Tag: Gender: Page 25

Faculty & Staff

Report Examines Why Women are Under-represented in STEM Fields

The American Association of University Women report, funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation, involves a review of literature about gender and science published over the past 15 years.

March 21, 2010

Sports

Study: Women’s NCAA Tourney Teams Outperform Men in Graduation Rates

Players on teams headed to the NCAA women’s tournament are graduating at a higher rate than those in the men’s field, a study released Tuesday showed.

March 16, 2010

Latinx

UT-Austin Professor Works To Close Latino Gender Gap in Higher Ed

Dr. Victor Saenz, an assistant professor of higher education administration at The University of Texas at Austin, has been at the forefront of the Latino male student achievement issue and on a crusade to move policymakers to action before it’s too late.

February 28, 2010

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Report: More Men Get Economic Boost From Marriage

Historically, marriage was the surest route to financial security for women, but men are increasingly getting the bigger economic boost from tying the knot, according to a new analysis of census data.

January 19, 2010

Women

Civil Rights Commission Probes Possible Gender Bias at Colleges

A federal civil rights agency investigating possible gender discrimination in college admissions will subpoena data from more than a dozen mid-Atlantic universities, officials said Thursday.

December 17, 2009

African-American

Dispelling HIV/AIDS Myths in Black Community

Claudia Pryor’s documentary explores the attitudes and awareness among Black youth in Pittsburgh about HIV/AIDS that will be the basis of a new curricula to dispel the myths surrounding Blacks with the disease

December 13, 2009

Community Colleges

AU Professor’s Cross-country Study Reveals American Hospitality Toward Muslims

American University professor Ahmed Akbar traveled the country to gauge Americans’ attitudes toward Muslims after the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks. The results are documented in a film, “Journey into America.”

November 19, 2009

Faculty & Staff

New Study Examines Gender-based Pay Gaps in Academia

A paper in the new issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly examines gender-based pay gaps among U.S. faculty using two methodologies.

November 11, 2009

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Students Borrow More Than Ever for College

Nowadays students are borrowing more to pay for college. According to the National Center for Policy Analysis, this is becoming an increasing trend. The total amount borrowed by students and received by schools in the 2008-09 academic year grew about 25 percent over the previous year to $75.1 billion.  A growing body of research suggests […]

September 7, 2009

Faculty & Staff

In Brief: UT-Austin Hires Unprecedented Number of Female Faculty

UT-Austin is closing gender gap; states cut financial aid to neediest students and Illinois governor wants trustees to step down.

August 12, 2009

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Higher education playing bigger role in gender wage gap

While higher education has helped women narrow their long-running wage gap with men, there is one college-related factor that has becoming increasingly important in perpetuating that gap, according to new research.  According to Innovations Report, women are still segregated into college majors that will lead them to careers with less pay than men. © Copyright […]

August 10, 2009

Asian American Pacific Islander

Quote of Note:

“Judge Sotomayor’s hearing begins, and she graciously introduces her extended family, including her twin nephews Corey and Conner Sotomayor, who are adopted from Korea. It’s one example of how complex the modern American family is, and how outdated traditional ideas of race and culture are. When the Sotomayor twins apply to college, which box will […]

August 5, 2009