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Women Value College More Than Men, Survey Shows
Women, who outnumber men both in college enrollment and completion, seem to value degrees more than their male counterparts, writes citytowninfo.com. According to a survey by the Pew Research Center,...
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UCLA Considers Proposal for ‘Gender Inclusive’ Dorms
UCLA’s campus newspaper reports ”gender inclusive” dorm life, which could potentially see students paired with opposite-gendered roommates, as suggested by UCLA Housing Services, is now being...
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Men’s-Only Degrees in Iran Prompt Calls for UN Investigation
Last week following the prompting of the country’s chief religious authority, 36 Iranian universities announced that 77 degree programs will, from now on, be restricted to males only. This edict comes...
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Study: Female Applicants Face Gender Hurdle in STEM Fields
A Yale University study, available online at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that in the field of academia, female scientists have a tougher time succeeding than their male...
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Study: As Women’s Academic Attainment Rises, Relationships Shift
The economic balance in families is changing dramatically, as the steps taken by countries to increase gender parity have encouraged greater higher educational attainment by women. According to a...
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Could Online Learning Work to Close the Gender Gap?
Technology is already being used in education to help close both income and racial academic gaps. Is it possible to harness its power to close the gender gaps, too? In particular, can a full-scale...
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Highly-Educated Iranian Women Kept Out of Job Market
Women are well represented in Iran’s colleges and universities, but the picture is quite different when it comes to the job market. According to recent studies, of Iranian women who are unemployed...
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Academia Struggles with Gender Balance Worldwide
Although women are making progress in UK universities with numbers reaching 1 in 5 – up from 3% in 1989 – a more dedicated effort is required to bring gender parity to higher education classrooms and...
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Four in Ten Colorado HS Graduates Needed Remediation in 2011
According to a report by the Colorado Department of Higher Education, nearly 40% of high school graduates in the state required some kind of remediation in 2011 before they were prepared to tackle...
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Community Colleges in Washington State to Begin Collecting LGBQT Data
More colleges and universities are looking to start collecting demographic data on students’ sexual orientation the same way they have been collecting students’ gender and ethnicity information for...
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FemTechNet Launches Online Course on Feminism and Technology
FemTechNet, a network of scholars, artists and students who combine technology, science and feminism in a variety of fields, has launched an online course that highlights the significant contributions...
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ISIS Orders Gender Segregation at Mosul Universities
University students in the Iraqi providence of Mosul will now be separated by gender due to an order made by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The militant group called a meeting with...
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PayScale Data Shows Motherhood, Gender Salary Gaps
A new study shows that married moms make more than single moms and women without children. PayScale, an online information destination for statistics concerning salaries and benefits, reveals that...
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Yale Introduces Gender Neutral Bathrooms in Campus Buildings
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) Yale University announced at its 315th commencement ceremony that it will now offer gender-neutral bathrooms in 23 of its buildings as it aims to facilitate a more...
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Gender Gap in UK Universities Grows as Women Outpace Men
(Photo: Wikimedia, Creative Commons) According to a report entitled “Boys to Men: The Underachievement of Young Men in Higher Education and How to Start Tackling It,” the gender gap in the United...
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