First-Year Women Students at the Nation’s Leading Liberal Arts Colleges

This is the first time in the history of our survey that women made up a majority of entering students at all responding, high-ranking liberal arts institutions.

First-Year Women Students at the Nation’s Leading Research Universities

Of the 27 high-ranking research universities for which we have data, women were the majority of the entering students at 22 schools. This is up from 21 a year ago and 18 two years ago.

Five Women Win Mitchell Scholarships for Graduate Study in Ireland

The US-Ireland Alliance has announced the 12 members of the George J. Mitchell Scholar Class of 2024. This year, five of the 12 Mitchell Scholars are women.

The Highest-Ranked Women Scientists in the United States

More than 166,880 scientist profiles across 24 research disciplines were examined with several indicators and metrics reviewed in order to consider each scientist’s inclusion in the ranking.

Sixteen Women Are Among the 32 Rhodes Scholars From the United States

The Rhodes Trust has announced the latest cohort of 32 Rhodes Scholars selected in 16 districts across the United States. Sixteen members of this year’s class are women.

Four of the Six Winners of the McKnight Scholar Awards Are Women

The McKnight Scholar Awards are granted to young scientists who are in the early stages of establishing their own independent laboratories and research careers and who have demonstrated a commitment to neuroscience.

  • Research & Studies

  • A Persisting Gender Pay Gap in Teacher Compensation in the Public Schools

    A Persisting Gender Pay Gap in Teacher Compensation in the Public Schools

    Mar. 22, 2023 - A new study by the Brookings Institution finds that although women make up roughly three–quarters of the teaching workforce. they make an estimated $5,000 less than men annually, Much of gap is explained by men doing extra work - such as coaching - and being more likely to get paid for this extra work than women.
  • How Colleges and Universities Can Impact the Gender Gap in the Tech Workforce

    How Colleges and Universities Can Impact the Gender Gap in the Tech Workforce

    Mar. 22, 2023 - A new study by Accenture, the consulting and technology services company based in Dublin, Ireland, has issued a new report that finds that the proportion of women to men in tech roles has declined over the past 35 years. And half of all young women who go into tech drop out by the age of 35.
  • The Gender Gap in Faculty at Canadian Universities

    The Gender Gap in Faculty at Canadian Universities

    Mar. 15, 2023 - In 2019, almost 6 in 10 full-time university faculty members in Canada were men. One in five women faculty members surveyed disagreed or strongly disagreed that hiring was fair and equitable at their institution, compared with 12 percent of men.
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  • Appointments

  • Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Assigned New Duties

    Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Assigned New Duties

    Mar. 24, 2023 - Taking on new roles in higher education are Jennifer Borland at Oklahoma State University, Erin Todd Bronchetti at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Terry-Ann Jones at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Genevieve Giuliano at the University of Southern California, and Gloria DiFulvio at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  • Five Women Who Have Been Selected for University Dean Positions

    Five Women Who Have Been Selected for University Dean Positions

    Mar. 23, 2023 - The five women named to dean positions are Tuba Özkan-Haller at Oregon State University, Neporcha Cone at Middle Tennessee State University, Kelly Chandler-Olcott at Syracuse University in New York, Julie M. Aultman at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, and Letitia Williams at Morgan State University in Baltimore.
  • Seven Women Who Have Been Selected for New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

    Seven Women Who Have Been Selected for New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

    Mar. 23, 2023 - Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
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  • Honors & Awards

  • Two Women Scholars Win the Bancroft Prize

    Two Women Scholars Win the Bancroft Prize

    Mar. 23, 2023 - The Bancroft Prize is one of the nation’s top honors in the field of American history. The prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University. This year, two of the three winners are women: Beverly Gage, a professor of U.S. history at Yale University and Kelly Lytle Hernández who holds an endowed chair in history at the University of California, Los
  • J. Kēhaulani Kauanui Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in American Indian History

