Not exact matches
Gender and Family in the Ivory Tower, Mary Ann Mason reports that while
women in so - called «fast - track professions» have fewer children than does the average American
woman, female
faculty are almost half as likely as female physicians and slightly less likely than female lawyers to have a child at all, even though academia
offers far more flexible hours than the average law firm or hospital.
«The CET type
offers both men and
women the opportunity to contribute as academic
faculty without the demanding timetable for research and publication that is typically associated with TTT appointments,» the authors write.
During his tenure, Reif presided over the development of Web projects that
offer MIT and Harvard University courses online for free and led
faculty efforts to recruit and retain minorities and
women.
All of the interviewees participated in «On - Ramps into Academia» workshops, which were held from 2009 to 2012 by UW's ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change and
offered a new approach to increase
women faculty in science, technology, engineering and math departments.
Juneau, the first Native American
woman to be elected to a state office, was introduced by Dean Kathleen McCartney who applauded her as a «transformative leader» whose work is fitting for this year's AOCC conference, which, McCartney said «
offers our students,
faculty, and alumni the opportunity to participate in important discussions about race, class, and education.»