Breaking News
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Erica Muhl Has Been Chosen as the First Woman President of the Berklee College of Music in Boston
Oct. 28, 2020 - Dr. Muhl comes to Berklee College after a distinguished 30-year career at the University of Southern California, where she was dean and founding executive director of the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation and the former associate dean of the Thornton School of Music. -
Northwestern University’s Carol D. Lee Selected to Lead the National Academy of Education
Oct. 28, 2020 - Dr. Lee served as Edwina S. Tarry Professor of Education and Social Policy and as a professor of African American studies at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She became professor emerita in 2019. Professor Lee will serve a four-year term as president of the National Academy of Education beginning in November 2021. -
College of Mount St. Vincent in New York Selects Its Next President
Oct. 28, 2020 - Susan R. Burns is currently vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. Prior to her tenure at Clarke, Dr. Burns was associate dean for academic affairs at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. She will become the College of Mount St. Vincent's sixth president on January 1. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Master’s Degrees Awarded in Many Disciplines Are Heavily Segregated by Gender
Oct. 28, 2020 - Women were 76.7 percent of all individuals who were awarded master's degrees in educational fields and nearly 80 percent of all master's degree recipients in health science fields. In contrast, women received only 27.3 percent of all master's degrees in engineering and were just over a third of all recipients -
New Census Data Shows a Major Gender Gap in Median Income and Earnings in the United States
Oct. 28, 2020 - In 2018, the median income level for family households headed by a single woman was 69.4 percent of the median income for family households headed by a single man and 47.0 percent of the median income of married-couple families. Both of these income gaps widened from the previous year in -
Women Narrow the Gender Gap in Scores on the SAT College Entrance Examination
Oct. 28, 2020 - On the combined reading and mathematics sections of the SAT College Entrance Examination for students in the high school Class of 2020, men had a mean score of 1055 and women had a mean score of 1048. A year ago the overall gender gap in favor of men was 13 - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Four Women Apponited to Diversity Posts at Colleges and Universities
Oct. 26, 2020 - The appointees are Deidre Hill Butler at Union College in Schenectady, New York, Belinda Robnett at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Sonia Rucker at Southeast Missouri State University, and Nahomi Carlisle at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. -
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions in Higher Education
Oct. 23, 2020 - The women appointed to dean positions are Shannon Mathews at the University of La Verne in California, Jennifer Wilson at the New School in New York City, Juliet Langman at the University of Texas at San Antonio, and Rochelle Gilbert at Walden University. -
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Academia
Oct. 22, 2020 - Taking on new roles are Claudia Rankine at New York Univerity, Lydia Moland at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Pamela VanHaitsma, at Pennsylvania State University, Fotini Christia at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Heather Nachtmann at the University of Arkansas. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Andrea Kitta of Eastern Carolina University Wins the 2020 Chicago Folklore Prize
Oct. 22, 2020 - Andrea Kitta is associate professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. Her timely book, published five months before the onset of the current COVID-19 global pandemic, sheds light on how information and misinformation spread during an outbreak of a deadly disease. -
Bard College Scholar Wins Book Award From the Middle East Studies Association
Oct. 22, 2020 - Sophia Stamatopoulou-Robbins, an assistant professor of anthropology at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, received the 2020 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association. Dr. Stamatopoulou-Robbins has taught at Bard College since 2013. -
Deborah Damast of New York University Honored For Her Work in Dance Education
Oct. 22, 2020 - Deborah Damast has been teaching dance education at New York University since 2002, and now serves as the program director. She is also a professional dancer and choreographer and is studying for a doctorate in dance education at Columbia University. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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In Memoriam: Mary Carolyn Beaudry, 1951-2020 [10.28.2020]
A noted historical anthropologist, Dr. Beaudry joined the faculty at Boston University in 1980 as an assistant professor of anthropology. She had planned on retiring later this year.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [10.26.2020]
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
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In Memoriam: Virginia Ramey Mollenkott, 1932-2020 [10.26.2020]
Dr. Mollenkott taught at Temple University and Bob Jones University. She later chaired the English departments at Shelton College in Ringwood, New Jersey, and Nyack College in New York. She taught for 30 years at William Patterson University, before retiring in 1997.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [10.26.2020]
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 [10.26.2020]
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: Marian William Hoben, 1923-2020 [10.23.2020]
Sister Hoben joined the faculty at Immaculata in 1960. She later chaired the English department. In 1982, she assumed the presidency of Immaculata University, serving two, five-year terms.