    J. Kēhaulani Kauanui Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in American Indian History

    Mar. 23, 2023 - J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, a professor of American studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, was recognized with the American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the Western History Association. The award honors one scholar each year who has served in the trenches on all fronts to advance Indigenous history.
  • Jayati Ghosh Honored by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

    Jayati Ghosh Honored by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

    Mar. 23, 2023 - Jayati Ghosh a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has been named the 2023 recipient of the Galbraith Award from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. The award commemorates outstanding agricultural economists who have made significant contributions to humanity.
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  • Other Recent Articles

  • Four Women at Swarthmore College Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure

    Four Women at Swarthmore College Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure [3.23.2023]

    Four women scholars were promoted to associate professor and granted tenure at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. They are: Megan Brown in history, Daniela Fera in biochemistry, Eva-Maria S. Collins in systems biology, and María Pía Olivero in economics.

  • Janelle Scott to Serve as President of the American Educational Research Association

    Janelle Scott to Serve as President of the American Educational Research Association [3.22.2023]

    Janelle Scott is a professor and the Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Scott joins the AERA Council in 2023–2024 as president-elect. Her presidency begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2024 annual meeting.

  • Susan Hatto Chosen to Lead the Athens Campus of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology

    Susan Hatto Chosen to Lead the Athens Campus of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology [3.22.2023]

    Hatto is currently dean for industrial education and workforce training at Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, where she has worked since 2002. She has completed the coursework and a comprehensive exam toward a doctorate in strategic leadership at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.

  • In Memoriam: Kaitlyn A. Carter, 1979-2023

    In Memoriam: Kaitlyn A. Carter, 1979-2023 [3.22.2023]

    In 2003, Kaitlyn Carter joined the access and user services department in the McCabe Library at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. In 2015, she took on her most recent role as head of a newly formed digital initiatives and scholarship department.

  • Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars

    Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [3.21.2023]

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

  • Four Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at Colby College in Waterville, Maine

    Four Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at Colby College in Waterville, Maine [3.20.2023]

    The four women promoted to associate professor and granted tenure at Colby College are Sarah Braunstein in English and creative writing, Nadia El-Shaarawi in global studies, Arisa White in English and creative writing, and Nora Youngs in mathematics.

  • Online Articles of Interest to WIA<em>Report</em> Readers

    Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [3.20.2023]

    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: Linda Bassett

    In Memoriam: Linda Bassett [3.17.2023]

    Bassett joined the communications and marketing division of Rutgers University in 1989, where she worked to meet the community engagement goals of three Rutgers presidents. She retired in 2017.

  • Five Women Faculty Members Taking on New Duties at Research Universities

    Five Women Faculty Members Taking on New Duties at Research Universities [3.16.2023]

    Taking on new assignments at major research universities are Yvette Conley at the University of Pittsburgh, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati at the University of Southern California, Meghan L. O’Sullivan at the Kennedy School of Harvard University, Sabine Stanley at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Ying Huang at North Dakota State University.

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham Scholar Recognized by the American Society of Preventive Oncology

    University of Alabama at Birmingham Scholar Recognized by the American Society of Preventive Oncology [3.16.2023]

    Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, a professor who holds the Webb Endowed Chair of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was awarded the 2023 Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society of Preventive Oncology. The award is given annually to an outstanding scientist in the area of preventive oncology, cancer control and/or cancer prevention.

  • A Trio of Women Who Have Been Named to University Dean Positions

    A Trio of Women Who Have Been Named to University Dean Positions [3.16.2023]

    Shauna Corry has been named dean of the College of Art and Architecture at the University of Idaho. Colleen Webb has been named dean of the Graduate School at Colorado State University and Mary Hill is the new dean of students at Voorhees University in Denmark, South Carolina.

