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Workplace Fatalities for Women Increased Sharply in 2021
While women make up a low percentage of all work-related fatalities due to injuries, the number of deaths of women has been increasing. While women were just 8.6 percent of all work-related fatalities, they made up 14.5 percent of fatalities as a result of intentional injuries inflicted by a person in 2021.
Women Continue to Make Gains in Medical School Enrollments
The number of women first-year students at U.S. medical schools in 2022 increased slightly, to 12,630. Women made up 55.6 percent of all first-year students in U.S. medical schools. In 2022, there were 51,890 women students enrolled at U.S. medical schools. They made up 53.8 percent of all medical school students.
Women Make Up More Than Three Quarters of All Teachers in K-12 Schools
Overall, 76.6 percent of the nation’s teachers in K-12 schools are women. Women make up nearly 90 percent of all teachers in elementary schools. Women are 72.4 percent of middle school teachers and 59 percent of high school teachers.
General Accounting Office Examines Educational Disparities in the Gender Pay Gap
A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that the gender pay gap varies by level of education. It was greatest for women with less than a high school diploma or equivalent, and was smallest for women with a bachelor’s degree. Women with a graduate degree earned only $$0.69 for every dollar earned by men with a graduate degree.
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Disproportionately Impacted Women Teachers
A study by researchers at the University at Albany finds that female educators with and without childcare responsibilities back home reported similar levels of stress throughout the pandemic. It was higher levels of stress associated with work and the pandemic itself that were the primary drivers of dissatisfaction among women teachers.
Is There Gender Bias in the Commerical Real Estate Business?
A new study by scholars at the Culverhouse College of Business at the University of Alabama finds that commercial real estate properties listed by women agents sold at a significant discount compared to those marketed by men. Also, individual female agents were involved in far fewer property transactions than their male peers.
University Study Finds a Huge Gender Gap in Sports Psychology Research
In examining 600 sport psychology research papers between 2010 and 2020 on topics such as physical and mental health, personality and motivation, coaching and athlete development, leadership, and mental skills, researchers found that 62 percent of the nearly 260,000 participants in the studies were men and boys.
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Gender Gap in Academic Publishing in Astronomy
Before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shut down labs and sent scientists home to work, female astronomers on average published about nine papers for every 10 published by men. But in the first two years of the pandemic, the gender gap in publication rate expanded.
Study Examines Gender Gap in Q&A Participation After Lectures at Academic Conferences
In an analysis of 32 academic presentations at an interdisciplinary conference – where 63 percent of the attendees were men – men asked 78 percent of the questions. A follow-up survey found that women were more likely to hold back because of anxiety.
Census Bureau Releases New Data on Same-Sex Couples in the United States
Both partners in 34 percent of same-sex partner households had at least a bachelor’s degree compared to 27.9 percent in opposite-sex married couples. Male same-sex couples were more likely than their female counterparts to both have bachelor’s degrees.
During the Pandemic, Women Were Two-Thirds of All American Students Who Studied Abroad
In the 2018-19 academic year, more than 347,000 students from the United States studied abroad. More than 67 percent of these students were women. While the total number of students who studies abroad in the 2020-21 academic dropped by more than 90 percent, women were nearly 66 percent of those who studied abroad.
A New Study Finds a Gender Bias in Gynecological Research
A new analysis by Netta Avnoon a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Tel Aviv in Israel found that most gynecological research focuses on childbirth and reproduction rather than women’s health and well-being. Mapping scientific journals in the category of gynecology and obstetrics, the study found that the majority deal mainly with fertility, pregnancy, fetuses, and childbirth.
Four-Fifths on One-Parent Families in the United States Are Led by Women
the data also shows that less than one quarter (24 percent) of children under age 15 living in opposite-sex married-couple families had a stay-at-home mother. Only one percent had a stay-at-home father in 2022.
Ranking the States by the Percentage of Women Among Their Doctoral Degree Recipients
In 2021 California awarded the most doctorates to women of any other state. Only five states awarded more doctorates to women than men: Mississippi, Nevada, Hawaii, Minnesota, and Maine. Hawaii had the highest percentage of women among its doctoral degree recipients.
Scholars Develop a Roadmap to Increase the Number of Women in Bio-Energy Fields
The roadmap, developed by researchers at the University of Maine, calls for offering interdisciplinary research opportunities in higher education, having employers provide ample support and outreach, and promoting relatable success stories.
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.
Study Explores Why Attractive Students Get Better Grades
Attractive men and women tended to receive higher grades from faculty members when classes are conducted in person and there is significant teach/student interaction. But when classes are online, attractive women students do not get higher grades but attractive men continue to get better grades than their male peers as whole.
Gender Gap in Graduation Rates for Students Athletes on Scholarship
Three quarters of women students who entered college in 2013 between 2012 and 2015 with an athletic scholarship went on to earn their degree at the same educational institution within six years. Only 62 percent of men who entered college with an athletic scholarship in those years earned a bachelor’s degree by 2021 at the same institution.
