According to new research from Pew Research Center, nearly three-quarters of all Americans are uncomfortable with transgender athletes competing on sports teams that do not match with their assigned sex at birth. Opinions on this topic vary significantly by political affiliation, with smaller variations emerging among gender, racial, and age groups.

Dr. Rhine comes to her new presidency with nearly four decades of leadership experience in higher education. Most recently, she was president and chief executive officer of Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona.

The Gatorade Sports Science Institute recently released the results of its inaugural study on women's hydration. According to their research, over four in ten women arrive at their workouts already dehydrated.

On August 10, Dr. Bloebaum became the chief academic officer at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She had been serving as dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University in Ohio for the past eight years.

"Black women incur some of the highest student debt burdens while pursuing higher education, which, when combined with a lack of job opportunities, deepens existing economic inequities and exacerbates the racial wealth gap," the report authors write.

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.

They are Kristen Ghodsee, a professor of Russian and East European studies; Ayako Kano, a professor of East Asian languages and civilizations; Leigh Stearns, a professor of Earth and environmental sciences; and Deborah A. Thomas, a professor of anthropology.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

Dr. Haipt was a faculty member in the education department at the College of New Rochelle in New York. In retirement, she founded Serviam Girls Academy, a middle school for girls in Wilmington, Delaware.

In 2023, a group of five current and former women professors filed a class action lawsuit alleging Vassar College was aware of long-standing gender pay discrimination among full professors but failed to adequately address the issue. Now the liberal arts college has settled the suit, agreeing to pay $5 million to compensate 84 professors.

Kathy Brittain Richardson began her presidency at Westminster College in 2016. Earlier, she was provost and a professor of communication at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia.

The women appointed to new faculty roles at Monica L. Baskin at Virginia Commonwealth University, Elizabeth Richards at Purdue University, Denise Davis-Maye at Albany State University, Maxie Hollingsworth at Sam Houston State University, Shana E. Harrington at East Carolina University, Linda R. Baker at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and Tara Richards at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.