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Diversification of a university faculty: Observations on hiring women faculty in the schools of science and engineering at MIT
04 July 2013
Assessment of efforts from the 1970s onward to increase women faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Nancy Hopkins, MIT, USA ( link to study; Apr 2006)
Beyond bias and barriers: Fulfilling the potential of women in academic science and engineering
04 July 2013
Study to review research on gender issues in science and engineering and develop specific recommendations to maximize the potential of women in science and engineering careers. - National Academies, USA ( link to study; Jan 2006)
Gender differences at critical transitions in the careers of science, engineering, and mathematics faculty
04 July 2013
Study assessing gender differences in science, engineering, and mathematics faculty. - National Research Council, USA ( link to study; Jan 2009)
Gender equality universally embraced, but inequalities acknowledged: Men’s lives often seen as better
04 July 2013
Summary of surveys done in many countries on global attitudes surrounding gender equity (e.g. whether men and women should and do have equal opportunities, whether more changes need to be made, whether marriages are more satisfying when wife works, etc...
Statistics and reports for gender equality at ANU
27 June 2013
The Equal Opportunity (EO) for women reports, available annually, detail the number of men and women at each academic and executive level within the university. Further data such as the number of men and women by college and school are detailed in each...
The life history of an ecology Ph.D.
19 June 2013
"What is the outlook for ecology PhD’s in today’s job climate? A little background research made it clear that the Ecology PhD’s life history is convoluted and remains obscure. To explore the career climate, I delved into the literature and talked to...
How long can you wait to have a baby?
19 June 2013
"Deep anxiety about the ability to have children later in life plagues many women. But the decline in fertility over the course of a woman’s 30s has been oversold. Here’s what the statistics really tell us—and what they don’t. ..." - The Atlantic ( link...
