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Report: Despite Outpacing Men in Educational Attainment, Women’s Pay Still Lagging

One expert says managers must be held accountable for the gender gap in earnings as statistics show there’s not a state in the U.S. where women’s pay equals their male counterparts.

The effort to increase the number of high-level female executives was announced on Monday at a New York City event hosted by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

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At the University of West Georgia, an all-Black, all-female freshman learning community aims to ease the challenges encountered during the first-year transition into college life.

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In her new book, Dr. Melissa V. Harris-Perry explores the Black woman’s challenge to move beyond race, gender stereotypes and to be recognized as an authentic individual. 

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Professor V.G. Idichandy, the interim director at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, says there is no affirmative action in place for female students.

 

 

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 The report, The College Payoff, found that college graduates earn 84 percent more than high school graduates, earning an average of $2.3 million over a lifetime, but minorities would have to earn a master’s degree to earn as much as White non-Hispanics with a bachelor’s degree.

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The South’s oldest historically Black college, which suffered damage to 27 buildings when a tornado touched down in April, will be seeking a new leader and new donors.

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A group of high school girls gathered in Charlotte, N.C., to attend “DigiGirlz,” a Microsoft program designed to make once male-dominated STEM fields seem less daunting.

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Jackson State University has hired Vivian Fuller as its first female athletic director.

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 In a new report released by UNAIDS, advocates call for HIV and AIDS education as early as elementary school.

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