  • Cornell Scholar Wins Societal Impact Award From the Association for Computing Machinery

    Cornell Scholar Wins Societal Impact Award From the Association for Computing Machinery [3.16.2023]

    Nicola Dell, associate professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, was recognized for leveraging research in human-computer interaction for the greater good.

  • New Administrative Duties for Six Women in Higher Education

    New Administrative Duties for Six Women in Higher Education [3.16.2023]

    Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

  • Anna J. Egalite Honored by the American Educational Research Association

    Anna J. Egalite Honored by the American Educational Research Association [3.16.2023]

    Anna J. Egalite, an associate professor in the College of Education at North Carolina State University who is currently serving as a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, has been selected as the American Educational Research Association Outstanding Reviewer.

  • Yale University Announces the Appointment of Three Women Scholars to Endowed Chairs

    Yale University Announces the Appointment of Three Women Scholars to Endowed Chairs [3.16.2023]

    Lucila Ohno-Machado was named the Waldemar von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at Yale. Nancy Banasiak was recently appointed the Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil Professor of Nursing and Millicent Marcus was named the Sarai Ribicoff Professor of Italian Studies.

  • Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Higher Education Positions Relating to Diversity

    Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Higher Education Positions Relating to Diversity [3.16.2023]

    Taking on new diversity roles are Thiadora Pina at the Santa Clara University School of Law in California, Kendra Jason at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Chanelle Whittaker at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland.

  • Safa Zaki Will Be the First Women to Lead Bowdoin College Since Its Founding in 1794

    Safa Zaki Will Be the First Women to Lead Bowdoin College Since Its Founding in 1794 [3.15.2023]

    Currently, Dr. Zaki is dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She joined the faculty at Williams in 2002 as an assistant professor of psychology and was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor in 2010.

  • Scholars Provide a Blueprint for Ending the Gender Pay Gap in Organizations

    Scholars Provide a Blueprint for Ending the Gender Pay Gap in Organizations [3.15.2023]

    A new study by scholars at the University of Florida, the University of Maryland, and Villanova University in Pennsylvania, found that businesses can close gender pay gaps, reward high performance and improve their compensation strategy by identifying the true source of pay inequity and fairly allocating raises to the most underpaid women.

  • Laura Rosenbury Selected to Be the Ninth President of Barnard College in New York City

    Laura Rosenbury Selected to Be the Ninth President of Barnard College in New York City [3.15.2023]

    Laura Rosenbury – a leading women and gender legal theorist with expertise that spans reproductive rights, children’s rights, and sexual harassment and abuse – currently serves as the first woman dean at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. From 2002 to 2015, Professor Rosenbury served on the faculty at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.

  • Texas A&M University Study Finds Exercise Can Help Fight Breast Cancer

    Texas A&M University Study Finds Exercise Can Help Fight Breast Cancer [3.15.2023]

    A new study led by researchers at Texas A&M University finds that a currently unspecified factor released during exercise suppresses signaling within breast cancer cells, which reduces tumor growth and can even kill the cancerous cells.

  • Deborah Ford Named Chancellor of Indiana University Southeast in New Albany

    Deborah Ford Named Chancellor of Indiana University Southeast in New Albany [3.15.2023]

    Dr. Ford currently serves as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, a role she has held since 2009. Before joining the University of Wisconsin System, Dr. Ford served as vice president for student affairs at the University of West Florida, and vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Spalding University in Kentucky.

  • In Memoriam: Esperanza Bravo de Varona, 1927-2023

    In Memoriam: Esperanza Bravo de Varona, 1927-2023 [3.15.2023]

    Dr. de Varona began working in the University Libraries division of the University of Miami in the late 1960s. Along with other Cuban Americans who worked for the libraries, Dr. de Varona collected documents, posters, newspapers, maps, books, and anything that had to do with Cuba and the Cuban exile experience. These were later assembled into the University of Miami Libraries’ Cuban Heritage Collection. She retired from the university in 2013.

  • Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars

    Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [3.14.2023]

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

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