Breaking News
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Leslie Ward Appointed President of the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier
Dec. 11, 2019 - Leslie Ward has been serving as interim president of the college since July of this year. She will officially assume the duties of president on July 1, 2020. She holds a master of fine arts degree in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and an MBA from Harvard University. -
Penn State Brandywine Chooses Marilyn Wells as Its Next Chancellor
Dec. 11, 2019 - Dr. Wells has been serving as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Minnesota State University, Mankato. Before joining Minnesota State University, Wells served as vice provost and graduate dean of East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. -
Katherine Clay Bassard Will Be the Next Provost at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee
Dec. 11, 2019 - Dr. Bassard currently serves as a professor of English and interim senior associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. Earlier, she was senior vice provost for faculty affairs at VCU. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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The Gender Gap in College Participation Rates
Dec. 11, 2019 - In October 2018, there were 13,421,000 women between the ages of 18 and 24 in the United States. Of these, 50.2 percent were enrolled in postsecondary education. For men in this age group, 44.7 percent were enrolled in postsecondary education. A similar college participation gap existed for 2018 high school -
Why Do Women Choose College Majors With Lower Earnings Potential Than Men?
Dec. 11, 2019 - The study by Natasha Quadlin, a sociologist at Ohio State University, found that when men and women both prioritize economic returns in their preferences for a major, men still choose majors that pay more. But even when men and women prioritized other preferences for their major – such as helping -
Harvard Medical School Study Ties Societal Gender Inequality to Perceptual Bias Against Women
Dec. 11, 2019 - The authors suggest that men living in countries with low gender equality are prone to cognitive “lumping” that obscures individual differences. The effect is similar to earlier research that shows that people tend to overlook interpersonal variations in the faces of people from races other than their own. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Seven Women Scholars at Colleges and Universities Who Are Embarking on New Roles
Dec. 13, 2019 - Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties. -
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities
Dec. 12, 2019 - Susan L. Perkins was appointed dean of science at the City University of New York. Mona Hicks was named dean of students and associate vice provost at Stanford University in California and Cora Thompson has been appointed interim dean for the College of Education at Savannah State University in Georgia. -
A Half Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Administration Positions
Dec. 12, 2019 - Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Hollins University Associate Professor and Novelist Jessie van Eerden Wins Fiction Award
Dec. 12, 2019 - Jessie van Eerden, associate professor of creative writing at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction. The award recognizes daring, original, and innovative writing. -
Barbara Knuth, Dean of Cornell’s Graduate School, Honored by the Council of Graduate Schools
Dec. 12, 2019 - Knuth, also a professor of natural resources in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, received the honor at an awards ceremony held during the council’s 59th annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. The award included a cash prize. -
American Society of Criminology Honors “Rock Star” Professor Faye Taxman of George Mason University
Dec. 12, 2019 - At the American Society of Criminology award ceremony, Professor Taxman was described as a scholarly "rock star" who has engaged with and moved the field of corrections for more than 30 years. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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In Memoriam: Catherine Rachel Ostrow-D’Haeseleer, 1954-2019 [12.13.2019]
Armed with only a high school education, Ostrow-D’Haeseleer was hired as an adjunct lecturer in French in 1991 and taught at Wesleyan University for the next 29 years.
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St. Mary’s College in Indiana Enters Into Partnership With a Women’s University in China [12.13.2019]
Under the agreement with Shandong Women’s University in Jinan, China, each semester, both institutions can send two students to the opposite host university, free of tuition. Faculty will participate in a similar exchange program.
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Nina Gilbert to Direct the Center for Excellence in Education at Morehouse College in Atlanta [12.12.2019]
Dr. Gilbert is the former senior advisor on education reform for the Morehouse Research Institute. She has also served as an adjunct professor at Morehouse College and at the Tift College of Education at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
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In Memoriam: Mary Lowe Good, 1931-2019 [12.11.2019]
Dr. Good served as dean of the College of Engineering and Technology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock from its founding in 1999 until her retirement in June 2011. During this period she served a term as president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [12.10.2019]
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.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [12.10.2019]
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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In Memoriam: Lucie S. Kelly, 1925-2019 [12.9.2019]
At Columbia, Dr. Kelly had a joint appointment as professor of public health and nursing in the School of Nursing and professor of public health and associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Public Health.
