Fellow students in my graduate program often tell me they have stopped reading for fun because of the amount of required class-related reading. While I do what I can to stay current on my class reading, I haven’t let that stop me from reading what I want to read on the side. There comes a [...]
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Announcement: Where the Girls Are Panel
Posted in Students & Educational Issues, The AAUW Community, tagged achievement gap, boys crisis, education, race ethnicity gender, Where the Girls Are on November 13, 2008, | 1 Comment »
This evening, report author and AAUW Research Associate Christianne Corbett will participate in a panel discussion on AAUW’s recent research report, Where the Girls Are: The Facts About Gender Equity in Education. Presented by Penn State Public Broadcasting , the panel will discuss the impact of gender, economic, and ethnic barriers to academic achievement. The event [...]
Yes She Can
Posted in Women and Work, tagged first lady, Michelle Obama, Mom-in-chief, SAC, Student Advisory Council on November 11, 2008, | 4 Comments »
As excited as I am for the newly elected president to take office in 2009, I am even more excited to see what our new first lady will do once she arrives in Washington. Michelle Obama is truly an inspiration to all of us. As a woman with a stellar academic and professional career, a [...]
Meet Ilana Blumberg: Mother, Scholar, Author
Posted in Educational Programs, Fellowships, Grants and Awards, Women and Civil Rights, tagged American Fellowship, Fellowships, Fellowships and Grants, Following the Fellows, grants and awards, Houses of Study, Jewish faith, Students & Educational Issues on November 7, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
For Ilana Blumberg, a 2004–05 American Fellow, life has been a series of balancing acts and contrasts, as depicted in her recently published memoir, Houses of Study: A Jewish Woman among Books. The memoir attempts to make sense of her experience growing up as an Orthodox Jew and seeing the contrasts between women’s roles in [...]
What Shall Be Your Legacy?
Posted in Voter Education, tagged 2008 election, Election, politics, SAC, Student Advisory Council, voting on November 4, 2008, | 3 Comments »
I am a part of a message board on which I post daily. Nearly all of the members are college-educated people ranging from ages 18 to over 40. What’s fascinating about the site are the variety of backgrounds and experiences that come together and speak on a wide range of issues. Recently we’ve talked at [...]
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