Spelman College has recently signed a partnership agreement with three Lagos-based universities in an effort to strengthen the educational ties between the United States, Nigeria, and other African communities.
In the 2018-19 academic year, more than 347,000 students from the United States studied abroad. More than 67 percent of these students were women. While the total number of students who studies abroad in the 2020-21 academic dropped by more than 90 percent, women were nearly 66 percent of those who studied abroad.
The data shows that during the 2017-18 academic year, 341,751 American students went abroad to engage in academic pursuits at foreign colleges and universities. Of these, 67 percent were women.
Churchill Scholars will study for master’s degrees in STEM fields at the University of Cambridge in England. Of the 15 Churchill Scholarships awarded this year, four went to women. A year ago, nine of the 15 winners of Churchill Scholarships were women.
The data from the Institute of International Education shows that during the 2014-15 academic year, 313,415 American students went abroad to engage in academic pursuits at foreign colleges and universities. Of the 313,415 American students who studied abroad, 66.6 percent were women.
The first University parity report establishes baseline figures for women in faculty and administrative posts as well as for undergraduate and graduate students at 10 major universities worldwide. These figures will be used to measure the progress toward gender equality made by these institutions in the years to come.
Earlier this year, Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, announced that all incoming first-year students who are in good academic standing will be eligible for a study-abroad opportunity during spring break of their sophomore year. Now the college's president has announced that the sophomore class will travel together to Rio de Janiero.
Women make up about 20 percent of all high-level academics in member countries of the European Union. And only 10 percent of the rectors of European universities are women.
A new study by researchers at Georgia State University and the University of West Georgia finds that college students from outside the United States are less likely than American students to be victims of violent crime on campus. The study found that this is particularly true for women.
Worldwide women are closing the gender gap in education. But a new study by economist Stephanie Seguino of the University of Vermont finds that these educational gains have failed to close the gender gap in income or political representation.
Under the agreement Sweet Briar College's Women's Leadership Program will host Chinese women students who will come to Virginia to study liberal arts and STEM disciplines. The Women’s Leadership Program will feature two summer sessions for Chinese students at a partner university in Washington, D.C.
Simmons College in Boston ranked eighth among the small colleges and universities. Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts and Wellesley College in Massachusetts also were among the top 25 small colleges with the most graduates serving in the Peace Corps.
