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Women In Academia Report Tracking the progress of women in higher education Women have made tremendous progress in all facets of higher education. Pay equity also remains a major issue.

A half century ago women were only 36 percent of all students enrolled in higher education. In 1979, for the first time, women were a majority of the college-student population. Today women are more than 57 percent of all college students. Today women earn more degrees than men at nearly every level of higher education. Yet in many respects the glass ceiling remains a formidable obstacle in higher

education. Women make up only 40 percent of all full-time instructional faculty in American higher education. Only one of every four full professors at American colleges and universities is a woman. Less than 39 percent of associate professors are women. In 2008, 54.5 percent of all full-time male faculty members were tenured. For full-time women on college and university faculty, only 40.4 percent had been awarded tenure. Less than one quarter of all college and university presidents are women. The mean salary for a male full professor is 17 percent higher than the average salary of a woman full professor. Clearly, there is a pressing need to continue to document the progress of women in higher education. By providing statistics and identifying trends, we will hold institutions of higher learning accountable on issues of gender equity. We hope to become an important resource for young women who are deciding where to go to college and for women professionals who are seeking faculty or administrative positions at American colleges and universities. Women in Academia Report monitors and report trends concerning women in all areas of higher education, discusses important issues of gender equity, reports instances of gender discrimination, and identifies the leaders and laggards among colleges and universities in creating greater opportunities for women. Special editorial attention will be paid to academic programs and other developments at women’s colleges throughout the United States. Women in Academia Report announces significant appointments of women to positions of influence in higher education. We report important awards and grants to women scholars. We review and provide a database of books of importance to women in higher education.

New publications from Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press), University of Illinois Press, Ohio University Press & S...
02/08/2021

New publications from Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press), University of Illinois Press, Ohio University Press & Swallow Press, Springer Publishing, Routledge, Palgrave Macmillan, HarperCollins, Cambridge University Press Education, and NYU Press.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

Nikole Hannah-Jones was appointed to the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University.“I am so incredibly ho...
06/07/2021

Nikole Hannah-Jones was appointed to the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University.

“I am so incredibly honored to be joining one of the most important and storied educational institutions in our country and to work alongside the illustrious faculty of the Cathy Hughes School of Communications and the brilliant students it draws in,” Hannah-Jones said. “One of my few regrets is that I did not attend Howard as an undergraduate, and so coming here to teach fulfills a dream I have long carried.”

Professor Hannah-Jones a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who has been covering racial injustice for The New York Times Magazine. She is the creator of the landmark 1619 Project which commemorates t…

New publications from Pluto Press, AUC The American University in Cairo, Routledge, University of Toronto Press, Vikin...
26/04/2021

New publications from Pluto Press, AUC The American University in Cairo, Routledge, University of Toronto Press, Viking Books, Polity, Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press), University Press of Mississippi, University of Texas Press, Ballantine Books, Brazos Press, Gallery Books, Emerald Publishing, and Palgrave Macmillan.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

New publications from Counterpoint Press, Sasquatch Books, City University of Hong Kong Press, Central European Universi...
12/04/2021

New publications from Counterpoint Press, Sasquatch Books, City University of Hong Kong Press, Central European University Press, University of California Press, Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press), Wvu Press, Wits University Press, Cambridge University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, and Routledge.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

New publications from SUNY Press, Berghahn Books, Wvu Press, Sourcebooks, Rutgers University Press, Simon & Schuster, an...
09/03/2021

New publications from SUNY Press, Berghahn Books, Wvu Press, Sourcebooks, Rutgers University Press, Simon & Schuster, and Penguin Press.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

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