All Entries Tagged With: "gender gap"
The Gender Gap in Dental Schools Has a Major Racial Component
For whites, men still lead the way. But for minority groups there are more women in dental schools.
Is the Gender Gap in STEM Fields Overstated?
Study finds that the gender gap is reduced if a broader definition of STEM fields which includes biological and health sciences is used.
Government Study Documents Gender Gap in STEM Education and Jobs
Women hold only 24 percent of the jobs in STEM fields, the same percentage as is the year 2000.
Full-Time Enrollments in Higher Education: Women Outnumber Men in 47 of the 50 States
Arizona and Mississippi have the highest percentage of women among total enrollments in higher education.
New Data on the College Graduation Rates of Women
The U.S. Department of Education recently released data on the success rate of the cohort of students who entered higher education in the fall of 2003. For all students who enrolled in any type of postsecondary educational institution in 2003, 31 percent of women earned a bachelor’s degree by 2009. This was only slightly higher […]
The Gender Gap in Earnings for Recent College Graduates
Even for full-time workers, on average women with a bachelor’s degree earn significantly less than men.
Tracking the Progress of Women in Law School Graduations
By 2003 women had appeared to close the gender gap in law school graduations. But since then, the gap has widened.
Smile! Women Have Made Great Strides in Dental Education
From 1999 to 2009 the percentage of dental school graduates who were women increased from 35 percent to over 46 percent.
The Gender Gap in Tenure Rates Has Narrowed But Remains Wide
Tenure rates have fallen but the gender gap remains large.
Women Have Made Huge Strides in Medical Training
In the middle of the twentieth century, women were about 10 percent of all graduates of U.S. medical schools. Today, the gender gap has almost been eliminated.
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.
For the First Time, More American Women Hold Graduate Degrees Than American Men
For the first time in history, American women hold more graduate degrees than American men.
Less Than One Fifth of the New Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Are Women
Through an analysis of the list of new fellows it appears that 39 of the 212 new members of the AAAS are women.
The Gender Grade Gap for High School Graduates
The U.S. Department of Education recently issued a report on the academic credentials of students who graduated from high school in 2009.
Study Finds Shrinking Gender Gap in Surgical Training
A study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that women are making progress in closing the gap with men in training for general surgery.
