Since assuming her role as dean of the University of Richmond School of Law in 2011, Perdue has helped the school develop new academic offerings, secure new funding, expand its alumni network, and enhance its infrastructure.
Beneath the Service, a veteran and military family support organization, has recently partnered with Virginia Tech to provide women veterans with professional development as they transition from service.
The number of entering first-year students was 39,689, up nearly 5 percent from 2023. Of these, 22,260 were women. Thus, women made up 56 percent of all entering students at U.S. law schools.
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 full bachelor's degree in social science.
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.
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.
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.
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.
One of the nation’s leading reproductive law scholars and an expert in family law and health law, Professor ReboucheÌ previously served as the law school’s associate dean for research before taking on the role of interim dean in August 2021.
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.
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.
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.
