Rebecca Chopp is the president of Swarthmore College. The institution outside Philadelphia was ranked the third-best liberal arts college in the United States by U.S. News and World Report.
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Consider a civic scorecard: Do a college's graduates vote regularly? Advocate causes? Participate in their children’s schools? By Ellen McCulloch-Lovell.
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It's easy to see why this poetry professor made it to the top (college president). Passionate, smart, concise argument for the value of liberal arts. Delete the scoop?
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Today’s college experience leaves women still stumbling over the dilemmas their grandmothers’ generation sought to destroy. Delete the scoop?
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Rebecca Chopp is the president of Swarthmore College. The institution outside Philadelphia was ranked the third-best liberal arts college in the United States by U.S. News and World Report.
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A college drop-out before she worked her way through school, then combined grad school with child-rearing. Inspiring.
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Well-known male neuroscientist complains about "unattractive women" at annual SFN conference. Women scientists say: Not surprising. They've been trying to get their male peers to acknowledge this problem for years. Delete the scoop?
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Dr. Deborah Rhode, Director of the Center on Ethics at Stanford. She discusses "the reluctance of many talented female academics to pursue administrative opportunities." From the Women in Higher Education newsletter. Delete the scoop?
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Full-time professors are becoming fewer, but the committee work that traditionally falls to them is proliferating. Delete the scoop?
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Feminist Philosophers call attention to gender bias in their field with their Genered Conference Campaign. "All-male events and volumes help to perpetuate the stereotyping of philosophy as male." Delete the scoop?
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Women and their dollars are the lifeblood of today's colleges. But who decides how those dollars are spent? Men, mostly. Delete the scoop?
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Subscribe to the only national monthly publication to support women on campus, a 24-40 page news journal designed to enlighten, encourage, empower, and enrage women in higher education... Delete the scoop?
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Female profs make, on average, only about four-fifths as much as their male counterparts do. Get info on salaries, student demographics, and more. Delete the scoop?
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On balancing -- or trying to balance -- work and family while on the tenure track Delete the scoop?
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Focused on programs, resources and research to foster greater diversity and inclusion in higher education, particularly within the senior leadership. Delete the scoop?
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Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (+more!).
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Great blog site on women in math, sciences. Celebrating pioneers. Delete the scoop?
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Campaigners say universities will appoint more minority ethnic and female academics to the top jobs only when their funding depends on it
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"For the first time, the pursuit of equality was explicitly linked to major funding streams." Delete the scoop?
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AAUW today released a new study showing that just one year out of college, millennial women are paid 82 cents for every dollar paid to their male peers. Women are paid less than men are even when they do the same work and major in the same field. Delete the scoop?
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Gender bias? Discrimination? Second-shift fallout? Research on publication rates covering 345 years shows that only 22 percent of all authors were female. Only 19 percent of first authors in the study were female. Women were more likely to appear as third, fourth, or fifth authors.The largest-ever study of gender in academic publishing shows that women cluster in certain fields, while men get more credit. Delete the scoop?
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From Women in Higher Education newsletter: "Authenticity sets a purposeful framework for our work and brings out the best in others" Delete the scoop?
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Some good suggestions on tailoring your application for administrative positions. Delete the scoop?
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We need to "dismantle the myth of solitary perfection." Wise words from Debora Spar, president of Barnard College and former Harvard Business school professor. Delete the scoop?
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A program of the Association of American Colleges and Universities, On Campus With Women is devoted to creating inclusive institutions. Delete the scoop?
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AAC&U publication "On Campus With Women" explores the topic: Making the Academy Inclusive of Women of Color Faculty Delete the scoop?
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Disturbing study suggests subtle bias affecting those who stop the tenure clock. Both men and women suffer a salary penalty, and it's larger for men. Delete the scoop?
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From the AAC&U On Campus With Women online publication. Includes a rubric for measuring personal and institutional progress toward tenure! Delete the scoop?
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A college drop-out before she worked her way through school, then combined grad school with child-rearing. Inspiring.