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Dr. Marjorie Hass Appointed First Female President of the Council of Independent Colleges

Dr. Marjorie Hass, president of Rhodes College, will be the first female president of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC). She will assume her post in the summer. “CIC’s role is unique in its focus on building capacity at every level and within every sphere of independent colleges and universities,” Hass said. “Areas of particular […]

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Women Studies Scholars Worry Their Programs Are at Risk for Being Cut Amid Tightening Budgets

Women’s studies scholars worry programs like theirs will take a hit as the pandemic leads to adjunct faculty and staff layoffs, pay cuts, furloughs and slashed programs across higher education. But in the midst of all this, women’s studies scholars across the country are finding ways to celebrate Women’s History Month and emphasize the importance of their research.

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Meet Dr. Shenila Khoja-Moolji, a Champion for Inclusive Education

As an interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Shenila Khoja-Moolji’s research focuses on past and present violence against Muslim women, the history of Ismaili Muslim women, masculinity and Muslim girlhood.

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Variances in Tenure Process Raise Gender Equity Concerns Exacerbated by COVID-19

Faculty across the country have expressed concerns about the equity considerations they feel are being missed in current conversations about what tenure should look like in the pandemic.

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Report Examines Gender Pay Disparities Among Top Earners in Higher Ed

A new report from the Women’s Power Gap Initiative at the Eos Foundation and the American Association of University Women found that while 60% of all higher ed professionals are women, 76% of top earners and 82% of number one earners are men. And women of color are “virtually nonexistent” among the top-earning positions in higher education.

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Student Activists Protest Against Sexual Assault on Campuses

College students across the U.S. staged socially distanced protests this week against sexual assault on campuses, such as Boston University and Minnesota State University, CBS News reported.

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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

Women’s Rights Organizations Push for an Office of Gender Equity at the Education Department

Women’s rights organizations are making a renewed push for an Office of Gender Equity in the U.S. Department of Education under President Joe Biden.

Women in Sports Leadership: A Q&A with Dr. Dana Hollie

A Q&A with Dr. Dana Hollie, the Faculty Athletic Representative at the University of Toledo.

Judson College Meets Fundraising Goals, Stays Open

Judson College, the sixth oldest U.S. women’s college will stay open, having met its fundraising goals, Alabama Political Reporter reported. In December, the all-women Alabama school had said that it would close by the year’s end without $500,000 in donations and $1 million in long-term contributions by Dec. 31. “The Judson community surpassed the $500,000 […]

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.

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Extend the Tenure Clock to Save Careers of Rising Academic Women

The halls of higher education already had a leaky pipeline for women in science and academia, but the coronavirus pandemic has taken an ax to the problem and busted it wide open.

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