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New Administrative Positions for Seven Women in American Higher Education [10.22.2020]
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 Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Dartmouth College [10.22.2020]
Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire has announced the appointment of 11 faculty members to endowed professorships. Six of the appointments went to women scholars.
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A Snapshot of Women Enrollments in Graduate Schools in the United States [10.21.2020]
In 2019, women made up less than 39 percent of all graduate student enrollments in engineering, mathematics and computer science, and physical sciences. Women were more than 75 percent of all graduate students in education, the health sciences, and public administration.
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Gadsden State Community College in Alabama Chooses Kathy L. Murphy as Its Next President [10.21.2020]
Dr. Murphy currently serves as superintendent of Hoover City Schools. Prior to her service in Hoover City Schools, she was superintendent of Monroe County Schools. She was also a professor at the University of West Georgia and Judson College.
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Women Are More Likely to Apply to College and More Likely to Be Accepted for Admission Than Men [10.21.2020]
New data from the U.S. Department of Education allows us to calculate that at degree-granting institutions that do not have open admissions, the acceptance rate for women in 2019 was 58.5 percent. For men, the overall acceptance rate at these schools was 54.5 percent.
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Theresa B. Felder Selected as the Tenth President of Harford Community College in Maryland [10.21.2020]
Dr. Felder comes to Harford Community College from Clark State Community College in Springfield, Ohio, where she most recently served as the senior vice president for student success. Prior to this position, she was the vice president of student affairs and administrative dean for Clark State’s largest branch campus.
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Gender Differences in Test Scores on the ACT College Entrance Examination [10.21.2020]
Some 27 percent of men who took the ACT test were deemed college-ready in all four areas of English, mathematics, reading, and science. For women, 25 percent of all test takers were deemed college-ready in all four areas.
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Maria Lumpkin Is the New Leader of Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina [10.21.2020]
For the second time this year, Maria A. Lumpkin was named interim president of Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina. She served as interim president for several months earlier this year before Irving Pressley McPhail took office as the university’s twelfth president on July 15. Dr. McPhail died on October 14, from complications relating to the COVID-19 virus.
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In Memoriam: Jacqueline Rosemarie Satchell, 1968-2020 [10.21.2020]
A native of Jamaica, Jacqueline Rosemarie Satchell was an assistant professor of medicine and a leading clinician-educator in the Yale Section of General Internal Medicine and Veterans Administration’s Connecticut Healthcare System.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [10.20.2020]
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 [10.20.2020]
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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Tulane University Scholars Develop the Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online [10.19.2020]
While the Feminist Pedagogy for Teaching Online guide was made with online learning in mind, it can be applied to physical classrooms as well as virtual ones.
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Georgia Southern University Partners With Girls Scouts to Promote STEM Education [10.19.2020]
The partnership with the Girl Scouts of Historic Georgia will involve consultation on scientific displays and programming by faculty and interns at the Girl Scouts’ GIRL Center in Savannah, as well as trips by Girl Scouts to the Armstrong and Statesboro campuses of Georgia Southern University.
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In Memoriam: Ann Metcalf, 1940-2020 [10.16.2020]
Ann Metcalf joined the teaching faculty at Mills College in Oakland, California, in 1984. Her research was focused on women’s studies, Native American studies, child development, and social inequality. She taught at Mills College for 22 years before her retirement in 2016.
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New Women’s Leadership Program Launched at Alverno College In Milwaukee [10.16.2020]
The Thea Bowman Institute for Excellence and Leadership, a program designed to serve Black women through academic leadership programming. The institute is named for a Franciscan, Catholic sister, teacher, and scholar educated in Wisconsin who made significant contributions to the church’s ministry to Blacks.
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Three Women Named to Dean Positions at Universities in the Southeast [10.15.2020]
Tracy Elliott is the new dean of the Wilson G. Bradshaw Library on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University. Nichole Lewis is the new dean of students at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina and Sharon E. Williams has been appointed interim dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Fayetteville State University in North Carolina..
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Yale University’s Louise Glück Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature [10.15.2020]
Louise Glück, an adjunct professor of English at Yale University, is the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature since Toni Morrison in 1993. Overall, 16 women have won the Nobel Prize in literature.
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