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Ranking the States by the Percentage of Women Among Their Doctoral Degree Recipients
Nationwide men earned nearly 4,000 more doctoral degrees than women in 2013. But there were several states where women earned more doctorates than men. The states with the highest percentage of women among their doctoral degree awardees were Vermont, Maine, and Mississippi.
Academic Disciplines With Huge Gender Gaps in Doctoral Degree Awards
In 2013, women earned 46.2 percent of all doctorates awarded by American universities. But there are many specific academic disciplines in which the gender gap in doctoral degrees is substantial.
Davidson College Dean to Lead National Science Foundation Committee on Women in STEM
Dr. Wendy Raymond came to Davidson College in 2013 after teaching biology at Williams College in Massachusetts for 19 years. She was also associate dean for institutional diversity at Williams.
Northwestern University Scholar to Lead a Key Directorate at the National Science Foundation
Fay Lomax Cook is a professor of human development and social policy in the School of Education at Northwestern University. From 1996 to 2012 she was the director of the Institute for Policy Research at the university.
Gender Differences in Educational Debt Levels for Doctoral Students
On average, women who earned doctorates in 2012 had accumualted significantly more debt than men. And men were more likely than women to be debt free.
Gender Differences in Time Span to Earn a Doctoral Degree
For women who earned doctoral degrees in 2012, the average number of years that they spent from the time they graduated from college to the time they earned their doctorate was 9.4 years. For men the figure is 8.7 years.
The Wide Gender Gap in Doctoral Degree Awards in Specific Disciplines
Women earned 70.2 percent of all doctorates in the health sciences and 68.7 percent of all doctorates in education but only 28.5 percent of all doctorates in the physical sciences and 22.5 percent of all doctorates in engineering.
Doctoral Degrees to Women Reached an All-Time High in 2012
Women have made impressive gains over the past decade in doctoral degree attainments in STEM fields such as computer and information science (up 127.5%), physics and astronomy (up 120.7%), engineering (up 110.6%), and mathematics (up 81.5%).
Virginia Tech Dean Takes Two-Year Post at the National Science Foundation
Bevlee Watford, associate dean for academic affairs at the College of Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, will be the program manager for broadening participation in the engineering education and centers division of the NSF.
France Córdova Named Director of the National Science Foundation
After serving as the president of Purdue University from 2007 to 2012, Dr. Córdova has been the chair of the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
A Successful Program to Add Women Faculty in the Sciences
In the four years after the program began at the University of Rhode Island, 54 percent of new faculty hires in science programs were women, compared to 24 percent in the three years prior to the initiation of the program.
University of Wisconsin Physicist Wins Photography Award from the National Science Foundation
Pupa Gilbert, a professor of physics at the University of Wisconsin. received top honors in the 2012 International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge for her photograph from an electron microscope of the forming end of a sea urchin’s tooth.
Carleton College Professor Taking Leave to Direct NSF’s Undergraduate Education Division
Susan Singer, the Laurence McKinley Gould Professor of the Natural Sciences at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, is taking a leave of absence to head the National Science Foundation’s Division of Undergraduate Education.
Wide Gender Disparities in Doctoral Degree Awards in Specific Disciplines
In 2011, men earned far more doctoral degrees in fields such as computer science, mathematics, physics, and engineering. Women outperformed men in doctoral degree awards in education, psychology, the social sciences, and the humanities.
A Slowdown in the Closing of the Gender Gap in Doctoral Degree Awards
From 1981 to 2009 women made remarkable gains in closing the gender gap in doctoral degree awards. But in recent years, that progress has not continued.
University of California Irvine Shows Progress in Adding Women to Its Faculty
During the 2001 to 2011 period, the percentage of women among new faculty hires increased from 33 percent to 41 percent.
Only One Woman Among the Six Finalists for President of the University of Nevada
Rachel Toni Algaze Croson, a professor at the University of Texas at Dallas, is currently on leave serving as a division director at the National Science Foundation.
NSF Grant to Provide Mentoring for Women Faculty in STEM Fields
The project is directed by Joanne Smieja, the first woman tenured chemistry professor at Gonzaga University.
Florida International University Seeks to Boost Opportunities for Women in the Sciences
The initiative is funded by a three-year, $573,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.
Number of Women Earning Doctorates Declined Slightly in 2010
Part of the decline may be the result of a reclassification of earned doctorates in the field of education.
Princeton Professor Named to National Science Board
Bonnie Bassler, a professor of molecular biology, was nominated by President Obama for a six-year term.
The Gender Gap in Science Faculty
Women are less than one third of all college and university faculty who have doctorates in scientific disciplines.
New Rules Would Help Women Balance Work and Family Obligations
The National Science Foundation would allow grants to be suspended for up to a one year in order to deal with family matters.
STEM Scholarship Program Extended at St. Catherine University
New funding means that at least 65 women will receive scholarships over the next five years.
Graduate Schools Get New Leaders
Vivian S. Lee will head the medical school at the University of Utah and Sheryl Tucker will be dean of the graduate school at Oklahoma State University.
