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Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Penn State Is Losing a Top Administrator and Champion of Women’s Higher Education
Louise Sandmeyer, executive director of the Office of Planning and Institutional Assessment at Pennsylvania State University, is retiring.
Physics Professor Charged With Running a Prostitution Ring
David Flory has taught at Fairleigh Dickinson University for more than 40 years.
New Home for Single Mothers Being Constructed on the Campus of Belmont Abbey College
The college believes it is the first facility of its kind on a college campus.
News on Women at University Presses
Hilda Raz and MaryKatherine Callaway have been named to new positions.
American Federation of Teachers Calls for Eliminating Gender Gap in Faculty Hiring and Pay
The American Federation of Teachers has published a new report addressing gender inequity in higher education. The report entitled, Promoting Gender Diversity in the Faculty: What Higher Education Unions Can Do, states that while women are 57 percent of all enrollments in higher education, they make up only 40 percent of the full-time faculty. And […]
The Gender Gap in Earnings for College Graduates Varies Across Major Disciplines
A new report from the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University finds that on average a person with a bachelor’s degree will earn 84 percent more over the course of his or her lifetime than a peer who only graduated from high school. But the earnings benefit of a college degree is not uniform across the major disciplines. And the gender gap in earnings can be quite different depending on the degree earned.
Georgetown University Study Finds That Women Are More Likely Than Men to Believe in Supporting Charitable Causes
According to a study conducted by researchers at the Georgetown University Center for Social Impact Communication, American women are far more likely than American men to believe that they can make a difference by supporting charitable causes. The results found that 49 percent of women, compared to 41 percent of men, were very or somewhat […]
Quote of the Week
“Second only to the victim’s suffering, the most disturbing aspect of the incident is that some Cal Poly students knew what occurred at the party, failed to stop or report what they saw, and failed to keep each other safe. That’s a change in culture we must embark on immediately.” – Jeffrey Armstrong, president of […]
USC Study Finds Gender Gap in Movie Roles
A new study conducted by researchers at the Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism at the University of Southern California finds that women receive far fewer speaking roles than men in major motion pictures.
Four Women Scientists Honored for Early Career Accomplishments in Psychology
The American Association for Psychological Science has announced the six winners of the 2011 Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions. Four of the six winners are women.
New Federal Guidelines on Investigating Sexual Assault Incidents on Campus
On April 4, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled new guidelines on how colleges and universities must respond to incidents of sexual assault on campus. Under Title IX, colleges and universities have been required to investigate sexual assault complaints. But until now there have been no explicit guidelines on what procedures should be followed.
Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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