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Women’s Enrollments in Graduate School Held Steady After the Onset of the Pandemic
New data from the Council on Graduate Schools women shows women were only 29.3 percent of all first-time graduate students in engineering. Women were 33.6 percent of all first-time graduate students in mathematics and computer science, down from 34.6 percent in 2019.
Women Are Closing the Gap in Enrollments in Graduate Degree Programs in STEM and Health Fields
Men still outnumber women in master’s and doctoral degree programs as well as in postdoctoral researchers in STEM and health disciplines at U.S. academic institutions. But new data from the National Science Foundation shows that women are closing the gender gap.
Master’s Degrees Awarded in Many Disciplines Are Heavily Segregated by Gender
Women were 76.7 percent of all individuals who were awarded master’s degrees in educational fields and nearly 80 percent of all master’s degree recipients in health science fields. In contrast, women received only 27.3 percent of all master’s degrees in engineering and were just over a third of all recipients in mathematics and computer sciences.
A Snapshot of Women Enrollments in Graduate Schools in the United States
In 2019, women made up less than 39 percent of all graduate student enrollments in engineering, mathematics and computer science, and physical sciences. Women were more than 75 percent of all graduate students in education, the health sciences, and public administration.
Christen Crouch to Be the Next Dean of Graduate Studies at Bard College in New York
Dr. Crouch has been an associate professor of history and director of American studies at Bard College since 2014. Her research focuses on the histories of the early modern Atlantic, comparative slavery, American material culture, and Native American and Indigenous studies.
Robin Garrell Named President of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
For the past nine years, Dr. Garrell has served as vice provost of the Graduate Division at the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the faculty at UCLA in 1991 and serves as professor of chemistry and professor of bioengineering.
Sally Pratt Is the New Chair of the Board of the Council of Graduate Schools
Sally Pratt is a professor and vice provost for graduate programs at the University of Southern California. She has served on the faculty there for 40 years. A professor of Slavic languages and literatures, she came to the university in 1980 as the Russian language program coordinator.
New Endowment Fund at MIT to Support Women Doctoral Students in International Affairs
The endowment fund was made possible by a gift from Jeanne Guillemin, an expert on the use of biological and chemical weapons who has bee a research associate and senior advisor at the MIT Security Studies Program since 2006.
Examining the Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments in the United States
In 2018, there were 1,081,528 women students in graduate degree programs in the United States. They made up 57 percent of all enrollments. Women made up 60 percent of the enrollments in master’s degree programs and 52 percent of all those enrolled in doctoral programs.
Texas Woman’s University Launches First-of-its-Kind Graduate Certificate in Biliteracy
Biliteracy is the ability to read and write proficiently in two languages, as opposed to bilingualism, which is the ability to fluently speak in two languages.
Wendy Rheault Is the New President of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Wendy Rheault has served on the faculty at the university for 38 years. She has been interim president since January. From 2014 to 2018, Dr. Rheault served as provost. From 2003 to 2014, she was dean of the College of Health Professions.
Meredith College Is Offering Women Two New Accelerated Master’s Degree Options
The women’s college in Raleigh, North Carolina, has partnered with Campbell University of offer students a six-year path to a juris doctorate. And Meredith will offer a five-year program for students to earn a bachelor’s degree and an MBA.
Graduate Students, Particularly Women, Suffer From High Levels of Anxiety and Depression
A new study lead by researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, finds that graduate students are six times more likely than the general population to suffer from depression or anxiety, with women graduate students more likely to suffer than their male counterparts.
Women Making Progress in Enrollments in MBA Programs
The report finds that women now make up 37.4 percent of the total enrollments at the 51-member business schools affiliated with the Forte Foundation. This is up from 33.4 percent in 2013. Now there are 14 business schools where women make up at least 40 percent of all enrollments. In 2013, there were only two.
Examining the Data on Enrollments of Women in U.S. Graduate Schools
A new report from the Council on Graduate Schools finds that in 2016 there were 1,045,500 women students enrolled in U.S. graduate schools. They made up 57.5 percent of all enrollments. But women were less than 40 percent of all graduate students in engineering, mathematics and computer science, and physical sciences.
Christine Poggi to Head the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University
Currently, Dr. Poggi is a professor of art history at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She holds a secondary appointment in Italian studies. She has also served as director of the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Pennsylvania.
One Woman Among the Three Finalists for Dean of the Business School at the University of Wisconsin
Anne P. Massey is the Dean’s Research Professor and professor of information systems in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington. She also serves as associate vice president for academic affairs for the university.
