Faculty Covid-Caregiving Grants
A second round applications is open for COVID-Related Faculty Caregiver Support
Reemergence Grants
The Office of Research and the Office of the Provost offer this new small grant mechanism to give a boost to scholars. Costs associated with completion of projects that are underway, or with determining and taking new directions, will be supported.
Gender & Society looks at 20 Years of NSF ADVANCE
This special issue of Gender & Society, available online now, looks at 20 years of NSF ADVANCE grants to support women in science
Research on Gender Biases and Intersectionality in Citation Analysis and Practices
Citation practice and indices are frequently used in evaluation of faculty. This metasynthesis concludes the use of citation indices as indicators of quality and impact directly embed biases into existing standard measures of merit.
Adding Women to the C-Suite Changes how companies think
Dr. Post and colleagues write for the Harvard Business Review that when women join the C-suite, they don’t just bring new perspectives — they actually shift how the C-suite thinks about innovation, ultimately enabling these firms to consider a wider variety of strategies for creating value.
Why we need more women full professors
This March 30th essay from The Chronicle highlights some barriers women face to promotion to full professor and points out they can be eliminated if there was enough institutional will and realization of what is to be gained.
December 2020 AAUP Snapshot on Faculty Salary & Rank by Gender, Race
This report uses IPEDS data to provide a look at the demographic makeup and salaries of full-time faculty members in US higher education.
Economics Seminar Interruptions
“This paper represents the first systematic analysis of the culture of economics seminars,” wrote co-authors Pascaline DuPas, Alicia Sasser Modestino, Muriel Neiderle and Justin Wolfers, in collaboration with a group of 97 other economists who call themselves the Seminar Dynamics Collective.
Faculty COVID-19 Caregiving Support
Lehigh has instituted two ways to provide additional research support for research productivity among faculty experiencing increased caregiving responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
New COACHE analysis measures faculty perceptions of diversity and inclusion
A new analysis from the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education shows white professors and their nonwhite counterparts have very different perceptions of what constitutes diversity and inclusion.
