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Study: Imposter Feelings More Pronounced in Women and Early-Career Academics in Fields Valuing ‘Brilliance’
Despite their evident success, many high-achieving women in academia say they often feel professionally inadequate, a well-known pattern called the imposter phenomenon. Yet research on this has typically centered on the individual, not the environment. A new study might help turn that trend on its head, spurring cultural changes in higher education.
August 4, 2021
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Roueche Center Forum: Toward Gender Equality in Technology Careers
COVID-19 has demonstrated that technology is a bridge to sustaining a degree of normalcy in our lives. Institutions were able to switch almost overnight to online instruction and services only because of advances in technology, showing how critical having prepared professionals to address world problems is. According to the 2021 study “Women Chief Technology Officers in Community Colleges” by Monica D. Wiggins, the prevalence of technology today requires skilled technology workers — more than ever before — to secure, design, maintain and upgrade an ever-increasing number of advanced technological devices and programs.
July 9, 2021
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This Professor Introduces Women to STEM By Bridging Engineering and Health Care
Currently, women represent 15–18% of the STEM workforce but 85% of the health care field. As the director of Florida Poly’s Health Systems Engineering program, Dr. Grisselle Centeno hopes to encourage more women to opt for STEM careers by developing a bridge between health care and engineering.
July 7, 2021
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Students, Nonprofits Work to End Period Poverty on Campuses Nationwide
In March, a group gathered in the middle of Lincoln University’s student union area for a celebration, complete with balloons, music, photo opportunities and appearances made by the university’s king and queen. The occasion? A “period pop-up shop,” in which tampons, pads and other sanitary products were handed out as casually as party favors.
July 2, 2021
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Report: Massachusetts Shows Significant Increase In Number Of Women Of Color Leading Colleges And Universities
The state of Massachusetts is touting some positive news: the increasing number of female college and university presidents. According to a recent study released by the Women’s Power Gap Initiative of the Eos Foundation, the number of women of color in the state have more than doubled over the past three years, with six women welcoming their first women presidents.
June 24, 2021
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Undergraduate Enrollment is Down, But Trends are Encouraging for Women in STEM
Last week, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released a study of Spring 2021 enrollment, which showed a dramatic decrease in total undergraduate enrollment. And there were significant loses in programs associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
June 21, 2021
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Women Advancing in the Academy, Offers Hope for Gender Equity
In recent weeks, a number of women have been elevated to top leadership posts at colleges and universities across the nation, signaling a dramatic shift across the higher education landscape that at one time, was exclusively dominated by men.
May 9, 2021
Opinion
Self-Help Recommendations on How Millennial Women of Color Survive College
During this self-isolation and social distancing period, I have come to the realization that I did not fully know myself as much as I thought, and that was a notion that was frightening yet ethereal.
April 15, 2021
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Study Analyzes Motivations of Female Candidates Seeking Graduate Management Education
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 60% of graduate management education programs experienced a rise in female candidate applications in 2020. Comparably, in 2019, only 41% of programs did, according to a recent Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC) study.
March 9, 2021
Sports
Women in Sports Leadership: A Q&A with Chevonne Mansfield, Interim Athletics Director, Florida Memorial University
Q&A with Chevonne Mansfield, Interim Athletics Director, Florida Memorial University
February 10, 2021
Students
Report Highlights COVID-19 Impact on College Students’ Mental Health
A new report analyzed how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the mental health of college students. “Constant Stress Has Become the New Normal: Stress and Anxiety Inequalities Among U.S. College Students in the Time of COVID-19,” found that one-third of college students reported emotional distress brought on by the pandemic, according to the research.
January 13, 2021
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183-Year-Old Women’s College To Close If It Doesn’t Raise $500,000 by Dec. 31
Founded in 1838, the all-women’s Judson College has weathered multiple wars, The Great Depression, two fires and several recessions — but 2020 may have been too much.
December 22, 2020
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