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 email us at contact@WIAReport.com with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

University Pulls Funding From Support Groups for Allies of Women in STEM, Social Sciences, the Humanities
The Stanford Daily

Can Identifying as a ‘STEM Person’ Improve Future Opportunities for Girls?
Silicon Republic

Go for It; Women in Medicine
The State Journal

Inclusive Admissions Policies at Women’s Colleges
Mt. Holyoke News

Associate Professor Proposes Building a Women’s University in Vietnam
VietNamNet

We’ve Spent Generations Helping Girls Succeed. We’re Leaving Boys Behind.
USA Today

Beyond the Pink Ribbon: Combating Breast Cancer in Younger Women
FAU News Desk

Why Is It So Difficult for Survivors to Leave Abusive Relationships?
Nevada Today

The Importance of Black Women in Leadership
Her Campus

Giving High School Girls Incentives to Study STEM
Phys.org

The Quiet Closure of the Women & Engineering Center
Student Life
(Washington University at St. Louis)

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

Michelle R. Johnston Named the First Woman President of the University of Montevallo

Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.

Katy Ho to Lead Portland Community College in Oregon

Dr. Ho is the new acting president of Portland Community College. Prior to her new role, she was the college's executive vice president.

Five Women Scholars Selected to Lead Professional Organizations in Their Fields

The women who are taking on new leadership roles with professional academic organizations are Yasmeen Shorish of James Madison University in Virginia, Elena Carbone of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Shelley Lusetti of New Mexico State University, Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School, and Keisha Blain of Brown University.

Katherine Yelick to Direct Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national program run by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Dr. Yelick, a computer scientist and longtime UC Berkeley faculty member, will become the laboratory's next director on July 1.

Two Women Selected for Key Interim Leadership Roles with the Universities of Wisconsin

Renée Wachter, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, has been selected to serve as interim president of the Universities of Wisconsin. Maria Cuzzo, provost of UW-Superior, will serve as the university's interim chancellor while Dr. Wachter assumes her new responsibilities.

President

The next president will lead one of the most successful and well-respected community colleges in the country.

Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.