Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers

Each week, 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.

An Institutional Investment’: Evolution and Impact of Rice’s Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
Rice University News

The Gender Polarization of American Politics
The Daily Iowan
(University of Iowa)

National Institutes of Health Hit With Lawsuit Claiming Search Engine Biased Against Women
Reuters

Women’s College in Virginia Bars Transgender Students Based on Founder’s Will From 1900
NBC 4 Washington

‘She Was Right and They Were Wrong’: The Female Astronomers Hidden by Science’s Male Elite
The Guardian

Strategies for Supporting Women in STEM – Building Inclusive Tech Spaces
CIO Look

Why Is There So Much Gender Bias in Healthcare?
Body + Soul

The Women Behind the Making of Duke’s Woman’s College
Duke Today

Women Head 50% of Dutch Universities as Academic Year Begins
Dutch News

Georgia Women’s College Sheds the White Gloves, Grabs Diversity With Both Hands
Lumina Foundation

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