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Tulane University Approved to Offer a Bachelor’s Degree Program at a Local Women’s Prison
Since 2018, the College-in-Prison program at Tulane University has offered for-credit college courses for women at the Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women. Now, women at the facility have the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree in social science.
Women Making Some Progress in Business School Enrollments
Five years ago, the business school at the University of Southern California was the first major business school to report that women made up a majority of all enrollments. This year, according to data from the Forte Foundation, five of the world’s leading business schools reported that they had reached gender equality in enrollments.
Women to Continue to Make Progress Toward Equality at Leading Business Schools
The data shows that although overall enrollments in MBA programs are down, the number of women students increased in 2022. There are 17 leading business schools where women make up at least 45 percent of all enrollments. Leading the way are the business schools at Johns Hopkins University and the University of Pennsylvania, where women were 50 percent or more of all enrollments.
Texas A&M University College of Dentistry Has Selected Lily Garcia as Its New Dean
Dr. Garcia currently serves as dean and professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine. Prior to UNLV, she served as associate dean for education at the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, as well as other leadership roles – division head and department chair at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and department chair at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Rachel Rebouché Selected to Lead the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia
One of the nation’s leading reproductive law scholars and an expert in family law and health law, Professor Rebouché previously served as the law school’s associate dean for research before taking on the role of interim dean in August 2021.
Women Continue to Make Gains in Medical School Enrollments
In 2021, there were 50,328 women students enrolled at U.S. medical schools. They made up 52.7 percent of all medical school students. In 2019, women made up a majority of all medical school enrollments for the first time.
The Stubborn Gender Pay Gap in Academic Medicine
A new study finds that women starting out their careers in academic medicine are paid less than men in almost all areas of medicine. The authors conclude that equalizing starting salaries would address the majority of the differences in earning potential.
The Gender Gap in Medical School Enrollments Is Widening in Women’s Favor
All told, in 2020, there were 94,243 students enrolled in U.S. medical schools. Women made up 51.5 percent of total enrollments. For the past five years, women’s enrollments have increased by at least 3 percent each year. During the same time period, the enrollment of men has declined slightly.
All Four Finalists for Dean of the University of Colorado School of Law Are Women
The four women finalists for dean of the University of Colorado School of Law are Michèle Alexandre of Stetson University, Johanna Bond of Washington and Lee University, Lolita Buckner Inniss of Southern Methodist University, and Sarah Krakoff of the University of Colorado.
Harvard Law School Has Appointed Two Women to Dean Positions
L. Tracee Whitley as its new dean for administration, Harvard Law School’s chief administrative officer. Natasha Onken was named assistant dean for student financial services.
Survey Finds Women Are Making Progress in Enrollments at High-Ranking Business Schools
The website Poets & Quants recently released its survey of women at the nation’s highest-ranked business schools. it found that that women made up 49 percent of the students in the entering class at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. This was the largest percentage of women among the top business schools.
Barnali Gupta Will Be the Next Dean of the Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at Saint Louis University
Dr. Gupta currently serves as professor of economics and associate dean for curriculum in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is the first woman to hold the rank of full professor of economics at the university.
Has the Pandemic Caused Women to Reconsider Whether to Go to Business Schools?
On April 30, a survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council found that 55 percent of women respondents were very concerned or extremely concerned about their decision to pursue business school education due to the impact of COVID-19. Only 37 percent of male candidates for business school expressed similar concerns.
Erika James Will Be the First Woman to Lead the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
When she takes office on July 1, Erika James will be the first woman and the first African American to lead the prestigious business school since its founding in 1881. Since 2014, Dr. James has been serving as dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta.
Gender Equity in the Legal Profession: Still a Long Way to Go
Women now make up a majority of the enrollments and degree earners at American law schools. But they are only 38 percent of the nation’s attorneys, less than 40 percent of the nation’s judges, and only 35 percent of the deans at American law schools.
The Inaugural Director of the Nursing School at Grove City College in Pennsylvania
Dr. Janey Roach comes to Grove City College from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Schools of Nursing where she was the director of faculty affairs at Shadyside School of Nursing. She previously served on the faculty of UPMC’s St. Margaret Hospital School of Nursing.
The Gender Gap in Medical School Enrollments Is Widening in Women’s Favor
For the past four years, women’s enrollments in U.S. medical schools have increased by at least 3 percent annually. During the same time period, the enrollment of men has declined slightly. Since 2010, the number of women enrolled in medical school is up 25.5 percent. For men, the increase has been 10.8 percent.