A New Scholarship for Women Students in a Graduate Program in Game Design
The Barlovento Foundation has established the Barlovento Scholarship for Women in Games in the design program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. The full-tuition scholarship will support women in graduate degree programs in game design.
Ranking the States by the Percentage of Women Among Their Doctoral Degree Recipients
Nationwide men earned nearly 4,200 more doctoral degrees than women in 2014. But there were several states where women earned more doctorates than men. The states with the highest percentage of women among their doctoral degree awardees were Alaska, Rhode Island, and Hawaii.
Women Making Gains in Top-Ranked MBA Programs
New data from the Forte Foundation finds that the percentage of women enrolled in full-time MBA programs at its 36-member, high-ranking business schools rose from 32.3 percent in 2011 to 36.2 percent in 2015.
The Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments and Degree Attainments
According to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools, in 2014 women were 57.7 of all graduate enrollments. In addition, women earned 59 percent of all graduate degrees and 52.2 percent of all doctoral degrees awarded in the 2013-14 academic year.
Three Women Among the Four Finalists for Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia
The three women finalists for dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia are Suzanne E. Barbour of the National Science Foundation, Carolyn Drews-Botch of Emory University, and Juli S. Wade of Michigan State University.
Ranking the States by the Percentage of Women Among Their Doctoral Degree Recipients
Nationwide men earned nearly 4,000 more doctoral degrees than women in 2013. But there were several states where women earned more doctorates than men. The states with the highest percentage of women among their doctoral degree awardees were Vermont, Maine, and Mississippi.
The Gender Gap in Doctoral Degree Awards
In 2013, women earned 46.2 percent of all doctoral degrees awarded by universities in the United States. But there was a wide gender disparity in doctoral awards in specific fields. For example, women earned only 22.9 percent of the doctorates in engineering.
The Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments and Degree Attainments
Among the first-time graduate students in 2013, women were 57.1 percent of the total. Women earned 59.2 percent of all master’s degrees and 52.2 percent of all doctorate degrees. But men still hold a large lead in engineering, mathematics, and some sciences.
Two Women Are Finalists for Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia
Milagros Pena is a professor of sociology and women’s studies and associate dean for social and behavioral sciences at the University of Florida and Victoria Greene is a professor and senior associate dean for graduate education at Vanderbilt University.
Women Are Only 37 Percent of Students Admitted to Princeton’s Graduate Programs
Princeton University in New Jersey admitted 1,231 students to its graduate programs for the 2014-15 academic year. Of the admitted students, only 37 percent are women.
Amale Andraos to Lead Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture
Columbia University has announced that Amale Andraos will be the next dean of the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation. Since 2011, she has been serving as an associate professor at the school.
The First Ph.D. in Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara
The feminist studies program at the University of California, Santa Barbara has about 80 undergraduate students, but Dr. Thompson is the first recipient of a degree from the doctoral program that was established five years ago. She will now be a postdoctoral fellow at Rice University.
Louisiana State University Is a Mecca for Women Chemists
From 2005 to 2009, 49 percent of all Ph.D.s awarded in chemistry at Louisiana State University were earned by women. This was the largest percentage of any of the top 50 university chemistry departments in the country.
Report Finds UCLA’s Business School Is “Inhospitable to Women Faculty”
Among the report’s finding were that the school was inconsistent in its hiring and promotion policies in regards to women and that “gender ghettos” were created in certain academic areas. The report found a “lack of respect” for women faculty.
University of Missouri Moves to Help Students and Faculty With Child Care
The University of Missouri plans to offer a private concern a no-cost lease of university land for the construction and operation of the center. In return the center will offer discounts to university faculty, staff, and students.
The Importance of Faculty Role Models for Women Graduate Students in STEM Fields
A new study finds that universities in the United States that have a large percentage of women in faculty and administrative positions in STEM fields tended to have higher percentages of women among their master’s degree recipients in STEM disciplines.
Two Women Are Finalists for Dean of the College of Education at the University of New Mexico
The two women among the four finalists for dean of the College of Education are Karin Jordan, a professor of counseling at the University of Akron and Valerie Martin Conley, a professor of counseling and higher education at Ohio University.
University of Chicago to Provide Child-Care Support to Doctoral Students
The majority of doctoral students at the University of Chicago stated that they didn’t need full-time child care but were more interested in a flexible part-time plan that they could fit into their schedule.
