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New Data on Gender Differences in Application, Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation Rates
The report showed that for women who entered four-year institutions in 2011 seeking bachelor’s degrees, 63 percent earned their degree by 2017. For men who began college in 2011 seeking a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution, 57.3 percent graduated by 2017.
A Strong Vote of Confidence for Swarthmore College President Valerie Smith
Valerie Smith, who took office as the 15th president of highly rated Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania on July 1, 2015, has had her contract extended through 2025. Before becoming president of Swarthmore College, Dr. Smith was dean of the college and the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University.
Academic Study Finds Social Media Breastfeeding Support Groups Can Have Many Positive Effects
The results of the study by researchers at the the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University found that new mothers were more comfortable communicating their experiences, asking questions and seeking out support within social media groups made up of their peers. As a result, they were more confident in breastfeeding their child.
The Growing Gender Gap in the K-12 Public School Teacher Workforce
In 1980-1981, women represented 67 percent of public school teachers. That percentage increased to 76 percent during the 2015-2016 school year. Today, women represent 59 percent of secondary school teachers, 73 percent of middle school teachers, and 90 percent of elementary school teachers.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Julia Reichert Receives Career Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association
Professor Reichert has been a filmmaker and a leader of the American documentary film community for the past 50 years. For 28 years, Reichert served as a professor of film production at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Clark University’s Janette Greenwood Wins Historic New England Book Prize
Dr. Greenwood’s award-winning book presents 83 never-before published portraits reproduced from William Bullard’s glass negatives, which depict African-Americans and Native Americans from the ethnically diverse Beaver Brook neighborhood in Worcester, Massachusetts.
College Athletic Powerhouses Earn a Grade of D in Achieving Gender Equity in Leadership Posts
At the 130 colleges and universities that make up the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division 1 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, in the fall of 2018 women made up 16.9 percent of the presidents and 9.2 percent of the athletics directors.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Recent Books 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.
Meredith College to Host Two-Day “ChickTech” Workshop
The event will be free for 100 girls from local school districts that have been nominated by a teacher or community advocate. They will participate in a wide range of projects and will receive mentoring from industry professionals and academics from high-tech fields throughout the workshop.
Boston University’s Sigrid Nunez Wins 2018 National Book Award for Fiction
Sigrid Nunez, a lecturer in the creative writing program at Boston University, has won the 2018 National Book Foundation’s National Book Award for fiction. Her novel The Friend tells the story of a woman who loses a lifelong friend and mentor to suicide and now has to look after her late friend’s dog.
Eight Women Receive Prestigious Awards from the American Physical Society
The honorees are Marsha I Lester of the University of Pennsylvania, M. Christina Marchetti of the University of California, Katherine Freese of the University of Michigan, Shirley Ann Jackson of Renssselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tanya Zelevinsky of Columbia, Sharon C. Glotzer of the University of Michigan, Heather J. Lewandowski of the University of Colorado, and Julia Mundy of Harvard.
Notable Honors or Awards for 11 Women With Ties to American Higher Education
Here is a listing of women faculty members or administrators in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
The Large Gender Gap in Degree Attainments in the United States
During the 2016-17 academic year, women earned nearly 2 million degree awards at four-year U.S. postsecondary educational institutions. Women earned 57.3 percent of all bachelor’s degrees, 59.4 percent of all master’s degrees, and 50.3 percent of all research doctorates.
New Report Finds That Women Lose $500 Billion Every Year Due to Unequal Wages
The American Association of University Women recently released a report, The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap, that found working women collectively lose out on $500 billion a year because of the persistent gender pay gap.
Examining the Gender Gap in Average Salaries for Faculty in Higher Education
At four-year public colleges and universities the average salary for men was $93,235. For women faculty at these institutions, the average salary was 76,760. Thus, on average women faculty earned only 82 percent of their male peers. At private, nonprofit educational institutions, the gender gap was slightly larger.