The Gender Gap in Student Enrollments at American Law Schools
The American Bar Association has compiled and published enrollment and degree completion data for its member law schools. Statistics show that in juris doctorate degree programs, women are a majority of students at 125 of the 202 American law schools.
Nancy Brown Appointed to Serve as the Next Dean of Yale Medical School
Brown is currently the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and chair of the department of medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She will become dean of Yale Medical School on February 1, 2020.
For the First Time in History, Women Make Up the Majority of First-Year Law Students at the University of Alabama
This historic milestone at the University of Alabama mirrors a national trend. According to the American Bar Association, women have outnumbered men in law school classrooms across the country since 2016.
The Gender Gap in First-Year Enrollments at U.S. Law Schools
In the fall of 2018, 38,390 students began study at U.S. law schools. Of these, 20,366, or 53.1 percent, are women. Among the law schools where women make up at least 62 percent of the first-year students are North Carolina Central University, Boston University, New England Law School, St. Thomas University in Florida, and the University of Toledo.
A Half Dozen Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans
The new deans are Verna L. Williams at the University of Cincinnati, Melanie Stein at Ithaca College in New York, Denise Rush as Boston Architectural College, Alexis Abramson at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Janis Terpenney at the University of Tennessee, and Beth McNeil at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
The First All-Women Senior Editorial Board at the Cornell Law Review
he Cornell Law Review has elected a senior editorial board made up entirely of women for the first time in the student-edited journal’s history. The new board also believes that this is the first all-female senior editorial board of a law journal at any of the top 14 law schools in the country.
Six Medical Schools Partner With TIME’S UP Healthcare to Support Women in Medicine
The participating institutions are the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, the Drexel University College of Medicine, the Mayo Clinic, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Health, and Yale School of Medicine.
The U.S. Medical Schools That Had the Largest Percentage of Women Matriculants in 2018
Women made up 51.6 percent of first-time, first-year students at U.S. medical schools in 2018. Women were 66 percent of new medical students at the University of New Mexico, the highest percentage in the nation. The lowest percentage of women matriculatns was at the medical school of the University of South Dakota.
Ann E. Harrison to Be the Next Dean of Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley
Currently, Dr. Harrison is the William H. Wurster Professor of Multinational Management and professor of business economics and public policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Before joining the faculty at Wharton in 2012, Dr. Harrison was director of development policy at the World Bank.
All Four Finalists for Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia Are Women
The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy has announced a field of four finalists to serve as dean. All four finalists will visit campus by the end of the month for a series of interviews and public presentations. All four finalists are women.
Karen Abrams Named the Next Dean of Duke Law School
Professor Abrams, who will become dean of Duke Law School on July 1, is the vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of law at the University of Virginia. She joined the faculty there in 2005. From 2002, to 2005, Professor Abrams taught at the New York University School of Law.
The Gender Gap in Medical School Faculty Ranks
Data from the American Association of Medical Colleges shows that in 2016 there were 65,888 women faculty members at U.S. medical schools. There were 100,318 male faculty members. Thus, women made up 39.6 percent of all medical school faculty. Women were 22.8 percent of all full professors.
A Watershed Moment for Women at U.S. Medical Schools
In 2017, there were 10,810 women who matriculated at U.S. medical schools, compared to 10,516 men. This is the first time in history that more women have entered U.S. medical schools than men.
Bonnie Rush Is Leading the College of Veterinary Medicine at Kansas State University
Dr. Rush, a professor of internal equine medicine and specializes in equine respiratory disease, is serving as interim dean. She joined the faculty at the veterinary school in 1993 and served as head of the clinical sciences department from 2006 to 2017.
Three Women Join the Faculty at the Wayne State University School of Law in Detroit
The three women who have joined the faculty at the law school at Wayne State University in Detroit are Anne Choike, Sanjukta Paul, and Rebecca Robichaud.
Two Women Named Dean at Major Law Schools
Joan R.M. Bullock has been named the next dean of the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, California, and Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky has been selected as the next dean of the University of Missouri School of Law. Both will take office on July 1.
Dean Jennifer Bard Placed on Leave at the University of Cincinnati College of Law
On July 1, 2015, Jennifer S. Bard became dean of the College of Law at the University of Cincinnati. She is the first woman dean in the 184-year history of the law school. Now, the interim provost at the university has placed Dean Bard on administrative leave.
Three Women Named Dean at Major U.S. Law Schools
Cathy Cox was selected as the next dean of the School of Law at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. Marcilynn Burke was named dean of the University of Oregon School of Law and Susan Duncan will be the next dean of the University of Mississippi School of Law.
