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Research Finds Severe Lack of Male Readers for Books Written by Women
The analysis showed that while women are essentially just as likely to read books authored by women and men, male readers skew significantly towards books written by men.
Study Finds Women Early-Career Scientists Significantly Less Likely to Receive Grant Funding Than Male Peers
Achieving tenure is crucial for education professionals to gain academic freedom in their work and pursue research initiatives. However, a new study has found men are twice as likely as women to hold a tenured academic position in the life science fields.
CUPA-HR Report Provides Update on Women Faculty Representation and Pay Equity
A new report from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources has found women faculty’s representation and pay equity have made progress over the past seven years, largely in part due to significant progress among women of color.
An Update on the United States Gender Pay Gap
A new report from Bankrate has examined 2022 Census Bureau data and identified the industries, jobs, and states with the smallest and largest gender pay gaps.
Stephens College Announces Program to Support Women Pursuing Trades Professions
“By providing women with the resources and support they need to succeed in traditionally male-dominated trades, we are not only breaking down barriers but also opening doors to new opportunities and pathways to economic empowerment,” said Stephens College dean Dr. Scott Taylor.
Women are Underrepresented in Global Veterinary Medicine Leadership Positions Despite Overrepresentation in the Field
In analyzing 720 veterinary schools in 118 countries, the study found that although women represent 90 percent of veterinary students, they only account for 34.6 of leaders in the field.
The Gender Earning Gap Remains Large Even for Those With Similar Education
Even among bachelor’s degree holders in the same field of study, women generally earned significantly less than men in 2022, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data shows that men with a bachelor’s degree or higher earned more than women with the same education in all fields but that the difference in median earnings varied by field of degree.
Study Finds Major Gender Disparities in Coaching Positions at the University of Pennsylvania
For men’s teams, there are 15 head coaches, who made an average of $168,346 in fiscal year 2022. In contrast, the 14 head coaches of women’s teams made an average of $111,613 that same year — amounting to a 41 percent gap in pay between the two.
Gender Differences in Workplace Fatalities
New statistics from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that in 2022, 5,486 American workers died after suffering injuries while working. Women made up 8.1 percent of all workplace fatalities but accounted for 15.3 percent of homicides at work in 2022.
The Gender Gap at Medical Schools in the United States
In 2023, there were 53,442 women students enrolled at U.S. medical schools. They made up 54.6 percent of all medical school students. In 2019, women made up a majority of all medical school enrollments for the first time.
Women Are Making Progress in Academic Publishing in STEM But a Gender Gap Persists
In an analysis of 5.8 million authors in journals of 174 scientific fields, the researchers found that men outnumbered women 3.93 times among those authors who started publishing before 1992, but only 1.36 times among those authors who started publishing after 2011.
The Gender Gap for College-Educated Computer Science Workers
Though women’s representation in STEM fields generally has increased in recent decades, their presence in the workforce – which accounts for about half the jobs in STEM fields – remains low, and the gender wage gap in computer science persists.
For Women Neurosurgeons, the Gender Pay Gap Is Significant
Women neurosurgeons billed Medicare for $395 851.62 compared to $766 006.80 for men. Women neurosurgeons were reimbursed an average of $69 520.89 compared to $124 324.64 for men. After controlling for volume and experience, women still received $24,885.29 less than men per year.
McKinsey & Company Report Examines Women’s Progress in the Workplace
Since 2015, the number of women in the C-suite has increased from 17 to 28 percent, and the representation of women at the vice president and senior vice president levels has also improved significantly. But, for every 100 men promoted from entry-level positions to manager, 87 women were promoted.
Women Make Slight Gains in Closing the Income Gap With Men
The median income of households headed by a single woman in the United States in 2022 was $56,030. For households headed by a single man in 2022, the median income figure was $73,630. For single women living alone, the median income in 2022 was $40,200. For single men living alone, the median income was $51,930.
Women Judges Are Cited Less Often Than Their Male Peers
After analyzing out-of-circuit citations to a sample of more than 2,000 published federal appellate decisions from 2009 to 2016, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the University of Louisville, the University of Georgia, and Brigham Young University in Utah found that majority opinions written by female judges receive significantly fewer subsequent citations from other courts than those by men.
The Persisting Gender Gap in Poverty Rates in the United States
Overall, there were more than 20 million American women and girls who were living below the poverty level in 2022. In 2022, 12.5 percent of all women and girls in the United States lived in poverty compared to 10.5 percent of men.
Study Finds Women Ask for Raises and Promotions At Similar or Higher Rates Than Men
A new study by women scholars at the University of California, Berkeley and Vanderbilt University in Nashville debunks the gender pay gap myth that “women don’t ask for raises.” The study found that women attempt salary negotiations as much or more than men do, but are more likely to be rejected.
Nearly Four-Fifths of the Graduates Who Hold the 20 Highest-Paying Bachelor’s Degrees Are Men
A new study by Bankrate finds that nearly 4 in 5 (78 percent) of those who hold the 20 most lucrative bachelor’s degrees are men, while only 22 percent are women. Of the 20 most common majors for women, only those with a nursing degree earn a median salary higher than $60,000.