In Memoriam: Jan Kozma (1946-2018)
Dr. Kozma began her career at the University of Kansas in 1977 as an assistant professor. For 37 years she taught Italian language and literature in the department of French & Italian. Dr. Kozma retired in 2014.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Recent Books 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.
The International Archive of Women in Architecture at Virginia Tech Aims to Close the Gender Gap
The International Archive of Women in Architecture at Virginia Tech has issued an open call to women architects worldwide to submit one seminal design or drawing from their body of work to be included in the archives to preserve the historical contributions of women in the field.
Alice McDermott Wins the Prix Femina, France’s Award for the Best Foreign Novel
The Ninth Hour follows a group of nursing nuns who care for a poor Irish Catholic community in Brooklyn in the early part of the 20th century. It was included on The New York Times’ “100 Notable Books of 2017” list. Author Alice McDermott is the Richard A. Macksey Professor of the Humanities at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Five Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
Thew new deans are Tamara F. Lawson at the St. Thomas University School of Law in Florida, Joann Bangs at Cottey College in Missouri, Sarah Feldner at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Karen Diaz at West Virginia University, and Sujata Moorti at Middlebury College in Vermont.
Rachelle Cruz Wins a 2018 American Book Award for Her Debut Poetry Collection
Rachelle Cruz, a lecturer in the department of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, has won a 2018 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for her debut poetry collection, God’s Will for Monsters.
New Federal Government Data on Women Enrollments in Higher Education in the Fall of 2017
There were 20,135,159 students enrolled at Title IV institutions in the fall of 2017. Of these, there were 11,428,121 women in this group. They made up 56.8 percent of the total enrollments. Women were 59.4 percent of the total enrollments in graduate programs.
Ohio State University Study Finds Differences in Brains of Girls Who Engage in Self-Harm
Using magnetic resonance imaging the research team, led by a professor of psychology at Ohio State University, found clear decreases in volume in parts of the brain called the insular cortex and inferior frontal gyrus in girls who engaged in self-harm. These areas of the brain regulate human emotions.
University of Pennsylvania Report Examines What Makes Companies Good Employers for Women
A new report by scholars at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania digs into the academic research literature on women and work to identify the workplace outcomes that matter most for women. The authors identify four key areas: equal representation, sufficient and equal pay, concern for health and well-being, and providing a good workplace environment.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
In Memoriam: Sharon Tolbert-Glover, 1940-2018
When Sharon Tolbert-Glover was only 15 years old, she became a nun at the convent of the Servites of Mary in Illinois. When she was assigned to a parish in suburban Chicago, the all-White congregants refused to accept her, causing her to resign from the order. She later had a long career in higher education.
Cornell University Launches Online Exhibit Commemorating Women’s Suffrage
The exhibit, “Woman Suffrage at Cornell,” highlights the university’s connections to the suffrage movement through digitized photographs, programs, letters and artifacts from the Jon A. and Virginia Lindseth Woman Suffrage Collection
Columbia University Releases Equity Report on the Status of Women Faculty
The report found widespread discrimination and harassment against female faculty members in the Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences Divisions.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
University of Montana Scholar Wins Two Book Awards From the Western History Association
Rosalyn LaPier is an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of Montana. This is the first time that a Native American woman has won a book award from the Western History Association as a stand-alone author.
Does Educational Research Authored by Women Have More Impact Than Male-Authored Research?
Research on educational topics where a woman is the lead author is more likely to be read by undergraduates, master’s degree students, and junior researchers than male-authored research within the same narrow subject field. However, articles written by women are less often to be accessed by professional and senior academic readers.
Psychopathic Tendencies in Men Propel Them to Leadership Roles, But the Same Is Not True for Women
A new study led by scholars at the University of Alabama finds that men who exhibit some degree of psychopathic behavior are often rewarded by being promoted to leadership positions in organizations, while women who exhibit such tendencies are not.
