Opinion: In Defense of Diversity Statements
The Chronicle of Higher Education
They are morally necessary, Charlotte M. Canning and Richard J. Reddick write.
French female recruitment quotas backfire after male ‘backlash’
Times Higher Education
Having more women on appointment committees has dramatically cut the number of female academics getting hired, according to analysis.
A just future for #MeToo starts with supporting sexuality research
Times Higher Education
The stigma and fear of sexuality research must change if it is to inform any legal reform that comes in the wake of the #MeToo movement.
Success with minorities makes Maryland campus a topic of study
Times Higher Education
UMBC’s success in producing black graduates who later earn science doctorates may prove tough to replicate.
Migrant academics more prolific than US colleagues but paid less
Times Higher Education
Foreign-born academics outperform US counterparts on numerous productivity measures, analysis shows.
Indigenous academic leaders in Canada ‘need allies’ on top team
Times Higher Education
Latest Indigenous scholar to leave post urges universities to focus on student support, not ‘tokenistic’ senior positions
Female-authored research ‘has more readers’
Times Higher Education
Work published by women is more widely read by undergraduate and master’s students and by junior researchers than articles written by men.
Students from single-sex schools ‘anxious’ in mixed universities
Times Higher Education
Unfamiliarity with opposite sex may harm academic results when mixed-gender cooperation required, says study.
Global Attack on Gender Studies
Inside Higher Ed
Scholars say their field is coming under increasing pressures from forces outside the academy who want to delegitimize it.
Here’s to a level playing field for women in academia
Times Higher Education
The Republic of Ireland’s action plan to accelerate gender equality in higher education is about breaking down the status quo.
Ignatieff: Central European University ‘forced out’ of Hungary
Times Higher Education
Budapest-based institution confirms all new students will be enrolled in Vienna from next year.
Equality watchdog launches inquiry into racial harassment at universities
The Guardian
EHRC move follows a string of high-profile racial incidents on UK campuses.
Ireland’s small steps for womankind are unlikely to trigger a giant leap
Times Higher Education
Female-only professorships will speed progress to gender equality in the academy, but the pushback shows how far there still is to go.
It’s about values, not women
Alusta
One of the concerns people express about the neoliberal academy is that you either perform it or contest it. It’s a very limited amount of options that are on offer.
Black academics ‘paid thousands of pounds less’ than white peers
Times Higher Education
Major Ucea study finds ethnic minority staff suffer 'significant pay penalties' relative to white male staff with equivalent academic backgrounds.
Radical Irish gender plan ‘could be model for Europe’
Times Higher Education
Frustration with ‘snail’s pace’ progress across continent leads Irish government to back financial sanctions against universities that miss gender equality targets.