As the new school year begins, it’s a good time to brush up on Title IX and what it means for students. Signed in 1972, Title IX (officially known as the Education Amendments of 1972) is the federal statute prohibiting sex discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. This short provision, [...]
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Are Women Just Not Interested?
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Students & Educational Issues, Women and Work, tagged AAUW research, girls in engineering, girls in science, research, Why So Few?, women in STEM on April 29, 2011, | 3 Comments »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. From [...]
Women in (and out) of the STEM Workforce
Posted in S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged Harvard University, research, Society of Women Engineers, women in STEM on April 27, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Each month this year, AAUW is teaming up with Nature Publishing Group, one of the world’s leading science publishers, to put together an online forum on women in science. The AAUW posts highlight findings from our 2010 research report, Why So Few? Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, now in its third printing. Recent [...]
Women Scientists Still Face Discrimination
Posted in AAUW research, S T E M, Sex Discrimination, Women and Work, tagged AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund, MIT, pay equity, research, women in STEM, workplace on April 26, 2011, | 1 Comment »
While the number of women earning college degrees in science has increased in the past decade, two recent reports remind us of the hostile environment and discrimination women still face in the workplace. As AAUW research has shown, stereotypes, gender bias, and the climate of academic departments in colleges and universities continue to block women’s [...]
Ranked and Ready to Rock
Posted in The AAUW Community, Women & Economic Security, Women and Civil Rights, Women and Work, tagged advocacy philanthropy, education, Great Nonprofits, GreatNonProfits, randings, research, story, women's empowerment on March 16, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Who do you trust when contemplating a purchase? The manufacturer? Or customers who have actually purchased the product and used it? For most of us, it’s probably the testimonials of the people we trust most. GreatNonprofits is to hard-working organizations what Zagat is to restaurants. It’s ranked and reviewed by everyday people like you who [...]
Women in History
Posted in Equity in the News, The AAUW Community, Women's History, Women's History Month, tagged Beard, historian, history, Mary Ritter Beard, research, scholarship on March 8, 2011, | Leave a Comment »
Mary Ritter Beard left a lasting influence on the scholarship of history as one of the first female historians in the United States and one of the first historians to focus on women in her research.
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