“Getting the Ph.D. Was the Easy Part,” Renate Ysseldyk, Inside Higher Education, October 30, 2015, at https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2015/10/30/challenges-women-face-after-getting-their-phds-essay?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=a8edbeae52-DNU201510030&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-a8edbeae52-197618997
[Renate Ysseldyk suggests that women in academia still face significant barriers to career progress, especially shortly following the completion of their doctorates.]
“Academic Guilt,” Kerry Ann Rockquemore, July 1, 2015, Inside Higher Ed
[Kerry Ann Rockquemore talks about academic guilt, the guilt many academicians feel when they take time off from academic work. Dr. Rockquemore, the president of the US-based National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity, is the author of The Black Academic’s Guide to Winning Tenure Without Losing Your Soul.]
“100 Percent Is Overrated,” James Hamlin, June 30, 2015, the Atlantic
http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/06/the-s-word/397205/
[James Hamlin reports on a talk by Jo Boaler, professor of mathematics education at Stanford University, at the Aspen Ideas Festival. Boaler suggests that telling children they are “smart,” instead of that they did well, makes them risk-averse: making mistakes would mean they are not “smart” instead of that they have a chance to learn. Boaler believes that high-achieving girls are particularly affected by this “fixed-mindset thinking,” which makes them especially vulnerable to societal messages that girls will not be good at math and sciences.]
David Cotter, January 9, 2015, in The Academic Minute.
[http://academicminute.org/2015/01/david-cotter-union-college-gender-inequality-trends/]
[In The Academic Minute for January 9, 2015, David Cotter, the Chair of Union College’s Sociology Department, discusses his research on trends in US attitudes towards gender inequality. From 1977 to 1994, attitudes became more egalitarian. However, from 1994-2006, this upward trend slowed and, at times, even reversed. Since 2006, a movement towards egalitarian attitudes resumed, although changes are slower than in the past. Cotter concludes that “the issue of gender inequality remains complicated.”]
The Academic Minute is a WAMC National Production.
“Promotion and self-promotion,” The Economist, August 31, 2013
[This article discusses a suggestion, by Barbara Walter of the University of California, San Diego, that female academicians are less likely than male academicians to cite their own previous publications when they publish. She suggests that this imbalance makes it harder for women to advance professionally.]
“Advice for New Hires,” Pamela Oliver, August 28, 2013, Inside Higher Education
[Pamela Oliver, a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin, gives “generic” advice for recently hired assistant professors.]
“Gender, Jobs and G.P.A.,” Allie Grasgreen, August 20, 2013, Inside Higher Education
[This article discusses a study that suggests that girls in high school are more likely than their male peers to plan to go to college or university, and that they earn higher G.P.A.s because of these career goals.]
“The Mom Penalty,” Colleen Flaherty, June 6, 2013, Inside Higher Education
[This article discusses the book Do Babies Matter: Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, by Mary Anne Mason, Nicholas Wolfinger, and Marc Goulden. The authors determined that at every stage of an academic career, from graduate school on up, there has been a “baby penalty” that affects women but not their male colleagues.]
“Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science?” Eileen Pollack, October 3, 2013, New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/06/magazine/why-are-there-still-so-few-women-in- science.html?_r=0
[This long article discusses research and personal experiences related to factors that reduce the numbers of women in post-secondary science programs and science careers.]
“Women and Academic Technology,” Joshua Kim, October 9, 2013, Inside Higher Education
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/technology-and-learning/women-and-academic-technology
[In this blog post, Joshua Kim hypothesizes that women are better represented in leadership roles in educational technology than in private industry, and offers suggestions as to why.]