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The Mom Penalty
A decadelong research initiative out of the University of California at Berkeley culminates in a detailed look at the effects of children on men's and women's academic careers.
Waiting to See Punishment
After learning that a faculty member at San Jose State was found by the university to have inappropriately touched a student, many want to know why he's still teaching.
Aid Applicants With 2 Mothers
Changes to the FAFSA will collect information on both parents in a same-sex marriage or who are unmarried but living together.
Anger Over Scare Quotes
Philosophy professor's plans for a critical lecture about the sexual assault awareness movement collides with a college's Sexual Assault Awareness Week.
Diverse Considerations
After media scrutiny about all the white men in the University of Kentucky administration, two women and a Hispanic male are named finalists in the provost search. Can a public emphasis on diversity undermine the goal?
Rorschach on Women and Science
Popular science blogger reveals that she's a woman. Many fans of the blog are shocked -- while others are shocked by the shock.
Opinion
Teaching Students to 'Lean In'
The debate over a Facebook executive's book about women points to skills that colleges need to promote in their female students, write Becky Wai-Ling Packard and Jessica Bacal.
Scholarship and Gay Marriage
Three major disciplinary associations, citing research, file briefs with U.S. Supreme Court opposing measures that bar gay marriage. Individual scholars weigh in on each side of the debate.