New Data on the Gender Gap in Bachelor’s and Advanced Degrees
The numbers show that nearly 30 million women in the United States have a bachelor’s degree but no graduate degree. Another 17,568,000 women hold a graduate or professional degree.
Gender Differences in the Age of Doctoral Degree Recipients in the United States
In 2021, women were more likely to earn a doctorate at an older age. For example, 14.7 percent of all women who earned doctorates in 2021 were over the age of 40. For men earning doctorates in 2021, only 9.8 percent were over the age of 40.
For Women, Cancer Death Rate Is Down But New Cases on the Rise
New data from the National Cancer Institute show that from 2015 to 2019 overall cancer death rates continued to decline for both men and women. This good news is tempered by the fact that from 2014 to 2018, overall cancer incidence, or new cases of cancer, for women increased for seven of the 18 most common cancers.
Study Finds Women Medical Students Publish Less Scholarly Research Than Their Male Peers
A new study led by Mytien Nguyen an M.D.-Ph.D. student at Yale School of Medicine found that there were only slight differences between men and women medical school students in research experiences. But women students had 10 percent fewer publications than their male peers.
The Significant Gender Gap in College Graduation Rates
The statistics show that 64.5 percent of all students entering four-year colleges in 2015 seeking a bachelor’s degree had graduated within six years. Some 66.4 percent of all women had earned a degree within six years compared to 60.4 percent of men. Women graduated at a higher rate than men in all racial and ethnic groups.
Is the Art Market Biased Against Works Created by Women?
A study led by researchers at the Yale School of Management notes that a large percentage of artworks sold at auction or displayed at major museums were created by men. But their research shows that for graduates of the Yale School of Art, the gender gap no longer exists.
The Wide Gender Gap in Doctoral Degree Awards in Specific Academic Disciplines
As we reported last week, the National Science Foundation recently released its annual data on research doctoral degree recipients in the United States. Data for the annual Survey of Earned Doctorates shows that universities in the United States conferred 52,250 research doctorates in 2021, down 5.5 percent from 2020. Of these, 24,156, or 46.2 percent, […]
Men Continue to Score Higher Than Women on the SAT College Entrance Examination
The results showed that 46 percent of men and 40 percent of women met the college and career readiness benchmark for both reading and mathematics. Men were 50 percent more likely than women to score in the 1400-1600 range, scores typically required for admission to the nation’s most selective colleges and universities.
Gender Disparities in Applications, Admissions, and Enrollments for the Fall of 2020
A total of 830,377 women enrolled full-time at four-year colleges and universities in the fall of 2020, compared to 646,780 men. So women were 56.2 percent of all first-time, full-time enrollments for fall 2020. Remember that enrollments overall were down significantly that year due to the pandemic.
The Number of American Women Earning Research Doctorates Drops for the Fourth Year in a Row
Data from the National Science Foundation shows that 16,441 American women earned doctorates in 2021. This was 51.9 percent of all doctoral recipients among U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Since 2017, the number of U.S. women earning doctorates is down by nearly 10 percent. But the number of U.S. men earning doctorates dropped at a slightly higher rate.
Do Girls Benefit From Teacher Bias in Grading?
A new study finds that when the results of standardized tests, which have a standard scoring system, are used, girls typically outperform boys in humanities, languages, and reading skills, while boys do better in maths. In contrast, when grades are awarded by teachers, females do better than males in all subjects.
The Large Gender Gap in Higher Education Enrollments Narrowed Slightly This Fall
A new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center finds that enrollments of women in undergraduate programs this fall are down 2.1 percent, compared to a decline of 0.7 percent for men. Women’s enrollments in graduate programs are down 1.9 percent this year. For men, graduate enrollments are down 1.1 percent.
Pandemic Resulted in Significant Drop in ACT Scores But Gender Disparities Remain Constant
This year the average composite score on the ACT test for all students was 19.8. This is the lowest score since 1991. While the average scores have been declining, the small gender gap in test scores has remained relatively constant over the past decade with only minor fluctuations.
An Analysis of the Gender Gap in High School and College Graduation Rates Across the United States
A new study by scholars at the Brookings Institution finds that in every U.S. state young women are more likely than their male counterparts to have a bachelor’s degree. The education gender gap emerges well before college. Girls are more likely to graduate high school on time than boys.
The Huge Gender Gap in Academic Entomology
A new study by Karen Walker, a former scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, finds that women pursuing careers in entomology face persistent challenges in obtaining jobs compared to men. Among entomologists obtaining a Ph.D. between 2001 and 2018, 17 men had earned full-professor status in university entomology departments. Just one woman had obtained full professor status.
Study Finds Role-Playing May Boost Young Girls’ Interest in STEM Fields
A new study by scholars at Yale University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago, finds that science role-playing may help tighten the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math education and careers for women simply by improving their identity as scientists.
How Gender Balance in the Corporate Suite Contributes to Financial Success
A new study led by Chandra Srivastava, an assistant professor of marketing at St. Edwards University in Austin, Texas, and a lecturer in marketing at the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, finds that women in executive-level management are more likely than men to focus on customer relationships, leading some companies to greater long-term financial performance.