Differences in Substance Use by Men and Women College Students
College women were more likely than college men to use marijuana or consume alcohol over the 30 days prior to the survey. But college men were more likely than college women to be heavy drinkers, smoke cigarettes, and use hallucinogens and cocaine.
University Study Finds a Narrowing of the Gender Gap in Alcohol Related Deaths
Previous research has shown that women are drinking more, engaging in more high-risk drinking, and increasingly developing alcohol-use disorders. But a new study, led by Ibraheem M. Karaye, an assistant professor of population health, and director of the health science program at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, finds a sharp rise in alcohol-related deaths among women.
Gender Differences in Financial Aid Awards
Despite the fact that women were more likely than men to receive grants, on average women received lower amounts. The average grant given to women was $8,900 compared to $9,700 for men. The average loan amounts were nearly equal for men and women students.
Women of Color Are Scarce in STEM Higher Education and the Workforce
A new report from The Education Trust shows that vast disparities in attainment by race, ethnicity, and gender persist in STEM education and employment, thereby limiting access and opportunities for social and economic mobility for some — particularly women and people of color.
The Persisting Gender Gap in Weekly Earnings
A new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics finds that the median weekly earnings of the nation’s 121.5 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,100 in the second quarter of 2023. But there is a persisting gender gap in earnings. Women had median weekly earnings of $993, or 84.1 percent of the $1,181 median for men.
Women Are Slower Than Men on the Path From Mentored to Independent Research in the Biomedical Sciences
Researchers examined the percentage of men and women who received National Institute of Health early career awards which included a mentored component over a 10-year period. They then looked at how many of these men and women received R01-equivalent awards (a class of grants that fund specific research projects and provide around $500,000 per year for multiple years) over the next 10-year period. Women trailed men in the transition to the more significant grants.
Women Continue to Face Bias When Seeking Employment in the Tech Industry
A new study by Hired, an online job placement firm based in New York City, finds that women continue to face bias when seeking employment in the tech industry. The survey found that in 38 percent of the jobs posted for tech jobs, only men were sent interview requests for the positions.
Stanford University Study Finds a Gender Gap in Academic Authors Who Get to Share in Patents
New research undertaken by an interdisciplinary team of Stanford Law and Stanford Medicine students, looks at the overlap between biomedical research paper authors and those authors who go on to be named inventors of their research on patents. Among the findings is a gender discrepancy between male and female authors, with male authors receiving patents more frequently.
Little Progress in Advancing Women in STEM Jobs in the Federal Workforce
The researchers found that on average, fewer than one in four STEM jobs were held by women in the Air Force, Army, Navy, the departments of Energy and Transportation, and NASA. Women account for less than 30 percent of STEM jobs in the departments of Veterans Affairs, State, Interior, Homeland Security, Defense, and Commerce.
A Snapshot of Gender Disparities in Legal Education
In 2022, 68 percent of women applicants who applied to law school were accepted to at least one law school. In contrast, 71 percent of all male applicants were accepted to a law school. Women made up 56 percent of all law school enrollments.
The Gender Gap in Leadership Positions at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities
A new report from the EOS Foundation finds that women now lead 30 percent of all R1 research universities in the United States. This is up from 22 percent just two years ago. Between September 2021 and May 2023, half of the newly appointed presidents were women.
A Snapshot of the Gender Diversity of the Faculty at Johns Hopkins University
The university reports that in 2021, there were more than 2,400 women faculty at the university. They made up 46 percent of the more than 5,200 faculty members. In 2015, women were 42 percent of all faculty at Johns Hopkins. There were 340 women full professors. They made up 28.1 percent of all full professors.
The Widening Gender Gap in College Aspirations
A new survey by YouthTruth looks at the college plans of the high school class of 2023. Some 77 percent of female high school seniors believe they will actually enroll in college. For males, only 57 percent thought they would actually enroll. That’s a 20 percentage point gender gap among college seniors who think they will enroll in college.
How Artificial Intelligence Can Narrow the Gender Gap in STEM Fields
A new study by researchers at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, finds that the use of artificial intelligence in recruitment changes the gender distribution of potential hires, in some cases more than doubling the fraction of top applicants that are women.
A Study of 1.3 Million Grant Applications Worldwide Finds a Substantial Gender Gap In Research Funding
Women researchers received substantially less funding in grant awards than men — an average of about $342,000 compared to men’s $659,000, according to a large meta-analysis of studies led by Karen Schmaling, a psychology professor at Washington State University, Vancouver.
A Significant Narrowing of the Gender Gap in Home Ownership Rates
Today, the homeownership rate of households headed by women has reached 63 percent — just 5 percentage points below the men’s rate, down from 20 percentage points in 1990. Despite making up a higher share of college graduates, single female household heads still lag behind their male counterparts in homeownership.
