In a focus group study led by Clemson University, participants often reported a sense of “secondary institutional betrayal,” in which they believe, regardless of their own experiences, that their university cares more about maintaining its reputation than supporting students' well-being follow incidents of sexual misconduct.
Overall, mothers are 15 percent less likely than fathers to be employed at universities. At the tenured level, men's employment is unaffected by parenthood, while women experience a drop of 23 percent in their rate of tenured employment.
In a new study from scholars at the University of Maryland and the University of Alberta, children overall were more likely to believe a girl could grow up to be a doctor than a scientist, reflecting a gender-based bias about one area of STEM over another area.
In the 2023-2024 school year, women represented 66.86 percent of all administrators at California public schools. However, national trends suggest that women continue to be overrepresented in principalships and underrepresented among superintendents.
Women physicians in the United States earn roughly 78 cents per every one dollar earned in total compensation and 80 cents per every dollar earned in base salary by their male peers. Over a 30-year career, a woman physician can expect to earn some $3.3 million less in total compensation compared to a male colleague.
A new study has found being a mother may lead to positive workplace outcomes for women, such as increased motivation. This challenges prior assumptions of the "motherhood penalty," where women are viewed as less dedicated to their work due their caregiving responsibilities.
In countries with higher scores on the 2017 Human Development Index, women represent a larger share of the workforce in care-economy jobs, such as teachers, nurses, or social workers.
On an hourly basis, women overall were paid 18.6 percent less, on average, than men in 2025. This is a slight increase from 2024. Women make less money than men at every education level, and the gap widens as education level increases.
After controlling for other cardiovascular risk factors such as smoking, obesity, hypertension, and diabetes, a new study from scholars at Northwestern University found women who experienced premature menopause had a 40 percent higher risk of developing heart disease.
Dr. Sabin is slated to become the next president of Minnesota North College on July 1. She currently serves as the college's academic dean for career and technical education and director of the Eveleth campus.
The National Institutes of Health's series of grant cancellations in 2025 disproportionately impacted women scientists compared to their male peers. Although women lost less money overall, they had more active resources unspent at the time of cancellation, leading to a great portion of unrealized scientific output, particularly among women in early-career positions.
According to scholars at the University of Ottawa in Canada, the gender gap in publication output and research impact in economics and political science is shrinking among junior faculty. However, significant gaps persist among full professors.
