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New Data Shows a Drop in Enrollments of Women in Higher Education

New Data Shows a Drop in Enrollments of Women in Higher Education

In 2012, there were 21,147,055 students enrolled at degree-granting institutions in the United States. Of these, 12,063,631, or 57 percent were women. Enrollments of women were down by 2.3 percent from the fall of 2011.

Women Are a Large Part of the Teacher Workforce, But Men Are Often Their Bosses

Women Are a Large Part of the Teacher Workforce, But Men Are Often Their Bosses

New data from the U.S. Department of Education shows that women make up 76.1 percent of all teachers in the nation’s K-12 public schools. Yet, men are 57.7 percent of the principals at middle schools and 69.9 percent of the high school principals.

Title IX Complaint Filed Against the University of Southern California

Title IX Complaint Filed Against the University of Southern California

The University of Southern California in Los Angeles is the latest among a considerable group of higher educational institutions that are subjects of complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education regarding sexual assault on campus.

Protestors Call on the Department of Education to Do More About Sexual Assaults on Campus

Protestors Call on the Department of Education to Do More About Sexual Assaults on Campus

A group of demonstrators assembled outside the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., demanding great enforcement of Title IX of the Higher Education Act Amendments and increased protection for women against sexual assault on college campuses.

Examining the Gender Gap in College Application Rates

Examining the Gender Gap in College Application Rates

A new report from the Department of Education finds that women are significantly more likely to apply to college than men.

New Federal Guidelines on Investigating Sexual Assault Incidents on Campus

On April 4, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled new guidelines on how colleges and universities must respond to incidents of sexual assault on campus. Under Title IX, colleges and universities have been required to investigate sexual assault complaints. But until now there have been no explicit guidelines on what procedures should be followed.

Women Are Projected to Increase Their Share of Total Enrollments in American Higher Education

New data from the U.S. Department of Education estimates that by the year 2019 there will be 13,224,000 American women enrolled in higher education.