Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers

From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of women in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of WIAReport.

We invite subscribers to e-mail us at editor@WIAReport.com with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

Georgia’s All-Female Colleges: Persistence in Face of Closures
The Red and Black

The Next MacGyver Will Be a Woman – And a University of Washington Engineering Student May Invent Her
UW Today

Why Women-Only Initiatives Are Vital for the Arts
The Guardian

The Transgender Challenge for Women’s Colleges
The Wall Street Journal

Female Graduates Find More Jobs, While Men Win Higher Pay
The Guardian

Africa’s Female Leaders Are Expected to Act Like Mothers: Women Who Head Universities Say Their Gender Is an Extra Job
Times Higher Education

Women Are Making Progress in STEM, But We’re Not There Yet
Forbes

Back From the Brink: All-Women Sweet Briar College Faces Rough Road
WTVB

The Pay Gap Is Even Worse for Black Women, and That’s Everyone’s Problem
AAUW

Woods Hole Film Festival: Wellesley Resident’s Work Focuses on Women in the Class of ’69, Then and Now
The Wellesley Townsman

Sexism: Pervasive in the Academy?
Times Higher Education

Female Managers in Initial Teacher Training ‘Struggle’ to Survive
Times Higher Education

Gender Equality in Research: Reason to Be Cautiously Optimistic
Science|Business

Happy Birthday to the Woman Who Revolutionized Endocrinology
PBS Newshour

I Was Taken Aback When I Found Out I Was the First Black Female Head of a University
The Guardian