware on an interim basis for the past six months. Prior to her interim appointment, she was the university's provost for three years.
The Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation has announced the selection of eight new Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2025. Six are women: Jeanine Amacher of Western Washington University, Shuming Chen of Oberlin College, Melissa Gordon of Lafayette College, Geneva Laurita of Bates College, Julie Pollock of the University of Richmond and Kathryn Riley of Swarthmore College.
For decades, research has documented women's lower levels of trust in scientific institutions compared to men. According to a new study, this may be largely due to women's persistent underrepresentation in the STEM workforce.
Professor Matthews has taught creative writing and poetry at Bryn Mawr College since 2017. As a poet and educator, she centers her work on the intersections of language, economics, race, and social policy.
When public accounting firms have higher proportions of women auditors, they deliver fewer financial misstatements and charge lower audit fees, according to a new study from scholars at the University at Buffalo and Ohio State University.
For the past year, Dr. Minthorn has served as president-elect of the ASHE, a scholarly society dedicated to advancing research and policy in higher education. She will be the first Indigenous person to serve as president of the association.
“The rise of women’s sports is transforming the global sports landscape — and Simmons is proud to lead in preparing graduates to capitalize on this growth and shape the business strategies that will define the next era of the industry,” said Simmons University president Lynn Perry Wooten.
Professor Vaughn taught creative writing and literature at Cornell University for 39 years. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she spent several years as director of the creative writing and co-director of a summer writing program in Rome.
If passed, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act would mandate institutions' websites to include campus safety policies, annual security reports, instructions for filing complaints, and statistics on sexual misconduct allegations on campus.
To comply with the Trump Administration's demands to end DEI-related programs in higher education, the University of Alabama has eliminated Alice Magazine, a student-run magazine centered on fashion and well-being with an emphasis on women. The university has also suspended Nineteen Fifty-Six, another student-run magazine covering Black student life and culture.
Paola Arlotta of Harvard University, Jayati Ghosh of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Miriam Merad of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai are among the 46 scholars who have been named 2025 Fellows of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome.
The women faculty members appointed to new positions are Ana Rangel at Virginia Tech, Sarah Fincham at Washington State University, and Julia Galloway at the University of Montana.
A University of South Florida faculty member for over two decades, Dr. Chenneville has conducted extensive, international research on the psychological issues affecting children and youth living with or at risk for HIV, as well as broader issues related to sexual health.
The women who have been appointed to new positions are Heidi Pecoraro at North Dakota State University, Lauren Grabowski at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Dana Gill at Wayne State University in Detroit, Laquetta Jones Bigelow at North Carolina A&T State University, and Alexis Ehrhardt at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Dr. Daut, professor of French and of Black studies at Yale University, was honored for her newest book, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, which examines the complex political and intellectual life of early nineteenth-century Haiti.
A native of Algeria, Dr. Smith moved to the United States in the 1950s and taught French at Scripps College and Claremont McKenna College in California. She later taught French and literature at the California Institute of Technology for over two decades.
