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Where Caregiving and Gender Intersect
Mar 31, 2021
It's not just about gender or caregiving, it's both: new analyses suggest colleges need COVID-19 faculty relief policies that target female caregivers in particular.

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Where and how gender and caregiving intersect for professors during COVID-19
March 31, 2021

It's not just about gender or caregiving, it's both: new analyses suggest colleges need COVID-19 faculty relief policies that target female caregivers in particular.

Court sides with professor who repeatedly misgendered trans student
March 29, 2021

In a case with far-reaching implications for both students and faculty members, a federal appeals court sides with a professor who refused to refer to transgender student by her preferred pronoun.

Professor at odds with her university over gender identity
March 25, 2021

Gender studies professor says the University of Rhode Island's statement about her essay on trans rights is an affront to her free speech.

COVID-19 and beyond: Solutions for academic mothers
March 11, 2021

After reading paper after paper describing the problem, scientists urge on- and off-campus entities to help female caregivers weather the pandemic through specific policy changes and approaches.

COVID-19: A moment for women in STEM?
March 10, 2021

National Academy of Sciences panel chronicles what COVID-19 has been like for female scientists and then urges institutions to take meaningful, equity-minded action on their findings.

Women make up just 24 percent of research universities' top earners
February 24, 2021

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.

Pacific U professor says administrators threatened him with Title IX
February 22, 2021

Pacific University allegedly urged a professor to resign, saying he'd be found responsible for sexual misconduct if he didn't.

Oregon says professor must drop her pay discrimination claims if she wants to retire
January 18, 2021

A longtime professor wants to retire. Her university says she has to drop her pay-based gender discrimination suit first.

Journal faces backlash for publishing article on female mentorship
November 23, 2020

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.

Study finds gender bias in TA evals, too
November 2, 2020

We know about gender bias in student ratings of professors. A new study finds the same, troubling trend in evaluations of teaching assistants.

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