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Wayne State University Debuts its New Office of Women’s Health [12.9.2019]
According to the university, the office will work to improve the health of women to maximize the opportunity for families to thrive and achieve economic security. The director of the new office is Sonia Hassan, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology.
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In Memoriam: Patti J. Shock, 1941-2019 [12.9.2019]
Professor Shock began her academic career at Georgia State University. After 10 years on the faculty, she joined the faculty in the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1988. She served as chair of the department of tourism and convention administration for 18 years.
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Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Graduates Its 10,000th Woman [12.9.2019]
Susan K. Rainey, who earned a Seminary Studies for Student Wives certificate, was the 10,000th female graduate from Southwestern Seminary in its 111-year history.
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In Memoriam: Shirley Walker Dixon, 1946-2019 [12.6.2019]
Dr. Dixon was a pioneer in many ways at Cabrini University in Radnor, Pennsylvania. In 1990, she was the first African American to be appointed to the university’s board of trustees. In 2018, she was the first person to be awarded a doctorate at the university and also became the first person to earn bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees at Cabrini.
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Four Women Who Are New to the Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley [12.6.2019]
Newly hired to the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley are Daniela Cammack in political science, Tesha Sengupta-Irving in the Graduate School of Education, Sophia Shao in electrical engineering and computer science, and Rebecca Wexler in the School of Law.
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CalTech’s Frances Arnold Is Named to Serve in the Pontifical Academy of Sciences [12.5.2019]
The academy was established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI with the goal of promoting “the progress of the mathematical, physical, and natural sciences.” It is the latest incarnation of papal scientific academies that date back to 1603. Professor Arnold won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Three Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at State Universities [12.5.2019]
Claudia Mora will be the next dean of the School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin. Kimberly Wallin was appointed dean of the College of Mathematics and Science at North Dakota State University and Amy Kristof-Brown was named interim dean of the College of Business at the University of Iowa.
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Boston University Professor Emelia Benjamin Earns Two Awards From the American Heart Association [12.5.2019]
Emelia Benjamin, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Boston University. also serves as assistant provost for faculty development for the Boston University Medical Campus, and as vice chair for faculty development and diversity for the department of medicine.
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New Administrative Posts in Higher Education for Five Women [12.5.2019]
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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Six Women at Colleges and Universities Honored With Notable Awards [12.5.2019]
Here is this week’s listing of women in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
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Two Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Educational Institutions in Boston [12.5.2019]
Kirsten Davison will be the second holder of the Donahue and DiFelice Professor at the Boston College School of Social Work and Susan Brady was appointed to the Deloitte-Ellen Gabriel Chair for Women and Leadership at Simmons University.
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A Snapshot of the Gender Gap in Educational Enrollments in the United States [12.4.2019]
In October 2018, there were 8,373,000 men enrolled in higher education compared to 10,534,000 women. Thus, women made up 56 percent of all enrollments in higher education. Women made up nearly 60 percent of total enrollments in U.S. graduate schools.
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Katherine Frank Named the First Woman Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Stout [12.4.2019]
Dr. Frank has been serving as vice president of academic innovation and professor of English at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. From 2016 to this past summer. Dr. Frank was provost and vice president of academic and student life.
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Study Finds That Adding Women to Corporate Boards Leads to a Decline in Market Value [12.4.2019]
A new study by two women scholars at the INSEAD business school in Fontainebleau, France, finds that when U.S. corporations put a woman on their board of directors, they tend to show a decline in market value over the next two years. The appointments are seen as “diversity hires” by investors and not in the interest of maximizing share value.
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Three American Educational Institutions Name Women to Provost Positions [12.4.2019]
Lourdes María Alvarez is the new provost and vice president for academic affairs at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas. Mary L. Coffey was named provost and dean of faculty at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, and Margaret Fitzgerald was named interim provost at North Dakota State University.
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Can Women “Have It All?” Study Looks at Gender Equality in the Workplace and Happiness at Home [12.4.2019]
A study authored by Mihaela Pintea, associate professor of economics at Florida International University in Miami, finds that society is making it more financially rewarding for women to enter the workforce, and is slowly eroding the norms that prevent them from doing it.
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