Princeton fires professor critical of racial equity efforts
Times Higher Education
Joshua Katz dismissed after renewed probe of sexual misconduct case.
News from other media
Female scientists less likely to win prizes named after men
Times Higher Education
Survey of more than 9,000 prizewinners reiterates ‘urgent’ need to tackle gender representation, authors say .
‘Missing out’ on maternity provision
Times Higher Education
Women on fixed-term contracts in Russell Group universities less likely to return to work after maternity leave than permanent peers.
Gender Equality: How global universities are performing – part 2
Times Higher Education
Our data-led report reveals the extent to which higher education institutions across the globe are contributing to gender equality and provides recommendation.
Ten ways universities can tackle gender inequality
Times Higher Education
Ellie Bothwell outlines recommendations from THE’s recent report on how universities around the world are performing on gender equality.
Canada tries no-male job hunts to boost university equality
Times Higher Education
Government’s major research funders set hard deadline of 2029 for fair distribution of major federal science grant money and see gender exclusion as smart pathway.
End of affirmative action badly hit medical student diversity
Times Higher Education
Minority public medical school enrolment seen down by more than third in five years in US states that banned racial considerations in admissions.
For gender pay equality, universities must let social scientists see the data
Times Higher Education
A mixture of privacy concerns and managerialism prevents universities from making good use of their research expertise.
Women-only universities ‘fill inclusion gaps’ left elsewhere
Times Higher Education
But co-author of Unesco report says need for them could wane with better inclusion elsewhere .
US universities used recruitment tool ‘to target white students’
Times Higher Education
Naviance, available to nearly half of nation’s high school students, admits years of Caucasian filtering for campuses building candidate lists.
Female authorship share in top medical journals fails to improve
Times Higher Education
Study finds little ‘substantive’ change between 2002 and 2019.
Blog: Do Men Really Publish More than Women?
PRIO
Academic publishing, has been repeatedly shown to be yet another arena in which men consistently outperform women, write Lynn P. Nygaard, Dag W. Aksnes and Fredrik Piro.
Work-from-home scuppered ‘thinking time’ for female researchers
Times Higher Education
Ostensibly family-friendly work arrangements assumed to benefit women can have the opposite effect, a study of academics’ lockdown experiences suggests.
Guidance, carrots, and whips will get more women into the IT industry
NordForsk
The three statements above comes from a recently completed research project on gender equality within the IT industry.
EU support to women in research, science and education
European Commission
Female talent is crucial for Europe, not least in the fields of research, science and education.
Women in university leadership
European University Association
International Women’s Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the gender disparities in university leadership.