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The New Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies at Indiana State University
Since 2010, Lynn Maurer has been serving as associate dean of the graduate school at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville. She previously taught political science at SIUE for 15 years.
Fourteen Women Win Rhodes Scholarships
Since women were first included in 1976, there have been only four times, the last being in 2011, when women outnumbered men among the American Rhodes Scholars selected in that particular year. This year there are 14 women and 18 men.
Boston University Offers New Certificate Program in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
The new program provides an interdisciplinary platform for graduate students interested in this field. Graduate students in women’s literature will come together to study with graduate students in women’s history, women’s health, sexuality studies, and other fields.
Debra W. Stewart to Step Down as President of the Council of Graduate Schools
Dr. Stewart has led the organization, dedicated to the improvement of graduate education and research, since 2000. She will stay on until June 30, 2014 and then turn her full attention to writing and research.
University of Rhode Island Students Screen Rural Women in Peru for Cervical Cancer
Professor Barbara Klitz and a group of 10 graduate students from the University of Rhode Island recently spent 10 days in Peru conducting cervical cancer screening for rural women in the Andes Mountains.
The Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments and Degree Attainments
In the fall of 2012 there were 1,016,115 women enrolled in U.S. graduate programs. They made up 58.5 percent of all students in graduate programs. In the 2011-12 academic year, women earned nearly 60 percent of all master’s degrees and 52.2 percent of all doctorates awarded at U.S. universities.
The New President of Fielding Graduate University
Katrina Rogers was appointed president of Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, California. She has been serving as provost at the university, which enrolls about 1,360 students in master’s and doctoral degree programs.
Brown University to Offer $4,000 Annually to Faculty, Staff, and Graduate Students for Child Care
The plan will cover child care expenses on weekdays for children who are under the age of 6. Benefits will not be available for households with incomes above $100,000. Brown has committed $350,000 for the program for the 2013-14 academic year. The pilot project will be reevaluated after the first year.
Women Are Underrepresented Among Students Admitted to Princeton’s Graduate Programs
Princeton reports that of the students admitted to its graduate programs 447 are women and 761 are men. Thus, women make up 37 percent of all admitted students. Many of Princeton’s top graduate programs are in STEM disciplines, where historically women have been underrepresented.
Debra McPhee Is the New Dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
From 2005 to 2010, Dr. McPhee was dean of the School of Social Work at Barry University in Miami Shores, Florida. She joined the faculty there in 1997. For the past two years, Dr. McPhee was the chief operating officer for a Palo Alto, California-based firm specializing in online health and technology education.
Stefanie Lindquist Is a Finalist for Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia
Professor Lindquist holds the Charles Alan Wright Chair in Federal Courts at the University of Texas School of Law. She also serves as associate dean for external affairs at the law school.
The Gender Gap in Graduate Enrollments
In the 2010-11 academic year there was slightly more than 1 million women enrolled in graduate programs at U.S. universities. Women made up 60.9 percent of the total enrollments in master’s degree programs and 51.2 percent of total enrollments in doctoral degree programs.
A Milestone in Women’s Higher Education at the University at Buffalo
Shannon Seneca is the first Native American woman to earn a Ph.D. from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the University at Buffalo.
Six Winners of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation’s Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies
Winners of the fellowship are doctoral candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose research is focused on women and gender studies.
Pro Bono Program by Stanford Students Helps Former Women Prison Inmates Start Businesses
The 12-week program seeks to teach the women the basics of starting a business. The women are developing business plans and pitches that they can make to potential investors.
Appeals Court Reinstates a Gender Bias Case Filed Against the University of Oregon
A former doctoral students alleges that her dissertation adviser retaliated against her after she complained about gender discrimination against women doctoral students.
Three Women Win Hertz Fellowships
They will receive up to $250,000 over the next five years to pursue graduate education in the applied sciences.
Cornell Veterinary Student Mounts Online Effort to Save Endangered Species
Each month her website will feature a custom-designed outfit, inspired by one of 12 endangered species. The outfits will be auctioned in December.
University of Rhode Island Graduates Its First Class of Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
The four women in the program had previously completed master’s degree programs in nursing but returned to school for training in acute care .
Change in Leadership at the Graduate School of the University of Texas
Victoria Rodriguez is stepping down to return to teaching and will be replaced on an interim basis by vice provost Judith Langlois.
The New Dean of the School of Education at North Carolina Central University
She was the dean of the College of Education at Grambling State University in Louisiana.
New Dean Named at the Jefferson School of Nursing
Beth Ann Swan has served as acting dean since July 2011.
New Dean of the School of Nursing at Baylor University
Shelley Conroy has been serving as dean of the College of Health Professions at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia.
UNC’s Barbara Rimer to Head President’s Cancer Panel
She is dean of Gillings School of Global Public Health in Chapel Hill.
An All-Women Class of Surgical Residents
All seven members of the current second-year class of surgical residents at the University of Rochester are women.
Closing the Gender Earnings Gap for MBA Graduates
The Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University is undertaking several initiatives to enhance its women graduates chances for success in the business world.
Susan Fuhrman Will Lead Teachers College for at Least Five More Years
The board of trustees extended her contract for five years with an option for two additional years.
Women Make Up Nearly Three Fifths of All Graduate Students
But there is a wide gender gap in many STEM fields.
New Web Site Ranks Graduate Philosophy Programs on Gender Equality
Site singles out Princeton, Rutgers, and NYU. But critics charge the rankings are flawed because current women graduate students at these universities were not consulted.
A Record Number of Incoming Women MBA Students at Wharton
Women will make up 45 percent of this year’s entering class.
Bryn Mawr College Is Reevaluating Its Graduate Programs
A committee is recommending ending master’s degree programs in psychology and French.
Tracking the Progress of Women in Law School Graduations
By 2003 women had appeared to close the gender gap in law school graduations. But since then, the gap has widened.
Smile! Women Have Made Great Strides in Dental Education
From 1999 to 2009 the percentage of dental school graduates who were women increased from 35 percent to over 46 percent.
New Ph.D. Program at Texas Woman’s University
Texas Woman’s University in Denton has announced that it will be offering an online Ph.D. program in occupational therapy beginning this fall.
Graduate Schools Get New Leaders
Vivian S. Lee will head the medical school at the University of Utah and Sheryl Tucker will be dean of the graduate school at Oklahoma State University.
