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Not Just ‘A Place to Park Our Offspring’
Mount Holyoke pulls rug out from under faculty parents in announcing closure of its campus childcare center.
Academe's Sticky Pay-Parity Problem
Women make up just 24 percent of research universities' top earners, according to a new report urging action on pay parity in academe. Women of color are just 2 percent.
When Title IX Is a Threat
Pacific University allegedly urged a professor to resign, saying he'd be found responsible for sexual misconduct if he didn't.
Women in Economics, Interrupted
Women in economics get asked significantly more questions than men when presenting -- mostly by men. Researchers say this is part of deeper gender issues within the field.
‘Building Gender Equity in the Academy’
Authors discuss their new book -- and their agenda for women's advancement in higher education.
Between a Lawsuit and Retirement
A longtime professor wants to retire. Her university says she has to drop her pay-based gender discrimination suit first.
‘You Must Retract This Paper’
Scientists want to know why a major journal published findings that female mentors may be bad for your career, even after reviewers pointed out flaws in the paper’s methodology and analysis. Nature Communications says it’s investigating.
3 Campus Groups That Especially Need Support
Come what may between now and Inauguration Day, their future may be murky at best and debilitating at worst, warns José Villalba.