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Women

More Single-sex Public Schools Likely Under Expected Rule Change

In Travis Brown’s sixth-grade class, they’re making robots — more than a dozen boys standing around work stations, chatting among themselves as they chop cardboard with scissors or glance at comic books for inspiration.

June 12, 2006

Sports

Grappling With the Gender Disparity Issue

The young lady seeking admission to Ohio’s Kenyon College was a student leader…

May 31, 2006

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Research Round-Up: HIV Prevention Among Minorities, Benefits of Ethnically Diverse Schools

HIV prevention: People wanting information about HIV prevention feel more comfortable getting it from people who look like them. Education diversity: Middle school students are more likely to feel safer, less bullied and less lonely in ethnically diverse schools.

May 22, 2006

HBCUs

Third Duke Lacrosse Player Indicted Over Alleged Rape

A month after two members of the Duke University lacrosse team were indicted in connection with the alleged rape of a North Carolina Central University student working as an exotic dancer, a grand jury has indicted a third player, a day after he graduated from Duke.

May 15, 2006

Health

Manning the Ship

Statistically and historically speaking, most women’s studies departments are headed by women…

May 10, 2006

HBCUs

Report: Duke’s Response to Rape Allegations Slowed by Questions About Accuser’s Credibility

Duke underestimated the rape allegations against members of the lacrosse team in part because Durham police initially said the accuser “kept changing her story and was not credible,” according to a university report issued Monday.

May 8, 2006

Health

Manning the Ship

Statistically and historically speaking, most women’s studies departments are headed by women…

May 3, 2006

Students

Duke Lacrosse Team Had a Reputation for Swagger

There is a saying at Duke University that there is only one real fraternity on campus: LAX, shorthand for lacrosse…

April 6, 2006

STEM

Survey: American Girls Aren’t Interested in STEM Careers

The Chicago-based Society of Women Engineers has released a survey that indicates 75 percent of American girls have no interest in pursuing a career in science, math or technology…

April 5, 2006

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Virtual Reality Helping Cure Anxiety Disorders

Patients at the University of Minnesota Medical Center-Fairview are learning to overcome their fears by facing them. Sort of…

March 8, 2006

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Shortage of Women in Top Management Positions in Calif. Businesses, Says Study

There is a woman sitting in only one of every 10 chairs at the boardroom tables and executive desks of California’s 200 largest publicly traded companies…

February 23, 2006

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New Study of Race in the Workplace Finds Whites the Most Uncomfortable

White employees with Black supervisors experience greater racially based discomfort than do Blacks with White supervisors, finds one of the first studies to directly examine the…

February 23, 2006