Suggested Reading for Academic Women
from Kay Vyhnanek, Scholarly Communication Librarian, Washington State University
"Library collections don't imply endorsement; they imply access to the many different ideas of our culture, which is precisely our purpose in public life." Jerry (a librarian)
March 25, 2011, Washington DC, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Miller, Kevin and Barbara Gault, Improving child care access to promote postsecondary success among low-income parents.
http://www.iwpr.org/publications/pubs/improving-child-care-access-to-promote-postsecondary-success-among-low-income-parents
“This report examines the role of child care as a crucial support for parents who pursue postsecondary education.”
March 22, 2011, Kolowich, Steve, Leadership without the limelight. Inside Higher Education, .
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/03/22/princeton_university_women_pass_on_high_profile_student_leadership_jobs_in_favor_of_positions_with_lower_visibility_and_more_responsibility
or short version of the URL: http://tinyurl.com/4t5jp64 Summarizes results of a study at Princeton University available at:
Report of the Steering committee on Undergraduate Women’s Leadership , Princeton University, March 2011.
https://deptafe01.princeton.edu/reports/2011/leadership/documents/SCUWL_Report_Final.pdf
March 21, 2011. Grant, Richard P. Women’s issues at MIT. F1000 The Scientist.
http://blog.the-scientist.com/2011/03/21/womens-issues-at-mit/
An interesting follow-up article to the recently-released MIT study.
March 15-6, 2011, Jaschik, Scott, Worldwide paradox for women. Inside Higher Education.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/03/15/educators_consider_the_partial_progress_of_women_in_higher_education_around_the_world
At global gathering of higher ed officials, some question why rising female enrollment levels aren't translating into comparable gains in the academic and non-academic work force.
March 11 2011, Grant, Bob. Taking time for baby. F1000 The Scientist, v.25(3), p. 64.
http://www.the-scientist.com/article/display/58018/
Lead-in paragraph: “Having a child changes everything. But it doesn’t necessarily have to disrupt your research while you’re out on leave.”
March 11, 2011, Grant, Richard P. Suffrage, art and science; an artful event hosted by the UK’s Medical Research Council celebrates the role of women in research. F1000 TheScientist.
http://www.the-scientist.com/news/display/58049/ **Caveat: viewing this item may require registration with F1000**
March 10, 2011, From the Chronicle of Higher Ed, By Mary Ann Mason
The Pyramid Problem
Why is faculty gender equality still not within striking distance?
March 3, 2011 from Inside Higher Education, Inoculation against stereotype.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/03/03/study_suggests_role_of_role_models_in_encouraging_female_undergraduates_in_math_and_science
New research suggests that female students in STEM fields may be more likely to stay in the disciplines if they are taught by women or exposed to women who are succeeding. (And male students may benefit, too.)
February 27, 2011 from Chronicle of Higher Education, In the game, but rarely no. 1.
http://chronicle.com/article/Despite-Decades-in-the-Game/126507/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
“Are qualified women being overlooked as athletic directors because they lack connections? Or are they simply content to be No. 2?”
February 8, 2011, 5:00 pm, Cornell Study Cites Choice, Not Bias, to Explain Dearth of Women in Science
A new study by researchers at Cornell University, “Understanding Current Causes of Women’s Underrepresentation in Science,” attributes women’s own choices, based on “biological and social realities,” not discrimination, as the reason women are underrepresented in the sciences. Professors cited “lifestyle choices” about children and family, which often allow for only part-time or adjunct positions, and a preference for people-based careers, among other reasons, for the lack of women in the sciences.
February 4, 2011 from Inside Higher Ed: An interesting analysis of Wikipedia content:
I know gender inequality hasn't gone away, and that we are not living in a post-sexist society, but I can still be caught by surprise. For example, women buy and read the majority of books, but get ... more
and another :Why Women Should Be Fellows
“What is a fellowship?” This question opened more conversations than I can count over the last four and a half years of my professional life, and it lacks a straightforward answer. Some ... more
January 24, 2011 from Academe Online
Misra, Joya, Lundquist, Jennifer Hickes, Holmes, Elissa and Agiomavritis, Stephanie.
The ivory ceiling of service work. Academe Online, January-February 2011.
http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2011/JF/feat/misr.htm