All Entries Tagged With: "U.S. Military Academy"
A Milestone Appointment at the U.S. Military Academy
Colonel Cindy Jebb, chair of the department of social sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, has been chosen by President Obama as the next dean of the academic board at West Point. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, she will be the first woman to hold the post in the 216-year history of West Point.
Federal Lawsuit Seeks Admissions Data by Gender at U.S. Service Academies
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense on behalf of the Service Women’s Action Network.
Stanford University’s Condoleezza Rice Receives West Point’s Thayer Award
The award is presented by the U.S. Military Academy’s Association of Graduates to individuals who exemplify West Point’s motto, “Duty, Honor, Country.” Dr. Rice, a former U.S. secretary of state, is now a professor at Stanford University.
Reported Cases of Sexual Assault Drop at U.S. Military Academies
The study reports there were 70 sexual assaults at the three academies during the 2012-13 academic year. This was down from 80 sexual assaults in the prior academic year. Forty-five of the 70 reported cases were at the Air Force Academy.
Women Cadets at West Point Were Unknowingly Videotaped in the Bathroom and Shower
A member of the staff at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, has been accused of videotaping women cadets without their consent. Some of the videotape footage showed the women cadets in the bathroom or in the shower.
Lawsuit Filed Charging Military Academies With Inadequate Response to Sexual Assaults
The suit alleges that the academies have a “high tolerance for sexual predators in their ranks and ‘zero tolerance’ for those who report rape, sexual assault, and harassment.”
Saluting Women’s Graduation Rate Performance at the U.S. Service Academies
At the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, women graduate at a slightly higher rate then men.
The Huge Gender Gap at the U.S. Service Academies
At the U.S. service academies, women do not make up even one third of the total enrollments.
