UpClose: In sciences, female-faculty ‘leak’ begins early 5.01.08
As a college student, Joan Steitz was fascinated by science.
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Jones’ exit leaves one American Indian prof. 3.28.08
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Dearth of Latino faculty mirrors national trends 3.05.08
Since 2005, when the Provost’s Office announced a seven-year Diversity Initiative to add 30 faculty members from underrepresented minority groups, Yale has hired 12 black professors. During the same period of time, the total number of Hispanic professors has actually declined.
Survey of faculty points to perceived gender disparity 2.26.08
Despite the University’s formal commitment to recruiting a more diverse faculty, women faculty members still perceive a sharp gender divide — resulting in what they see as significant inequalities between male and female professors.
Minority faculty members perceive marginalization 2.19.08
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At forum, profs talk gender efforts 2.19.08
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Dean engineers crack in glass ceiling 2.05.08
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Few women profs. available for advising 12.12.07
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Grad School officials strive for diversity 12.07.07
The percentage of graduate students from ethnic minority groups in universities nationwide increased by 2 percent from 2005-’06 to 2006-’07, according to a survey released by the Council of Graduate Schools last week. Administrators and students at Yale said the University is making concerted efforts to attract a broader spectrum of applicants.
WFF aims to publicize changes to child leave 12.06.07
Professors looking to take advantage of their allotted leave to raise young children may currently find the process more confusing than they first anticipated — thanks to what the Women Faculty Forum is calling a “bureaucratic lag.” Although the Provost’s Office announced a change to the faculty’s child care leave policy more than three years ago, the new policy has not...
Total number of women in Univ. faculty increases 10.31.07
The percentage of Yale professors who are women has increased slightly in the last five years, as has the percentage of women faculty with tenure, but the percentage of female senior faculty hires has decreased.
